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IT Strategy & Governance
Advice on Hardware, Software and the Cloud, and the policies that keep it all working once it is in place.
Does This Sound Familiar?
You are about to spend real money on a platform, a set of laptops or a cloud contract, and the only person advising you is the person selling it. Or that decision was made a while ago and you are now living with it. Meanwhile nobody has written down who can access what, and a client has just asked to see your information security policy.
What Is IT Strategy & Governance?
Small organisations make their largest technology decisions with the least support. There is rarely anyone in the room whose job is to ask whether this platform will still suit the business in three years, what it costs to leave, or whether the cheaper option would do. The supplier is happy to advise, but the supplier is not neutral.
We are the person in the room who has no stake in the answer. We help you decide what to buy and who to buy it from, and then help you write down the rules that keep it working: who has access, how information is handled, and what your obligations are. The two halves belong together. Good technology chosen badly still fails, and good technology used without rules eventually does too.
What We Deliver
Strategy
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Hardware & software selection and procurement: What to buy, what specification and features you actually need, and where to buy it. We can handle the set up and configuration too.
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Cloud and hosting selection: Which provider, which tier, and what it will cost at the size you expect to be, not the size you are now.
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Changing supplier: Leaving a platform you have already built on is harder than choosing one. We advise on how to get out, what it will cost, and how to avoid a second expensive mistake, and we will review the contract before you sign the next one.
Governance
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Information security policy: How your organisation protects its information, in the form clients, funders and insurers expect to see.
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Data protection and GDPR support: A record of what personal data you hold, why you hold it, how long you keep it, and privacy notices to match.
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Access and permissions review: Who can see what across your systems, who should be able to, and closing the gap. We review and update your policies as the organisation changes.
Case Study
Ultima Ratio
An early-stage UK emergency services provider that had outgrown its first platform choice. We reviewed the technology stack, advised on vendor selection and on getting out of the existing arrangement, and connected them to the compliance and legal specialists they needed.