With most service providers waxing lyrical about the cloud platforms they support, the technology providers they've partnered with, and the geeky certificates their staff have acquired, it's sometimes hard to know what you will get out of the whole arrangement.

So why should you get tied up with a managed service provider at all?

Believe it or not, a provider of managed IT services does far more than confuse you with boring acronyms and techy lingo. Here's just a few of the benefits of working with a worthwhile team.

Increased Efficiency

The most important thing a managed service provider worth their salt actually provides, is increased efficiency for your business.

The particulars of any given solution will differ on a case by case basis, but the constant is an improved workflow that will improve the efficiency of the entire company.

And what is the outcome of this increased efficiency?

If we've done our job right, it's happier staff who can get more done in less time, and for the boss (probably you!) it's less day to day minutia to worry over, meaning that precious grey matter is free to focus on your core business.

Reduced Costs

It's not always obvious, but sometimes spending money means saving money, and having the free time and head-space to make even more.

Unless your managed service provider spent the first few days of the contract with a hangover, they will begin by analysing your current systems, looking at your current workflow, and identifying areas where you are spending unnecessarily.

Unnecessary spending happens for a variety of reasons, from having rushed into a solution during a time of need, to simply being unaware of alternatives.

Working with a managed service provider means both having access to knowledge, and the capacity to act on it.

Reduced Stress

If the purpose of running a business is to contribute to society and improve your quality of life, then working with a managed service provider is the obvious next step.

On top of improving the efficiency of your business, a decent managed service provider will also be on top of your information security, and be properly managing associated risks.

The net result being that your company and its data are less vulnerable to begin with, and even if the worst does happen, be up and running again with little to no downtime or loss of data.

You'll finally be able to get that mani-pedi you've been putting off for years!