LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwired - Jul 27, 2016) - Kaseya® , the leading provider of complete IT management solutions for Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and small- to mid-sized businesses (SMBs), today announced the results of its annual IT operations benchmark survey which offers insight into the success drivers for IT groups at SMBs.
The survey, based on input from 1,200 respondents from SMBs globally, compares the practices of IT departments based on their IT management maturity level. The IT management maturity model, developed by Kaseya specifically for SMBs, consists of five levels:
- Reactive: Responding to individual user challenges and requests
- Efficient: Having a systematic approach to solving known issues and dealing with daily tasks
- Proactive: Taking a proactive approach to IT management, automating repetitive tasks and many remedial actions
- Aligned: Tracking and managing against SLAs of availability and performance expectations
- Strategic: Achieving IT operational excellence and taking a strategic role in driving business innovation
Strong Correlation Between High Revenue Growth and IT Management Maturity According to Kaseya's research, there is a strong correlation between the maturity level of an IT organisation and their company's revenue growth rate. 36 per cent of the companies with the higher IT maturity levels (Strategic and Aligned) have grown their revenue at greater than 10 percent between 2014 and 2015. Only 21 per cent of the less mature companies (companies falling in the Reactive, Efficient or Proactive categories) saw revenue growth grow greater than 10 per cent.
Outsourcing IT Services Important for Mature IT Organisations The survey findings also indicate that more mature IT organisations highly leverage outsourced services, such as backup and recovery, virtual desktop services, remote monitoring and management, and private cloud management, to enable their success. Companies at higher maturity levels outsource on average 20 per cent more services than those at lower levels.
In addition, the more mature IT organisations use cloud services associated with PaaS, IaaS and SaaS 50 per cent more often than the less mature IT organisations.
Other Highlights Other highlights from Kaseya's 2016 survey include:
- Forty-five to fifty per cent of IT organisations at all levels of maturity indicate that they will be strongly considering outsource cloud services in the next 12 months.
- Of the top three IT priorities for 2016, 'Completing Projects on Time' was the top priority named by respondents in the survey, followed by 'Delivering Higher Service Levels' and 'Improving Customer Experience';
- Most (86 per cent) of IT Groups at SMBs remain in the early stages of IT maturity. Only 14 per cent of respondents consider their organisation as mature, a three per cent increase from last year's survey ;
- 44 per cent of companies that fall in the higher maturity levels are required to report and achieve on their service level agreements (SLAs), while 48 % track mean time to recovery (MTTR). These rates are 120 % and 70 % higher than the next highest cohort.
To download the full report go to: http://www.kaseya.com/resources/best-practice...urvey-2016
Supporting Quote "Most IT organisations at small and mid-size companies struggle to meet their goals and objectives due in large part to constraints on resources," said Kirk Feathers, VP customer enablement for Kaseya. "In contrast, those organisations that have reached a higher level of IT maturity by automating mundane activities, standardising and streamlining processes, and leveraging cloud services, have the time to focus on IT projects that drive business results and end-user satisfaction. We're pleased that Kaseya is able to offer solutions that help businesses at all maturity levels to achieve these results, leading to improved overall IT performance."
About Kaseya Kaseya is the leading provider of complete IT Management solutions for Managed Service Providers and small to midsized businesses. Kaseya allows organisations to efficiently manage and secure IT in order to drive IT service and business success. Offered as both an industry-leading cloud solution and on-premise software, Kaseya solutions empower businesses to command all of IT centrally, manage remote and distributed environments with ease, and automate across IT management functions. Kaseya solutions currently manage over 10 million endpoints worldwide and are in use by customers in a wide variety of industries, including retail, manufacturing, healthcare, education, government, media, technology, finance, and more. Kaseya, headquartered in Dublin, Ireland is privately held with a presence in over 20 countries. To learn more, please visit www.kaseya.com .
Media Contact Taunia Kipp Kaseya 415-694-5700 x1973 taunia.kipp@kaseya.com
