Why Mercury Systems?
Mercury Systems, Inc. works to understand our vendor and client needs, values, and culture, while ensuring to reflect the same in our products, staffing assignments, and design processes. We take an inside-out, ground-up approach to providing solutions for our clients.
Gain time to focus on core business functions
Employees tend to perform best when they are focused on their core competencies instead of being spread thin across unrelated functions. The time and effort spent on figuring out Information Technology has a very real opportunity cost. More often than not, researching solutions, implementing new technology and fixing technology problems are extremely inefficient for non IT professionals. Outsourcing IT frees internal staff to spend time focusing on revenue-generating opportunities and the business itself.
Tap economies of scale and purchasing power
Technology services providers achieve greater efficiencies and economies of scale because they have a single focus on IT. They consolidate purchasing power and have access to deep and broad knowledge bases. They can therefore deliver better, faster and cheaper technology solutions and services. Using developed best practices, these providers simply complete tasks far more efficiently, often to an order of magnitude greater than businesses can do on their own. All this translates into real cost savings in terms of both time and money.
Cost effective
Training and hiring costs are rising rapidly in the information technology field, making bringing in new talent extremely expensive. The time and revenue spent on funding new hires, new applications or tech support would be much greater than investing that money into the use of an IT consulting firm. They have the ability to provide you with the right people to match the needs of your business who are ready to share their knowledge, skills and abilities with your firm.
Increased efficiency
Every business in every domain requires the use of information technology. Utilizing a consulting company can decrease the amount of in-house technical problems which can increase the overall efficiency of your business. Having highly skilled in-house technical staff can be beneficial in a variety of ways. It is less time spent on the phone with IT customer service and less time needed to deal with the technical troubles that interfere with your daily activities.
Increased productivity
Productive employees are the key to any successful business. Adapting to and undergoing training to learn new technologies and applications can definitely hinder the performance of any employee, especially if they don’t have any IT background. Dealing with technical difficulties can even lead to less productive employees. One of the most effective ways to increase your worker’s performance is having capable IT professionals to depend on. Consulting firms have the power to provide you with these individuals without having to take the time and money or resources search for them yourself. Finding the right technical support at the last moment is not always guaranteed; the ability to have a skilled staff at your hands whenever needed will not only save time but will be highly beneficial to your employees as well as your company as a whole.
Access to a larger talent pool
IT consulting firms have an advantage over the average internal recruiters. Being in business since 1999, MSI has been able to create and keep countless relationships with top preferred vendors and clients. Having a countless amount of networks is vital when building a talent pool because it gives you access to highly skilled candidates. Having the correct IT talent is important for any business to keep their competitive edge; finding this talent is not easy and often impossible without the right resources and connections. The time spent looking for an ideal candidate can quickly be shifted to an IT consulting firm because they already have a network and talent pool built up. Their readily available resources will be able to find you the ideal candidate that meets the needs of your company.