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The chart below illustrates
the cost savings of an actual MindCentric customer. After
thoroughly evaluating hiring IT personnel and buying new equipment
versus using our remote IT management services, this customer
concluded that remote management would save them thousands
per month, offer better support on a 24x7 basis, provide more
resources and expertise, and result in quicker resolutions.
This customer is an RF engineering
firm with 60 employees and offices in San Diego and San Jose.
It was at a point where it needed to update the storage infrastructure
at both locations to meet current demand. It was no longer
cost-effective or productive to have engineers doing IT management,
a solution that also would require hiring an IT person or
two to manage the process.
| Option
1 |
Option
2 |
| Hire IT personnel,
purchase new equipment, and install and migrate all the
old data |
Outsource
IT management |
| Solution
1 |
Solution
1 |
- Hire a single IT person
to manage both locations with experience in UNIX Admin,
networking administration, and security.
- Purchase new equipment
- Hire a consultant
to migrate old data to new equipment and upgrade systems
to meet compatibility requirements
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- 12 Terabytes
of storage (6 at each location)
- Includes all the equipment:
storage array, backup-storage, and offsite devices
- Installation of equipment
at customer's locations
- Migration of data
from old system to new systems
- Network upgrade and
compatibility standards implementation
- 24x7 monitoring and
management of all equipment and data
- Onsite system maintenance
- Offsite storage and
rotation of critical data
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| Cost |
Cost |
- $10,000/month for
one IT person
- $165,000 for equipment
- $46,000 implementation
and data migration
- $5,000-20,000 depending
on the level of 24x7 support, if needed.
- Cost of employee turnover
- Cost of employee
benefits
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| Benefits |
Benefits |
- More hands-on involvement
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- Lower cost
- More available expertise and support
- 24x7 support staff
- includes equipment, maintenance, and break fix
- No concerns about staff turnsover
- More secure (enforced policies and reduced internal
threat)
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