1. Evaluate current technologies.

We assess your current IT infrastructure and determine gaps based on industry standards and best practices. If there a lot of gaps, you either have some significant business drivers to cause that or you may want to question your current IT provider. In either case, we build a plan to fix those issues and address any risk you may have.

2. Discuss disaster recovery plan and backup solution.

While it may be difficult to assess the backup plans of another IT provider directly, by working together, we can discuss your critical systems, identify the most important data that you want protected, and help you with a set of questions to validate your current setup. If your data is protected with your internal team, we validate the operation and effectiveness of the existing systems.

3. Review corporate file sharing protocols.

Many companies use file sync and sharing solutions such Dropbox, Box, OneDrive and If those solutions are not implemented correctly, you can end up with confidential or regulated data shared and synchronized across many devices (including home computers) and data centers. We review your set up and help ensure your company’s data is not at risk.

4. Infrastructure Design

We map out your network infrastructure, so we have a picture of your technology.

5. Planning

Based on your business strategy, we look to see if your technology will serve your desired organizational plans. Technology is critical to every business now. If you don’t consider technology in your growth plans, you may not be able to reach your goals.

6. Lifecycle Management

We review the age of your technology, how you buy systems, how often you invest, industry software that may be approaching end of life, and other areas. We make recommendations that will assist you in planning technology investments at an appropriate pace that aligns with your objectives and budgets.

7. Staffing Assessment

We work side-by-side with your internal IT staff or outside IT provider to ensure they have access to best practices. We help them conduct a gap analysis and help you determine what technology services make sense. With your goals in mind, we discover whether your current IT provider is giving you the support you truly need.

We know. You’re thinking, “I don’t want my current IT provider to know I’m doing an assessment of their work!” It’s all how you present it. If it’s part of your own business due diligence, if any provider refuses to have their work evaluated by a third party it may be cause for concern. Because after all, if they are doing their work well, there is nothing to worry about, right?