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Outsourcing: Think Local, Not Global

November 9, 2006 /

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Mention the word outsourcing in polite company and most listeners immediately think of U.S. manufacturing or customer service jobs being transferred overseas at the expense of the U.S. workforce. But the concept has a local variation that is beginning to take hold in the small- and medium-sized business market that may revolutionize how businesses deal with information technology.

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Managed services are provided by an outside firm. They remotely monitor and maintain your network and your computers for the purpose of anticipating, detecting and remedying problems before your computing infrastructure is brought to its knees, so to speak.

By Russell Morgan

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