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Dont fear the outsourcer, let it free you

globaltelconews-admin by globaltelconews-admin
10 January, 2012
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Outsourcing is often seen as a threat by an internal IT department but according to Michel Robert, managing director of Claranet, this anxiety is misplaced.

On any given day, an IT departments schedule will include a rather hefty chunk of day-to-day housekeeping tasks that are fairly mundane but necessary, not to mention time-consuming. And let’s not forget maintenance of existing infrastructure and systems usually represents at least 80% of an IT departments workload. In the meantime, most IT departments are also being asked to address new business requirements without any additional staff, stated Michel Robert.

Using an outsourcer will often take some of the day-to-day tasks off your desk more quickly and cheaply than getting them done yourself. So far, so good you may think; but perhaps there is also a slight nagging worry that by doing this, you could also be doing yourself out of a job. This fear is not an entirely irrational one: if so much of your time is occupied with maintaining a happy, system-steady state, but that role no longer needs to be provided in-house (by your team), its easy to conclude your days at your current workplace might be numbered.

This is very often a key concern for some employees and as such their skills, time and energy are often being drained just ensuring that a standard level of service and uptime is maintained. Too often the default option for many organisations would be for them to expand their internal IT team in order to cope. While such an expansion would certainly have relieved the pressurised team, the better option is to outsource, continues Michel.

So outsourcing IT functions such as website hosting needs to be seen as a business decision, not a means of reducing headcount. In fact, as is often the case, by removing the burdensome task of adapting and managing unreliable legacy systems, IT teams are able to focus its energy on growth plans and for up-skilling existing workers,

And here lies outsourcings key benefit for in-house employees, whatever specific role they may hold. For less experienced staff, there is an increased opportunity to tackle more challenging, strategic work early in their career, and to gain desirable skills in the process. For senior managers and CIOs, the redeployment of manpower behind higher-value work equates to more value to the business. Whichever way you look at it, your work becomes more rewarding and valuable and is far more likely to be acknowledged by the senior management team, continues Michel.

As for the business as a whole, freeing up the time of in-house employees means that their comprehensive knowledge of the goals and infrastructure of the business can be put to good use without calling in the services of expensive consultants. Furthermore, up-skilling and focusing on more interesting work generally leads to higher staff morale and lower employee turnover, providing businesses with yet another opportunity to save money, and to improve efficiencies and work place culture, he added.

Ultimately, with the UK suffering from a skills shortage in the IT industry, it makes much more sense for businesses to focus existing IT staff on higher-value strategic work that maximises their knowledge of the companys IT systems and their understanding of the business, and to leave the more mundane work to those outside your organisation.

A growing use of outsourcing will not lead to the end of the IT department, but rather will help drive changes that should result in a happier, more productive and more appreciated working unit. I think thats good news for all concerned, most especially the in-house IT professional, concluded Michel.

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