Subhi S Hashwa writes: > > What if you're a company and you want to *buy* the above? You don't > > want a server, you don't want an IT guy, you just want a Web panel > > where you can tick "give us an issue tracker", and that's that. > > Employees plug in their laptop, aim a web browser and/or VPN-thingy, > > and it just works. > > I think the keyword you're looking for is outsource. Companies in that > situation > outsource to consultancy companies that "hopefully" relying on scale.
Hmm... when I think of outsourcing, I think of a tailored, custom service, but now provided by people who work for someone else. They will still run esoteric applications for you, do a spot of scripting, etc., just like your old IT guys whom you threw on the scrapheap :-) I am thinking of a twelve-items-on-the-menu service, take them or leave them. I see _many_ two-or-three-item menus (web hosting, e-mail provision, ...) -- I guess that works if you're a little company that needs a web site and some e-mail, but surely that's not enough for a 30-person company? Or do companies of that size convince themselves they're so "special" that a dedicated IT guy is the only way to go? Just wondering. Thanks for your interesting reply. Will _______________________________________________ Scottish mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
