When technology is not the core capability of your business, hiring an IT consulting firm makes sense. Outside resources can provide more value than trying to use inside staff, especially for specific compliance or security initiatives.
Businesses that can leverage the best technologies for their business (and not necessarily the most expensive) gain a competitive advantage. IT consulting firms enable their clients to invest in the most suitable hardware and software for that business.
IT consulting refers to the services that an individual or company provides to you about the use of technology. An IT consulting firm enables you to leverage the right technology for your business without overspending on technology you don't need.
As a business owner, you want to invest in information technology that will help you to achieve your business goals. With every technology decision, there may be dozens of options to choose from. You want to make sure you select those technology solutions that will most benefit your business.
IT infrastructure consulting is a way of making sure that the technology you invest in today will best contribute to meeting future goals of the company.
You (or your staff) may not have the time/resources to keep up with the latest technologies. An IT consulting company can advise you on technology best practices as well as in which new technologies you should invest.
Too often, companies will buy the latest software tool to create the best/most secure/fastest computer network. When what they really need is an evaluation of their entire IT infrastructure by an outside party. The evaluation can show you where you need to make process changes to achieve desired outcomes.
You may not need the most feature-rich software platform, but the one that is right for your business. Or you might need to modify the configuration of existing equipment. Avoid overspending for technology you don’t need.
IT consulting can answer that question and pinpoint where changes should be made.
Your IT environment is always growing and changing. Chances are, if you had it to do all over again, knowing what you know now, you might do things differently. An IT network re-design is the opportunity to do just that.
Typical services provided by IT consulting companies include:
Virtual CIO Services – expert IT strategy that will maximize the benefits you derive from technology and the return on your technology investment
Virtual CISO Services – cybersecurity minded perspective across your company's IT infrastructure to ensure security is woven through the corporate environment and that security risks are limited
IT Security Assessments – appraisal of the overall health of the IT ecosystem, network, virtualization, and security
Compliance Assessments – evaluation of your compliance against specific mandates such as those for HIPAA, NIST, PCI DSS, etc.
Cloud Consulting and Migration Strategy – determination of which applications in use at your company are good candidates to move to the cloud, and which are not
IT Staffing – supplemental technical staff that have been qualified to meet your needs with relevant industry experience
Nationwide Technical Services – installation and implementation services delivered to your sites across the country with 24x7x365 technical support
You can engage the services of an IT consulting firm for project-based work or to supply on-site staff. The additional staff can be provided on either a permanent or temporary basis.
An IT consulting company can provide the deep technical expertise needed to undertake mission-critical projects such as installing new equipment, migrating to Microsoft Office 365, moving your data center, etc.
Compliance projects are especially good candidates for using a technology consulting company because they offer an unbiased, outside perspective.
An IT consulting company can serve as your IT department (or to supplement your IT staff) on a more permanent, ongoing basis. The outside firm can provide IT strategy expertise or day to day IT support.
Well-defined projects with specific start and end dates are generally fixed fee and based on that project. This includes advisory services such as for security and compliance assessments.
Supplemental staffing engagements are generally priced per day or per hour with outside extents defined in the contract.
If you’re concerned about your company’s cybersecurity, but not sure what to do about it, IT consulting can help. Maybe you’ve implemented several security tools but you’re not sure how well you are protected. An IT consulting firm can provide you a well-defined plan of action steps.
Another aspect to look at is costs. If IT costs are always rising, an evaluation by an outside firm can provide you with unbiased insight. Uncover what you are getting for the money and where you could make changes to realize cost savings.
When you think of companies offering consulting services, you might think only of large, global professional services companies serving enterprise customers.
But managed IT services companies provide IT consulting services to small- and mid-sized companies. A managed service provider (MSP) has the deep technical experience you need, which translates into practical advice for you at a price you can afford.
Since 1985, Corserva has been a trusted technology partner to Fortune 1000 companies as well as SMBs. We provide IT consulting services such as virtual CIO, virtual CISO, security/compliance assessments, as well as other project-based work. We are vendor agnostic and we can customize a package for you that provides what you need at a price that fits your budget.
Our managed IT services are supported from our own US based technical service centers located in Trumbull, Connecticut and Orlando, Florida. Within our facilities, we staff our own network operations centers and data centers. We provide 24x7x365 support for our clients nationwide.
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