Procure
- Procure (v).
- "to obtain, esp. by care or effort; from Latin 'procurare';take care of, manage"
Procuring new IT services and products can be a minefield.
Issues include:
- developing a robust business specification
- understanding pricing
- agreeing service levels
- and seeing past the smoke and mirrors of the sales presentations.
Then there is the whole issue of assessing any potential benefits of managed services compared to direct procurement.
Most organisations only buy major IT systems and services occasionally
At IMC, we are doing it every day.
We have run numerous successful procurement projects, from multi-million pound government network projects to small LAN procurements for SMEs.
The next one could be yours.