60 per cent of UK SMEs have partly or have completely outsourced their IT Infrastructure in order to increase competitiveness.

The findings come as part of a new report by communications specialists Node4, with 18,600 UK SMEs believed to be now using outsourced IT services to drive business growth.

The report entitled ‘Facing up to the IT infrastructure challenge’ also found that one in ten SMEs had moved to take advantage of low-cost cloud IT infrastructure.

The report detailed that improvements in digital technology was allowing UK SMEs to employ cloud frameworks to flexibly outsource IT services at low costs.

Paul Bryce, Business Development Director, Node4, said: “there is much greater recognition of the value that IT can deliver to businesses amongst SMEs today”.

“IT has gone from being a static cost-centre to a dynamic business enabler that must support the organisation at every stage of the sales cycle, empowering the business to grow and succeed.”

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