Managed Services: State of the nation

If ever a technology trend seemed made for a time, cloud-delivered managed services was it.

Enda Doyle, director of business development and innovation for Eircom's business solutions division.

Just as the economy tanked, a whole host of managed services became viable in a way and at a price that previously hadn’t existed. As a result, the narrative during the downturn became that companies should adopt managed services as a means of saving money and of moving spending from capital expenditure to operating expenditure.

But times are changing and many Irish companies are no longer as constrained as they were. Does this ...