Cost Down

How do we Cost Down for your company?

The following chart compares two scenario :
– Left column: you outsource your IT to Smerwick On Site;
– Right column: you hire people in your company to take care of everything related to IT.
In both case, we suppose your company is using 20 computers.

For each scenario, we try and estimate how much IT suport and developpment cost to your company.
The figures shown on the left side “Smerwick On Site” are based on average spending from our customers thoughout 2008.

	Smerwick On Site	Enterprise IT Department
Salary	NA	NT$40.000/month/engineer+ labour health insurance= NT$480.000/year/engineer *
Engineers Turnover / Replacement	NA	Company has to manage HR, insuring knowledge is passed over.
Training on highly technical question, out of engineer’s knowledge.	No additional cost	Additional cost for training, or assistance for outsourcing.
Human Resources	No additional cost	IT Team Management
Software Maintenance	Included in services	Included in job position
Hardware Maintenance	Included in services	Included in job position
Hardware / Software Purchase	Volume prices	Small quantities = high price
IT Security Management	Included in services	Included in job position
Integrate new elements in existing IT infrastructure	Provide professional consultants	Possible lack of experience / expertise
IT Management	Included in services	Included in job position
Service Time	24/7, 365 days / year	Only during working hours
Average Monthly cost	NT$12.000/month **	NT$30~40.000/month
Operating cost per year	About NT$144.000	Above NT$500.000
For companies having an average of 20 PCs + 1 server, more than NT$20.000 per month can be saved using our services.

* Benchmark: according to I Thome Taiwan IT 2000 report, IT Dpt. = 13.8 people in average.

** Average maintenance contract cost for 20 computers.