AGSI Takes IT Managed Services to the Mid-Tier Markets
Providing an In-House
Managed Services model for IT Optimization
ATLANTA (July 7, 2009) — AGSI, a leading Management and IT consulting company has formed a new practice that helps mid-sized companies save money the way their larger competitors do – through IT Managed Services.
Through IT Managed Services – AGSI effectively runs the day to day operations of a company’s IT organization, offering a seamless approach that not only boosts and streamlines the company’s critical IT strategy but keeps the current staff in place and allows the client to remain focused on their core business.
Gregg Fellows, AGSI CEO, explains the concept: “Small to medium sized businesses looking to compete with the bigger players have always been at a disadvantage in leveraging IT assets and processes that could accelerate their growth. Hiring a consulting firm or managing the complexities of an outsource model to become competitive seemed like a luxury always a little out of reach. Instead, smaller companies had to use stitched together, off the shelf systems that were difficult to scale on a budget, and best practices were seldom implemented. The result is a less than ideal IT organization that can encumber a business, especially during critical growth phases.”
Today, that is changing as companies are discovering the accessibility
to tools and methodologies perfected by the Fortune 500 and now
available to be leveraged across the mid-market landscape as a means
of leveling the playing field. Using their best practices framework,
AGSI has produced huge productivity gains for their larger clients
and created a turnkey solution now accessible to the mid market
in the form of a Managed Service option. “By marrying a company’s
experienced staff with our expertise we are able to deliver peak
performance with greater capability, maturity and cost savings of
up to 30- 50%. One example is AGSI client, Lodgian, Inc., a leading
hospitality enterprise with over 38 properties nationwide. Lodgian’s
CFO Inc., James MacLennan stated, “We are convinced this is the
best solution to strategically align IT to our business objectives
while improving tactical execution and managing costs. The IT Managed
Services solution provides tremendous value to our business, our
associates, and ultimately to our stakeholders. We are more than
pleased with the benefits we’ve realized and AGSI’s commitment to
our organization.”
Lodgian is forecasted to experience a 30% cost savings over the
next 5 years while seeing continuous improvements in IT delivery,
by implementing new disciplines that drive efficiency throughout
the organization. This type of quantifiable cost containment and
process enforcement has direct impact to a company’s bottom line.
AGSI’s IT Managed Services program allows mid-tier companies to take advantage of the best practices, best people and best waste-reducing measures to achieve a lean, IT organization that can be right-sized easily adjusting to the real time needs of the business.
About AGSI
AGSI is a Management and Technology Consulting company headquartered
in Atlanta, GA. Founded in 1981, AGSI assists companies in achieving
sustainable business value by providing the right balance of expertise,
business process and technology solutions. AGSI partners with its
clients for long-term relationships based on the company's core
values of Integrity, Quality and Partnership.
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