Managed IT Services

Today's Business Landscape

2009-02-13T16:13:00.008-05:00

Today's Business Landscape

The expanding role of the IT network is having a huge effect on business success. Out-tasking network management to a managed services provider is more than a technology solution. By reducing your IT costs and freeing up resources, managed services lets you focus on your business strategy, not your IT.

Managed services allow companies access to leading network technologies and management expertise without requiring high initial capital expenditures or ongoing investments in technology updates and IT staff. Out-tasking network management to a managed services provider is more than a technology solution. Rather, by reducing costs and freeing up the IT staff to focus on the core business, managed services can play an important role in a company’s business strategy.

What Are Managed Services?
Managed services is the practice of transferring IT management responsibility as a strategic method for improved effective and efficient operations. A managed services provider (MSP) sets up, manages, maintains, and monitors the network equipment and applications required to complete business processes.

MSPs continuously monitor and manage a company’s IT environment in order to prevent problems from interfering with business operations. MSPs also assume responsibility for managing hardware, software applications, and network infrascructure to prevent downtime and increase the workability of IT investments. Managed services allow businesses and organizations to depend on the experience and know-how of their MSP. This ensures their IT environment is stable and secure so that the organization can focus on their core business.

Benefits of Adopting Managed Services
Access to the latest technology
Companies that subscribe to managed services gain access to the latest and most advanced network technologies that they would have otherwise been unable to afford. Because MSPs deal with network technology every day they are constantly researching more efficient and effective ways to manage technology.

Lower + More Predictable Investment
By taking advantage of managed services companies are able to reduce IT costs while taking advantage of innovative network technologies that can provide them with an edge on the competition. The service provider sets up, maintains and administers the network equipment and applications, greatly reducing hardware and operational costs.The managed service expense per month remains set at the cost agreed upon between the company and the MSP, allowing for an IT budget that is stable and predicable.

Lower Risk
Managed services eliminate the company’s risk of having to make large investments to accommodate unanticipated business changes, such as increases in bandwidth or
performance issues.

Access to Experts
Managed service providers maintain a staff of experts to support their clients. Solutions are implemented quickly and seamlessly, without the company having to make additions to its own IT staff. This arrangement frees the company from having to hire staff with expertise in multiple networking technologies and invest in ongoing training.

Increased Flexibility
The MSP can quickly adapt to changes in market conditions and a company’s business needs. This adaptability allows companies to avoid making huge IT investments to take advantage of new opportunities and avoid risks.Many companies spend more time reacting to IT problems rather than fully leveraging the power of their IT investments to meet their business objectives.

More Focus on Business
Managed service providers are dedicated to the network, and more importantly, the client. Managed services are an innovative and cost-effective alternative to managing the network with internal resources. They enable a company’s personnel and financial resources to focus on core business concerns.

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Kklaritch@itx.net
585-899-4823

2008-09-11T11:23:00.001-04:00

ITX provides complete Managed Services Support and Administration for a customers network, connection and InterWeave Solutions

Integration Technologies, Inc., the market and technology leader in Integration as a Service (IaaS), today announced Managed Services for InterWeave Customers, in partnership with the ITX Corporation, the Managed Hosting Provider specializing in hosted, SaaS applications and IT Networks. In January, 2008, Integration Technologies and ITX partnered to provide Quickbooks hosting for InterWeave customers, offering a secure, redundant environment for their applications and databases. As more customers move to SaaS model, providing managed services and hosting environments for customers’ applications is critical.

"Managed Services for our customer’s means simplicity for our customer base. Our customers can now enjoy an extensive directory of applications that can be integrated and build upon the success they already are enjoying – without the administrative overhead." Bruce Magown, Chairman of Integration Technologies said. “We will monitor the customers source applications and services, the InterWeave Customer Portal and the customers target applications and services, in real-time, utilizing five parameters; connection, connectivity, error identification and resolution, configuration set-up and administration and application set-up and administration. This is a complete service meant to provide additional support for our customers who utilize the InterWeave Customer Portal.”

