{"id":51888,"date":"2022-07-08T15:38:46","date_gmt":"2022-07-08T07:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.outsourceaccelerator.com\/?p=51888"},"modified":"2022-07-08T15:38:46","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T07:38:46","slug":"evernote-home-depot-explore-network-management-outsourcing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.outsourceaccelerator.com\/evernote-home-depot-explore-network-management-outsourcing\/","title":{"rendered":"Evernote, Home Depot explore network management outsourcing"},"content":{"rendered":"
Note-taking app developer Evernote recently outsourced its wireless network to startup Meter, while home improvement retailer Home Depot to wireless networking\u00a0 Hewlett Packard Enterprise subsidiary Aruba to eliminate non-core IT work in their operations.<\/span><\/p>\n Evernote IT Director Gabe Raffaelli said that through outsourcing, he can “essentially get the same services from a vendor for less without the headache, and I can reallocate my people to work on other projects.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Home Depot and Evernote found that a subscription-based consumption model for hardware, software, maintenance, and network management was cheaper than doing it themselves.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Also, tech experts from Aruba and Meter were faster at modifying the networks to meet changing business operations.<\/span><\/p>\n According to Brandon Butler, an analyst at market intelligence firm IDC, most enterprises are not ready to follow Evernote’s and Home Depot’s lead, but 27% of those surveyed by the firm\u00a0 are considering some form of a network as a service (NaaS) model.<\/span><\/p>\n “We’re not quite at the point where we have mainstream adoption of NaaS … but we expect this to be a significant part of the networking market in the years to come,” Butler stated.<\/span><\/p>\n