IV. Pair off, discuss in dialogues the range of Information Systems Managers’ responsibilities.

Summary Writing

Text C. Information Systems Administration Outsourcing

Maintaining the IT environment efficiently, which forms the backbone of an organization, becomes critical to cost effective business operations. Apart from servers, workstations and network, financing a qualified, full-time system administrator on-site can be deterrent to organizational strategies. While hiring and training a new system administrator may add to the cost, the staff can also get overstrained during expansion or downsizing.

By outsourcing System Administration requirements, companies can instead focus on their core business and competencies. Professional and reliable System Administration solutions are offered by various companies and the client gets to choose the package that suits him/her best. All this is achieved in a cost effective and efficient manner without having to compromise on timelines. The biggest advantage of outsourcing is that the client gets to save on time and money and thereby gets to focus on their strategic business objectives and skills. Clients get to explore and tap into the matchless expertise of dedicated professionals, anytime and anywhere.

Outsourcing your entire system administration offers compelling benefits. Through outsourcing, organizations can benefit from greater expertise, lower costs, mitigated risks and higher stability, as well as free up management to focus on more strategic endeavors.

System Management. Remote System Administration services offers an alternative, not only to minimize system maintenance costs, but also eliminate the need of on-site staff. Our remote service ensures that your IT environment is constantly monitored by a highly qualified team of professionals, who are domain experts.

Cost-Effective Solution. Remote System Administration service is a cost-effective solution to solve all IT management issues. Whether the lack of in-house system administrator or lack of Linux & UNIX server based skills, or if the existing staff is deluged with too many tasks, Remote System Administration provides an optimum solution. As our remote services eliminate the need to staff an on-site system administrator, your current system administrator is free to focus on development, programming, and capacity planning issues.

Reliable IT System management. Stability of the IT system is imperative to an organization’s strategic objectives. Greynium’s Remote System Administration ensures high level of stability and consistency within the Linux & UNIX based environments. Our system administrators are domain experts who will remotely diagnose and monitor your system functions and proactively address problems as they arise. The most important benefit of outsourcing your IT system management with us is the alleviated risk of system instability during an employee turnover.

Remote System Administration services include: (1) Remote Linux, UNIX, Solaris administration, etc.; (2) maintaining user accounts; (3) installing software patches and maintenance releases; (4) performing file system management, managing software site licenses, and managing network client services; (5) printer configuration and troubleshooting; (6) system performance monitoring and reporting (system administration activities, problems and corrective actions taken, performance audits, etc.); (7) disk and swap space management, including configuring disk partitions and file systems and monitoring disk usage; (8) configuring and supporting Internet services, including HTTP, SMTP, POP3/IMAP, DNS, etc.; (9) protecting the system from potential threats (hackers, viruses); (10) routine check of the system for security vulnerabilities; (11) assistance in the installation of third-party software.