How Arrow takes on the commoditisation of volume services — removing the burden from you.
We know that financial growth and success is the number one goal for most businesses. But growth comes at a cost. There are many barriers making it difficult to grow, especially for small and medium sized businesses where resources — including time, money and qualified talent — are not always readily available.
Ask yourself, “What can be offloaded?”
In the current climate, no one is immune to the skill shortage. A scarcity of specialised talent often makes it a challenge to translate customer needs into positive business outcomes that drive growth for both partners and their customers. This is increasingly apparent from our purview and we’re seeing every technology segment being impacted. Organisations are evaluating what areas are not only beyond their core focus but beyond their capacity — and what can be offloaded. Take the following examples:
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Examples like these continue to rise. That’s why Arrow launched a suite of managed services to plug in where you need support — providing access to services that are increasingly complex in nature and cost-prohibitive to do yourself.
A real-life example that comes to mind is from one of our Swedish partners. They decided to build a cloud backup service in-house and were successfully self-sufficient — at first. But they eventually found the costs and time associated with maintaining the technology and keeping it current were prohibitive to their growth. Arrow offered a managed services solution that allowed the partner to seamlessly continue offering cloud backup services to their customers.
Offload tasks outside your core. Accelerate growth.
With managed services, you can extend your portfolio of offerings to your customers — without the burden on your business. Why not backfill tasks that are no longer strategic for you to handle in-house? As a distributor, Arrow has the resources to act as an aggregator, so where it may not be practical or profitable for individual IT providers to deliver certain tasks in-house, Arrow can take on these tasks at scale.
Start your managed services journey.
Tapping into managed services is a win-win for your business:
- Concentrate on what you do best.
- Leverage a safe pair of hands to handle the work outside of your core areas.
- Extend your portfolio of offerings to your customers — all at the same time!
Our suite of services span data management, networking and security, and cloud areas. A sample of our specific capabilities include:
- Storage services through our NetApp managed service
- End-to-end proactive security management through our managed service for Symantec
- Acceleration of public cloud deployments with our cloud orchestration managed service
In summary, the journey to managed services is a transformational one for both Arrow and all of our partners that embark upon it. This being the case, we’re constantly evaluating where else we can step in and further enrich our portfolio with the types of managed services that allow you pivot to new priorities that drive growth, whilst delivering solid business outcomes to your customers. To inquire about Arrow’s managed services or get started on your journey, reach out to your account representative or contact us.
