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In the age of information technology, managed services have proven to be a very efficient way for business managers to access the latest technologies without having to regularly develop highly portable skill sets "in house."

Managed services can take many shapes and sizes, but any managed service will be designed to take responsibility for some aspect of a function commonly managed in-house by an Information Technology department. As such, managers should look for the same features and capabilities in any service offering. Unlike professional services, which address projects on a one-time basis, managed services are an ongoing contracted engagement that is budgeted and invoiced periodically, usually monthly. A key advantage of this approach is the difference between capital investment and operational expenses. An IT department may pay more money on a monthly basis, but will avoid the up-front capital investment that many in-house solutions incur. A managed service can deploy quickly, and the financing model can yield a positive return on investment (ROI) more quickly than internally funded deployments. In enterprise mobility, the number and types of managed services are many.