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Delivers an outsourced network management solution for businesses that do not want to run their own Business IT Systems (BITS).

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Kent Network Solutions, Inc. offers a full range of professional business information technology services intricately designed to lower your network cost of ownership.

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Kent Network Solutions, Inc. (Kent) is an IT Service Organization (ITSO) providing outsourced Business IT Systems (BITS), and network engineering services.

Companies know that network uptime and system availability are critical business functions and must be maintained, but most companies don’t know how to economically achieve this.

Managing your Business IT Systems (BITS) to best practice standards doesn’t have to cost a fortune. Get an on line estimate of support.

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The loss of data is a serious problem. In the U.S., 59% of data lost in 2003 occurred from equipment failure, software corruption and viruses. Kent Network Solutions provides the 24/7/365 network monitoring and management solution that you need to be confident that your network will continue to perform. You can’t afford for your network to go down.
Note: To read more about the cost of computer data loss, read Pepperdine University’s Journal of Contemporary Business Practices article here:
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The Outsourcing Question

Here’s how to decide between keeping everything in-house and asking for a helping hand.

By Jamie Lendino

Darryl Milczarek is the accounting manager for Equipment Maintenance Services, and industrial repair company with branches in the U.K., Australia, and North America. The company decided to switch to External IT (www.externalit.com) for their IT infrastructure. Milczarek suggested that no one should buy a single file server until they’ve investigated the cost of owning that file server versus outsourcing it. “We now have zero file servers instead of the 13 we had only 15 months ago; It’s incredible.” Milczarek said.

According to Milczarek, because servers age, the cost of ownership is too high when you factor in the pain of having to work through Active Directory, maintain users, and handle patches. For his business, outsourcing is simply the best way to go.

Many companies face big decisions when expanding their IT departments, or creating one in the first place. Should you hire employees in-house? Or should you contract part, or all, of your IT needs to an outside company?

The New IT Landscape

In the 1990’s, it was commonplace for workplace machines to run applications locally on the desktop. An average computer workstation in the financial industry, for example, would have applications tapping into various services for stock quotes and market research. Many larger companies had an IT team on staff to maintain these applications and prepare desktop PCs according to custom company builds.

Today, customized applications run through the company’s local network, and individual workers access each program through their Web browser. Consequently, the focus has been directed away from the machines themselves. Outsourced IT departments can walk...