Higher Education IT: Interest in Outsourcing to Hosted Email Archive (Survey Results)
A recent CDI survey shows that IT decision makers at colleges and universities are becoming more interested in outsourcing IT to the cloud. "Those making IT support decisions at higher education institutions are most challenged by efforts to effectively manage resources dedicated to the needs of their constituencies while still maintaining focus on their organization's strategic initiatives." Non-critical IT Services (like e-mail archiving) are the first ones outsourced to the cloud in order to free up resources and better allocate time.
"As their CIO counterparts in the private sector learned in past business cycles, IT leaders at colleges and universities are beginning to recognize the value of outsourcing services to stretch tight budgets
while maintaining quality service delivery to faculty, students and administration," says Andy Cvitanov, President of CDI IT Solutions.
Half of the survey respondents already outsource services to the cloud (email being the most prolific) and almost all the respondents will consider outsourcing provided the following:
- Successful addressing of outsourcing as cultural change with other internal decision makers
- Acceptance that an external service provider (ESP) can provide equal or better service than the institution itself and are willing to keep control by managing the ESP through Service Level Agreements
See how Sonian can help your higher education institution gain the benefits of outsourcing to the cloud: download our recorded webinar entitled, Is Giving Up Control of E-mail Going to Far for Schools?
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