IT Department Case Study

IT Force is now entering its eighth year of providing Irish Life & Permanent Group with highly skilled IT specialists. Through the provision of these staff, Irish Life & Permanent Group has been able to keep permanent staff numbers static while delivering IT projects on time and within budget. A spin off benefit for Irish Life & Permanent is being able to increase the pool of knowledge within the IT department.

IT Force has been in the business of providing qualified and highly specialised IT staff since its formation back in 1998. IT Force provides professional and experienced IT engineers to businesses on a contract basis, giving them the flexibility to deliver short and medium term IT projects.

Over the course of the relationship, IT Force has assisted Irish Life & Permanent Group deliver a diversity of IT projects ranging from local desktop roll-outs and site moves, to large scale and enterprise-wide IT implementations.


Paul Kearns, Irish Life and Permanent and Joe O'Reilly, IT Force

Pictured:  Paul Kearns, IT Director, Irish Life & Permanent and Joe O'Reilly, Sales Director, IT Force

"A lot of the projects that emerge are typically short or fixed term. In this scenario it does not make financial sense to embark on lengthy recruitment processes.  What I need is a fully qualified technician who is dependable and hits the ground running. I also usually need them in a hurry“, explains Paul Kearns, IT Director for Irish Life and Permanent Group.

"This is why the relationship with IT Force works well. I can rely on them to provide the right type of resource immediately that meets a temporary requirement. The resource is employed for a fixed term or until a particular project is complete."

Contracting this type of work to a competent provider enables companies to keep existing  permanent staff numbers static, deliver IT projects on time and within budget, and increase the technical pool of knowledge within the organisations IT department.

"We have a fantastic working relationship with Irish Life and Permanent. They actively encourage our involvement in current and future IT projects and basically view us like their own", says Joe O'Reilly, Sales Director for IT Force.


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