Reducing IT costs and creating efficiencies for small business has been the fundamental mandate in the evolution of the managed IT services.  While the adoption of a fixed-fee, proactive model for IT service delivery built on a foundation of sophisticated monitoring and instant remediation has brought much improvement to small business IT outsourcing.  The benefits of managed services extend beyond being just a great value proposition and smarter way to do IT.  Managed Services is “Green IT” and the good news is green IT is not only easier on the environment but easier on the bottom line!

The primary use of remote support and web-based tools, the fundamental base of managed services, allows systems to remotely turn on and shut down, thus providing a way to reduce energy use. Of course, the other more obvious savings is in eliminating all but the occasional truck roll.  Since 90% of issues can be remediated remotely, that means a 90% reduction in dispatching vehicles to provide service.  More than that, as managed services extends to the “cloud”, the ability to reduce hardware costs and material resources associated with servers is greatly expanded.  Less hardware means less production and less in the land fills.

Even better, along with “green services”, a managed approach to technology planning means identifying and procuring equipment that is rated for less energy consumption, produced using reclaimed materials or reduced packaging and offers advanced, monitored (managed) power management that runs efficiently and safely.  So, not only can your business “Green IT” up but you can save some nice green too!