IT CONSULTING
Elevate Your Technology with ProStratus
Business Technology Consulting – a Key Piece of Your Operational Strategy
Enrich your customer's experience, create unique products, generate new revenue streams, and lower your operating cost.
Overview
The genesis of any great solution begins with listening to the customer to truly understand their issues. We at ProStratus will start with a blank slate without any preconceived notions or canned solutions.
Our process will generate a plan based on your requirements and needs, not a standard off-the-shelf product that may or may not work with your environment.
Our approach involves working collaboratively with your stakeholders to understand their needs and applying our experience and expertise to create new, innovative, and cost-effective solutions.
We pledge to work independently, be unbiased and keep your company’s best interests in mind.
Our Services and Strategies
- Technology Assessments
- Business Process Development
- Technology Specifications
- Network Assessment
- Innovations
- Must/Should/Could Requirements
- Emergency Planning
- Costing Saving Opportunities
- Roadmap Planning
- Project Management
vCIO Services
Every business needs a technology leader to guide, advise, and strategize the future of the business. We have helped businesses get bigger, leaner, and more productive. A virtual Chief Information Officer (vCIO) balances technology and business priorities.
A function of vCIO is to have a complete mastery of business use of technology. This goes beyond the basics including industry trends, business applications, and compliance requirements. This implies a virtual CIO needs to understand what the client does, how they do it, and what their technology does for them.
Life cycle budgeting is a critical function. Budgeting for the short and long-term gives insight into planned expenses. Business owners prefer planned expenses when appropriate. It is the responsibility of a vCIO to plan life cycle budgeting 1-3 years in advance. Life cycle budgeting requires reinforcement year after year to the decision maker, along with scheduled annual reminders for hardware, software, or services and the need for replacement.
When a business contemplates new technology, the vCIO becomes a liaison. A successful project must consider expenses, infrastructure requirements, downtime, and scope of work. The need to see value early in the decision-making process prevents unforeseen issues.
Technology Alignment
Strategy and Budgeting
Business Goals
Strategic Roadmap
Technology Plan and Roadmap
Business Risk
Opportunity Cost
Standards and Alignment
Business Process Development
Project Management
Network Assessments
The network assessment will include the following components:
- Network Management Plan
- Client Risk Report
- Site Diagram
- Client Risk Report
- Asset Report
- IT SWOT Report
- Backup/Restore Recovery Report
- Security Risk Report
- Computer Security Report Card
- Share Permission Report
- Network Vulnerabilities Report
Sample Network Assessment Output/Results
Technology is the easiest method to distinguish your business from your competitors.
Technology Assessment Plans
(sample below)
The output of the discovery will be a final technology plan for one of our clients.
The technology plan will include the following items:
Heat Map generated from stakeholder feedback to identify priorities