Insourcing
Insourcing Introduction
Outsourcing is becoming increasingly popular for services that are traditionally performed by information technology departments—even leading, in some cases, to the outsourcing of entire IT departments. However, sweeping outsourcing does not automatically lead to increased profitability. Instead, Waveform Technology recommends a more nuanced approach known as insourcing, which allows companies to leverage their existing IT talent to meet business goals.
The Drawbacks of Drastic Outsourcing
Outsourcing’s growing popularity is directly related to the challenging economic climate and many companies’ desire to restructure, downsize, and shed corporate functions. However, over-zealous outsourcing leads a company to divest itself of two extremely important business resources: information and talent.
Control and management of business information is key to success in the modern marketplace. By placing this information entirely in the hands of a separate organization a company looses the ability properly safeguard and utilize important information. Loss of information accountability also makes verifiable auditing reports, such as SAS 70 (ISAE 3402 or SSAE 16), difficult or impossible.
Additionally, unrestrained outsourcing leads to a loss of talent as IT managers move elsewhere. This loss of human capital is easy to overlook since it doesn’t appear on any balance sheet. Lost talent makes companies less responsive to changes in the marketplace and dangerously reliant on their new outsourced vendors.
Insource Your Information Technology
Insourcing means your IT department can focus on what they do best and Waveform Technology’s data center and telecommunication solutions can help. Colocation allows your company to own and manage your server infrastructure, ensuring you control your key information and systems while at the same time improving business reliability, uptime, and connectivity. Waveform Technology’s experienced engineers will work with your IT staff to design and built a custom, private network to allow your company to maintain complete control of your data.
Looking to insource? Contact us today for more information on how Waveform Technology can help.