I could accomplish being unemployed :-) 2009/7/21 David Lum <david....@nwea.org>
> "what could any of you accomplish if you didn't have to deal with > monitoring, patching, AV, backups, hardware, event log review, security > traffic analysis, storage and OS care and feeding?" > > I could quit :-) > > David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER > NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION > (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andy Shook [mailto:andy.sh...@peak10.com] > Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 6:14 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Managed Services > > (Disclaimer: http://www.peak10.com/Managed-Services/default.asp ) > > Shawn, > My company and job role aside, managed services have a large value > proposition in the right scenario. I talk to prospects and customers all > day long about managed services. I'm a straight shooter, if they are not a > good fit I tell them as will my sales guys. As mentioned, they have a good > play for businesses with no internal IT (better\faster\cheaper) but I will > also say the BETTER play for overall managed services is the way they > augment & compliment an internal IT shop. Think about it, what could any of > you accomplish if you didn't have to deal with monitoring, patching, AV, > backups, hardware, event log review, security traffic analysis, storage and > OS care and feeding? In other words, source the mundane junk and have the > internal IT person\people move up the stack to core business functions and > applications. Time slice a managed services provider's capabilities to keep > the lights on and you migrate to a more strategic role. > > What I find intriguing during these discussions are people's definition of > 'infrastructure'. I'm a little more leading edge in my thoughts; I consider > infrastructure to include everything mentioned above as well as, the > hypervisor, email platforms and databases. What about you? > > Every situation is different, I welcome comments and questions on or off > list. > > Shook > > -----Original Message----- > From: Shawn Everett [mailto:sh...@tandac.com] > Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 6:26 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Managed Services > > Does anyone here sell managed services or subscribe to them as a service > from a vendor? > > I'm looking for overall opinions. Do you find them useful, why or why not? > > Shawn > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > -- "On two occasions...I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." http://raythestray.blogspot.com ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
