When considering the management of your mobile solutions, organisations are faced with the choice of building their own system or outsourcing their mobility solutions.
The adoption of ‘Doing It Yourself’ (DIY) solutions challenges conventional approaches to outsourcing and cost containment. However, DIY solutions can impact internal business operations and employee adoption, as they are difficult to get right, run the risk of high-cost overruns, and are often resource intensive for an already stretched IT department. This is because the journey with DIY is often underestimated, with the assumption that the in-house IT team possesses the required expertise to design, build, integrate and support a complex mobile technology eco-system. On the other hand, Mobility Managed Services simplifies the complexity and provides a framework for companies to protect their data and assets, helping increase corporate longevity and success. With the workforce constantly changing in these uncertain times, the ability to maintain and monitor your assets is ever more important.
Three challenges for businesses opting to DIY
Cost
One of the primary drivers of DIY mobile IT is cost. DIY implemented Mobile IT solutions can leave companies with ongoing maintenance, paying for unused devices, continual set-up tasks taking valuable resources away from their 'day job'. The causal assumption is organisations expect to reduce their overall spend by doing it internally, but in the end, often the costs exceed a Mobility Managed Solution with far fewer benefits. CIO’s have reported that the issues in implementing change often outweigh the benefits. Companies often need third-party assistance to deploy their mobility solutions; to ensure success and avoid potential cost blowout.
Security
The most significant concern for Do It Yourself IT is security. Mobile IT comes with its own set of security risks, and the evolution of technology has enabled workforce productivity and overall profitability – but has also provided a back door for internal and external cyber-attacks. With the right MMS solution, mobile security can be maintained automatically allowing in-house IT to focus on workforce productivity, rather than dealing with remediation and the impact of cyber attacks and security breeches.
Agility
DIY solutions are often built to manage current issues, rather than address market innovations. The resulting market lag leads to poor customer/employee experience, frustration and potential cost blow-outs. Mobility Management Services seek proactively to understand a business’s goals, what is required to achieve them, be scalable and flexible to the organisations needs, keep up with their competition, and improve end-user experiences.
Benefits of outsourcing Mobility Solutions
Not only does outsourced mobility align service requirements with corporate need, but it provides the tools and expert agility required to maintain pace with the current market.
As an MMS solutions business imei better understands consumer and competitor behaviour, saving time and money for companies by providing comprehensive data for actionable strategies and success.
Outsourcing allows businesses to focus on the things that matter to them; providing the opportunity to grow their success and reduce stress rather than manage, monitor, and maintain their internally built IT. On top of this, MMS solutions increase quality by providing companies with the expert tools required for growth and, in the long run, are more cost-effective than a DIY solution.
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