IT Consulting & Technology Advisory
Independent assessment of your technology estate, with a costed roadmap your board can act on and your auditors can follow.
- Engagement model
- Fixed fee assessment or retained advisory
- Typical duration
- 4 to 12 weeks
- Team composition
- Principal consultant, architect, analyst
The problem we are solving
Technology decisions are capital decisions. We give leadership teams an evidence based view of what they own, what it costs, where the risk sits, and what to do next, without a vendor incentive attached to the answer.
Engagements typically begin with a four week assessment covering architecture, vendor contracts, team capability, and spend. The output is a prioritised roadmap with effort, cost, and risk attached to every recommendation.
Capabilities
Technology due diligence
Preinvestment and preacquisition reviews of codebases, architecture, licensing exposure, and engineering practice.
Architecture review
Assessment against scalability, resilience, and maintainability criteria, with a remediation plan sequenced by business impact.
Vendor and spend rationalisation
Contract and licence review that identifies duplication, overprovisioning, and renegotiation opportunities.
Operating model design
Team structure, role definitions, governance forums, and delivery process appropriate to your stage and sector.
Where this applies
Financial Services
Banks, payment providers, and investment firms operating under supervisory scrutiny, where auditability is a design requirement rather than an afterthought.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Producers connecting plant floor systems to enterprise planning, with traceability requirements that run from raw material to despatch.
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Let's establish whether we are the right firm for the problem.
Tell us what you are trying to achieve and we will tell you plainly whether we can help, what it would take, and roughly what it would cost. If the answer is that you do not need us, we will say so.
What to expect
- Initial consultation at no cost
- Mutual NDA signed before discovery
- Written findings you own outright
Enquiries are answered by a consultant, not a call centre. We typically respond within one business day.