Facility Management Services

Many of AKCS's customers have found that their data centers, distributed networks, and related facilities can be handled more efficiently by others than by themselves. Programmers and experienced staff are difficult and expensive to hire. For this reason—particularly in industries where wages are generally low and data processing needs high, such as the insurance industry—facilities management services are frequently used. In addition, running computers is often outside the realm of expertise of a particular company. Managing the operations of complex computer systems tends to distract management from the primary focus of the business, whether it is banking, Accounting, Government,utilities, or health care. To eliminate this distraction and to cut costs, our customers hire our facilities management company AKCS to run their computer facilities on a contract or fee basis.

AKCS generally charges a fixed annual amount to maintain a data center. An in-house operation entails a large fixed cost; with facilities management, data processing became a variable cost. Data processing costs increase when the company's business activities increase and decrease when business slows. This pricing schedule allows more efficient use of the company's funds.

Our specialized personnel, however, are a crucial component for facilities management . Our Facility management services compete not only with others who offer the same service, but also with those who offer remote processing and with the customers themselves, who could revert to in-house handling of their computer facilities. This need to constantly cost-justify our service in the face of increasing numbers of competitors led us to build an efficient and highly flexible model based on skills and customer dedication with a layer of value added services such as documentation and processes that enable us to replicate solutions cost effectively to our client base and provide a great value service.