We’ve encountered some confusion around the two terms “Managed IT services” and “CoManaged IT services.” Here are the similarities and differences between the two terms.

Offering a CoManaged solution requires a high level of technical skill and professionalism, which most young and inexperienced MSPs simply don’t have.

Through decades of service to the Tampa Bay area, LNS Solutions has refined the operating processes and technical skills it takes to coordinate with your team and work carefully within the scope that your business defines.

Our team can help you pass your next HIPAA, FINRA/SEC, PCI-DSS, or any other compliance audit, while handling your sensitive data and PII according to standardized industry best practices.

IT teams find that by strategically handing patch management, endpoint detection and response, vulnerability scanning & penetration testing, or firewall management to our team, they can significantly improve key security metrics.

Businesses an IT leader who can define and execute a clear strategic vision for business-technology alignment look to our vCIO team to analyze their goals and develop an IT roadmap that keeps them ahead of the curve.

You’re proud of the IT steam that your organization has built, but you know there are still weak spots in your capabilities, and you’re worried that those vulnerabilities could lead to downtime, cyber infiltration, or worse.

CoManaged IT services from LNS Solutions give your team the targeted support you need to ensure your network is always supporting your business and protecting your data. Here are some of the common problems that our co-managed IT solutions can solve.

Planning a server refresh or major cloud migration, but worry that a lack of engineering talent means it goes over budget or passed your deadline? Senior network engineers drowning in IT support tickets? We can backstop your team so you’re never shorthanded.

When IT teams are overworked, they’re frustrated, efficiency drops, and eventually people start looking for another job, which can lock you in a vicious cycle of hiring and rehiring. LNS Solutions will take the tedious, unspecialized network management duties off your team’s plate, allowing them to focus on the tasks they do best.

Most IT teams at small and midsized businesses lack cybersecurity specialists. The cybersecurity team at LNS Solutions can serve as a cyber defense guardian to your internal team, monitoring your network for security events, analyzing threats, performing forensics, and addressing new vulnerabilities as they emerge.

The CoManaged IT arrangement creates an intimate connection between your IT team and the provider you choose.

For these arrangements to be successful, you’ll need a partner with more than just technical skills. They’ll need to work in an open and transparent way with your team, speak frankly about continuous service improvements, and be flexible enough to alter their solutions to your team.

Here are some of the traits that make our team uniquely capable of delivering successful, CoManaged IT solutions.

CoManaged are valuable because they give you targeted support in areas you need, while leaving other services entirely in the hands of your IT staff. The engineering team at LNS Solutions is sensitive to your needs and is happy to adapt our documented processes to suit your needs.

We arrange regular, face-to-face meetings with all our CoManaged clients, so we can better understand their latest goals. However, you can also speak to us at any stage in your relationship, and we’ll do our best to accommodate your IT team’s needs as quickly as we can.