An IT consultant is your go-to guide when it comes to making sure your business technology is aligning with your needs and goals. Just as you would rely on an accounting professional to handle your finances or an advertising agency to handle your marketing, IT consulting is no different (and should be considered a top priority)! Technology is constantly evolving, and a specialist can help you navigate your wants and needs, and help you stay up to date on current trends.

Aren’t sold yet? Here are three sure fire ways IT consultants can benefit your business:

You’ll save money

By outsourcing IT managed services, you’ll be able to switch to fixed costs vs variable costs, which is a much more effective way to budget. That way you can ramp up with bigger projects and scale back on the basics.

In addition to salary and benefit costs of having an IT professional on staff, you’re also looking at the costs of continued education in an ever-changing world of technology (which can get up to $5-10k a year). By outsourcing your IT services, they’ll take on the burden of staying up to date with industry trends, so your business doesn’t skip a beat.

You’ll save time

Although your business might have a vision of where it wants to be, understanding where it currently stands is another thing. Que the IT consultant! An IT consultant will be able to assess your business’s current position in the market, find resources, and maintain a more realistic view on how your business can be improved. Consultants can deliver clear and concise action items on how to improve the efficiency of your tech stack, and run an audit to determine the pros and cons of what steps you currently have in place. In addition to providing solutions, IT consultants can also offer gap analysis and provide better estimates and realistic completion dates so you stay on track.

You’ll streamline work processes

An IT consultant can pinpoint where the gaps lie in your existing infrastructure, and help you figure out which solutions will get you back on track. Proactive recommendations like cloud computing and virtualization will help you improve your workflow tremendously, and ultimately help you increase efficiency and employee productivity. By taking away some of the technical headaches and burdens that inevitably distract workers on a day to day basis, employees will be able to focus on the thing they’re good at; their own job!

Think you’re ready to hire an IT consultant? You’ve come to the right place! At Thinline Technologies, our goal is to implement the best products and services for each of our clients while also staying budget friendly. Ready to get started? We’d love to help! We provide help in areas like cyber security, cloud solutions, business continuity and more. Give us a call at (410) 453-9300 or visit our services page for more info.