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5 Things to Consider When Partnering With an MSP

Having a partner that can effectively deliver, manage, and support your IT allows you to focus on the direct growth of your business whilst also saving you money long term. Technology in businesses is now unavoidable and being able to effectively manage your infrastructure can directly affect crucial business operations. Negative effects such as system downtime, data loss and security breaches can become all too common for businesses that don’t have the right support and safeguards in place.

Outsourced IT Support in 2023

Outsourced IT support is a critical service for businesses of all sizes. According to a recent survey, 64% of SMBs are outsourcing at least one IT function, with 36% outsourcing their entire IT infrastructure. This comes as no surprise, as IT problems can cause significant disruptions, slow productivity, and cost organizations time and money.

GDPR and Backup: A Potential Minefield Easily Avoided

In their current format it will be impossible for backups and snapshots to comply with the right to be forgotten within GDPR, however systems can be built with compliance in mind. The right to erasure will also apply to all backups, which in turn would make it impossible to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as searching for personal data in a backup is very impractical.