3 ways managed services can enhance campus IT

Doing more with less has become almost a cliché. Yet, for many campus IT employees, it is simply business as usual.

Campus IT departments have been tasked with implementing and supporting a growing number of technologies in an effort to develop the "smart campus." There are systems for teaching and assessing, analyzing and reporting on student success, monitoring and securing campus facilities and more. Campus IT staff must make sure these various systems work together seamlessly in order to drive continuous improvement.

With each new system that is added, there is rarely a proportional increase in IT resources. The IT departments at many colleges and universities are chronically understaffed, and this affects their ability to integrate and support new technologies.

Managed services can help solve this challenge, empowering IT staff to truly do more with less.

With managed services, campus IT departments can keep up with rapidly evolving connectivity needs without investing in costly equipment that's quickly obsolete. They can extend the capabilities of their IT staff, allowing team members to focus on more strategic priorities. And they can achieve predictable costs, making it easier to budget for IT needs.