72pc of companies outsource for IT

01.04.2011 Internal restructuring of IT staff enables businesses to focus on more tactical work. This is a key component in the logic behind outsourcing in Ireland, reveals the 2011 annual...

Internal restructuring of IT staff enables businesses to focus on more tactical work. This is a key component in the logic behind outsourcing in Ireland, reveals the 2011 annual survey by HiberniaEvros on outsourcing by managed services specialists.

In addition, outsourcing can help the company focus on core business, access broader IT skills, help with cost savings and deliver IT more efficiently.

The most common functions outsourced include hardware/infrastructure and network management, both at 76pc, network management, IT service desk, IT monitoring and web hosting, all at 40pc. Thirty-eight per cent of respondents said they are outsourcing security/antivirus, during 22pc outsource data backup.

The HiberniaEvros study as well sheds findings in relation to cloud computing. Thirty-six per cent of Irish businesses are thinking about outsourcing to the cloud, during 3pc already employ some cloud services.