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The Butterfly Effect: An Introduction

In 1963, meteorologist Edward Lorenz asked the question: Does the flap of a butterfly’s wings in Brazil set off a tornado in Texas? Today, Lorenz’s Butterfly Effect theory can be applied to information technology infrastructures - changes to one element of a system can cause subsequently larger and more complex changes to other elements of the system.

The highly competitive nature of today’s markets and the ever-growing demand for businesses to create, deploy, and maintain their interconnected system of networks, applications, and databases cause many companies to struggle to manage the IT Butterfly Effect. Modern information technology infrastructure is littered with components that require continuous attention and routine maintenance, such as software upgrades, service pack deployments, virus updates, data back-ups, response time monitoring, and capacity planning. Mistakes, even small miscalculations in configuration, can manifest themselves into crippling issues that impact an organization’s overall effectiveness. Worse yet, by not pre-planning and proactively addressing problems ahead of time; the Butterfly Effect is accelerated, thus adding increased costs and potentially lost revenue.

In addition to the vast diversity and complexity of most computing environments, other contributing factors increase the burden for organizations:

• The competitive pressure to do more, in less time, with limited resources
• The business requirement to provide highly available applications that experience little or no downtime
• The need to coordinate, manage and support distributed teams

Combatting the IT Butterfly Effect is possible with the help of a Managed Service Provider.

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The Butterfly Effect: An Effective Solution

A Managed Services Provider (MSP) is a cost-effective solution for managing the IT Butterfly Effect. Partnering with a full-service MSP can give organizations the peace of mind that their mission-critical applications and infrastructure are being proactively managed, monitored, and administered at a fraction of the cost of hiring an internal, full-time, specialized staff. This level of attention and support ensures that system changes are carefully managed and viewed holistically, and that small issues are addressed quickly to eliminate them from growing into bigger problems down the road.

Ensure Systems Always Meet Demand – As organizational needs evolve and infrastructure demands increase, a MSP can quickly deploy additional hardware and resources to ensure the high availability and continued success of your application. A MSP will add these additional resources without requiring you to make a long-term substantial capital investment in additional hardware, software, or training. A MSP can also identify patterns in network and application activity that might suggest a need to increase capacity. Together, they can work with you to develop a capacity plan that meets your future needs while balancing your budgetary constraints.

Enjoy Continuous System Management – There's no need to worry about keeping up-to-date on the latest operating system patches and virus definitions for your networked devices. A MSP will actively manage all software licenses, patches, updates, and upgrades.

Enjoy 24/7/365 Technical Support – Depending on your service needs, most full-service MSPs provide varying service contracts. Whether you need limited assistance from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. to full-service 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, a service contact can be customized to address your specific needs.

Intalgent is an experienced MSP that can help your company defy the IT Butterfly Effect.

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The Butterfly Effect: Intalgent Brings Experience to the Table

Intalgent has been helping organizations launch and manage their mission-critical applications, databases, and network infrastructure for over five years. Additionally, our company values and our engagement model define the way in which we interact with our customers, which in turn, improve the overall quality of business. As a trusted MSP with a proven track record we’ve eliminated our clients’ concerns that the IT Butterfly Effect is a threat to their organization.

In addition to our full suite of managed application services, we also provide the following managed hosting services:

• Cisco powered data center with multiple DS3 connections providing full network redundancy and continuous network availability
• Dedicated managed services coordinator
• Service level and uptime guarantees
• Non-disruptive deployment of software upgrades and customizations
• 7x24x365 service monitoring to ensure overall application health and responsiveness
• Daily off-site data and database back-ups

If you think the IT Butterfly Effect is a concern for your organization and you would like to learn more about Intalgent’s suite of Managed Services, please contact us at either (434) 977-5152 ext. 5 or info@intalgent.com.