Staff augmentation (also know as out-staffing, contingent or temporary workers) is a powerful model to supplement organizational workforce needs. Many companies need temporary specialized resources such as engineers/technicians (DevOps, data scientist, quality assurance engineer, business analyst, etc)

When might you need IT staff augmentation services?      

• Cover vacant positions & hire for skill gaps
• Get  the right skills to complete a project
• You already have an IT team but you want to expand it
• Scale quickly by add capacity to meet aggressive timelines & deliverables
• Save on fixed costs
• Get a new/fresh perspective 

The more common types of staff augmentation include staff augmentation & managed services

• Staff augmentation - enables you to hire IT talent and integrate them into your team. You choose from a list of candidates and you can adjust capacity whenever you need.
• Managed IT services - the managed service provider takes the place of a full-time IT team lightening the technology load - allowing the client to focus on their core business.