Co-Managed IT Support

Extend your internal IT capability while retaining control

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Many organisations that already have internal IT capability can find that maintaining service levels, managing increasing complexity, and delivering projects simultaneously can stretch resources.

Co-managed IT support provides a flexible way to extend your internal team. Instead of replacing your IT function, Datapac works alongside it, providing additional capacity, structure, and expertise where it is needed.

By taking ownership of routine and day-to-day IT tasks, we allow your internal team to focus on higher-value initiatives that support the organisation’s longer-term objectives. This helps shift effort away from maintaining the status quo and towards work that drives meaningful progress.

Through a shared service model, we provide access to a broader pool of technical expertise that would be difficult to maintain internally. This allows organisations to draw on specialist knowledge when it is needed, without the overhead of building and sustaining that capability in-house.

How Co-Managed IT Support Works

Maintained Control and Visibility

With co-managed IT support, your organisation retains oversight of the IT environment at all times. Datapac supports delivery and execution, while internal teams remain central to decision-making and direction.

Seamless Collaboration Between Teams

Your internal team and Datapac operate as an extension of one another. Responsibilities are clearly understood, communication is structured, and there is no duplication or confusion around ownership

Flexible Support That Adapts Over Time

Our co-managed IT support model can evolve as your organisation changes. Additional support can be introduced during periods of growth or increased demand, and scaled back when requirements stabilise.

Shifting Focus to Higher-Value Work

By taking ownership of routine and day-to-day IT tasks, we allow your internal team to focus on more strategic initiatives that support the organisation’s long-term objectives.

Access to Broader Technical Expertise

Through a shared service model, we provide access to a wider pool of technical expertise, allowing you to draw on specialist skills when needed without building that capability internally.

Benefits of Co-Managed IT Support

Cost-Effective Access to Expertise

Access a broader range of technical expertise through a shared model, without the cost of building and maintaining that capability internally.

Meet Evolving Stakeholder Demands

Support increasing expectations from across the organisation by enabling your IT function to engage with new technologies, projects, and business priorities.

Knowledge and Operational Continuity

Maintain stability and continuity across your IT environment, reducing reliance on individual team members and protecting against knowledge gaps.

Improved Capacity to Scale

Scale support up or down as needed, ensuring your IT function can respond to changing demands without overextending internal resources.

Unlock Your IT Team’s Potential

By offloading routine tasks, we enable your internal team to focus on strategic initiatives that deliver greater value to the organisation.

Cost-Effective Access to Expertise

Access a broader range of technical expertise through a shared model, without the cost of building and maintaining that capability internally.

Meet Evolving Stakeholder Demands

Support increasing expectations from across the organisation by enabling your IT function to engage with new technologies, projects, and business priorities.

Knowledge and Operational Continuity

Maintain stability and continuity across your IT environment, reducing reliance on individual team members and protecting against knowledge gaps.

Improved Capacity to Scale

Scale support up or down as needed, ensuring your IT function can respond to changing demands without overextending internal resources.

Unlock Your IT Team’s Potential

By offloading routine tasks, we enable your internal team to focus on strategic initiatives that deliver greater value to the organisation.

Questions about Co-Managed Support?

Yes. Co-managed support is specifically designed for organisations with internal IT capability that need additional capacity, structure, or expertise.

With co-managed IT support, responsibilities are clearly defined based on your requirements. This may include dividing support by function, complexity, or priority, ensuring there is no overlap or confusion.

Yes. Co-managed support is flexible and can be adjusted as your organisation grows, takes on new projects, or experiences changes in demand.

No. Co-managed support is flexible and can be adjusted as your organisation grows, takes on new projects, or experiences changes in demand.

What Our Clients Say

  • “Evolving Infrastructure...”
    We had worked with Datapac in the past, and knew that its skilled team was best placed to deliver on our key objectives as technologies continue to advance. Reliable access to Datapac’s experts is invaluable and gives us the peace of mind to focus on delivering value-adding projects for the centre.
    Michael Mahady · IT Manager, Irish Equine Centre
  • “Night and Day Difference...”
    Server infrastructure is such a vital part of our IT environment that we needed to go with a partner who would take the time to fully assess our requirements and schedule implementation in a way that supports our operations. Having worked with Datapac on a number of significant projects in the past, they were the obvious choice. The new infrastructure is a night-and-day difference; server downtime is a thing of the past for us
    Gareth Hamilton · Finance Manager, Thorntons Recycling
  • “We Knew We Could Trust Them...”
    Having enlisted Datapac’s services in the past, we knew we could trust them to deliver on this next phase of our journey with an overhaul of our IT support processes. The enhanced service gives us the peace of mind and confidence to support and launch innovative new resources for families across Cork.
    Brian Marshall · IT Manager, Horizons Cork
  • “Strategic Partnership...”
    As our software solution has grown, so too has the amount of data that needs to be stored and secured. Datapac has been a long-time trusted advisor to Kefron, and the team worked closely with us to provide strategic road mapping and deliver this infrastructure upgrade with little to no downtime or interruptions to our business. We can continue to grow Kefron AP at pace with full peace of mind
    Jonathan Purvis · IT Manager, Kefron
  • “Supported In Every Aspect...”
    Every aspect of the work we do is supported by the Datapac team. Datapac’s proactive support gives us the confidence to innovate and expand, and this evolution of our strategy will ensure that we can provide an enhanced service for our valued patrons. As an important economic generator for the region, we greatly appreciate Datapac’s commitment to our sustainable future. We look forward to continuing to work with the team over the next number of years.
    Randall Shannon · Executive Director, Wexford Festival Opera

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