The InterWeave Customer Portal is another example of “Powered by InterWeave”. The ICP is the world’s first on-demand solution integration platform. The ICP enables integration solutions to be easily created with point and click selections. The InterWeave Customer Portal can be found at www.interweave.biz, select Customer Portal.

About ITX
ITX is a solutions-based technology firm that is committed to delivering the highest quality of service with over 10 years of industry expertise. Each year the ITX team completes hundreds of projects, from IT strategy and planning, the deployment of complex managed server solutions, network design and development, custom application development, software/hardware architectures, and building user-centric websites and applications. The ITX team consists of over 150 members, spanning 34 states and 4 countries, with headquarters in Pittsford, NY. For more information, please visit www.itx.net. Kelly Klaritch Senior Solutions Executive (585) 899-4823 Office (585) 267-9325 Mobile or email: kklaritch@itx.net

About Integration Technologies
Integration Technologies is a pioneer in the development of technology for uniting systems, legacy applications, databases, workflows, and Web services, from within and across the enterprise as a service; and then extend those systems to connect with their suppliers and customers. As a leading Systems Integration solution, Integration Technologies InterWeave Product Suite offers a rapidly deployable and infinitely scalable Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) for integration of business-to-business, business-to-consumer connectivity, business processes optimization and application integration - the deployment of Dynamic and Global Web Services. For more information, please visit call 203-274-5226 or email bmagown@interweave.biz.

2008-09-10T11:05:00.003-04:00

ITX Corp. Broadens Managed Services Offerings for InterWeave Clients through a Partnership with Integration Technologies, Inc. Pittsford, NY – April 9, 2008 – ITX Corp., a consultative IT firm, has expanded their partnership with Integration Technologies, Inc., the market and technology leader in Integration as a Service (IaaS). The partnership started in January, 2008, with ITX providing Quickbooks hosting for InterWeave clients and has now expanded to include Managed Services incorporating back-up, active monitoring, and network troubleshooting . In an environment where more companies are moving to the Software as a Service (SaaS) model, managed services and hosting is vital for clients' security and peace of mind with critical applications and database information.

"ITX stepped up to meet customer’s needs for a secure, managed hosting site, at price points that provide the customers flexibility. We have been looking for this kind of partner for a year and one-half, one who has the infrastructure to deliver, managed services to monitor and the ability to scale for their customers." Bruce Magown, Chairman of Integration Technologies said. “We are extremely pleased to be partnering with this company”. ITX realizes that today's technology climate is one in which security, reliability, and redundancy are vital qualities; as a result, they developed the flexible and scalable managed hosting solution. This customizable solution is extremely powerful and can handle the demands of InterWeave clients with real-time functionality. In addition, ITX offers the vital 24/7/365 technical support for Integration Technologies.

The ITX Managed Services have allowed Integration Technologies to launch the world's first on-demand solution integration platform allowing InterWeave to take Client Relationship Management (CRM) to the next level. Additional ITX service offerings can be found at http://www.itx.net/

About ITX Corp.ITX is a solutions-based technology firm that is committed to delivering the highest quality of service with over 10 years of industry expertise. Each year the ITX team completes hundreds of projects including the deployment of complex managed server solutions, network design and development, custom application development, software/hardware architecture design, and the development of dynamic e-commerce Web sites. The ITX team consists of 120 members, spanning 34 states and 4 countries, with headquarters in Pittsford, NY. For more information please visit www.itx.net or call 585-899-4823 or email Kelly Klaritch at kklaritch@itx.net

About Integration TechnologiesIntegration Technologies is a pioneer in the development of technology for uniting systems, legacy applications, databases, work flows, and Web services, from within and across the enterprise as a service; and then extended those systems to connect with their suppliers and customers. As a leading Systems Integration solution, Integration Technologies InterWeave Product Suite offers a rapidly deployable and infinitely scalable Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) for integration of business-to-business, and business-to-consumer connectivity, business process optimization and application integration – the deployment of Dynamic and Global Web Services. For more information, please call 203-274-5226 or email bmagown@interweave.biz.