Technology decisions, aligned to your business
IT consulting from our team of architects and consultants. We find where your technology spend goes, what it returns and what to do next, then help you get it done, with security and cost control designed in.
Technology should serve the business
Most technology estates grew one project at a time. Systems overlap, costs are hard to trace, and security gets added late. Our team starts from the outcomes your business needs, then designs the technology to deliver them.
What we do
Technology strategy and roadmaps
We align technology investment with business goals. Every initiative gets an owner, a success measure and a run-cost estimate, and the roadmap shows what to build, buy, modernize or retire.
Architecture
Solution and reference architecture for new initiatives, and reviews of existing designs: data, integration, identity, monitoring, run cost and security. We review against published frameworks such as AWS and Azure Well-Architected.
Cloud and infrastructure
Cloud strategy, migration planning and foundations on the platforms you already run, with hybrid options where data or residency rules require them. [confirm: technology stack and cloud platforms to name]
Security and governance
Policy only works when it turns into controls: identity and access, data boundaries, logging and an up-to-date inventory of systems. We design controls people can actually follow, and the governance to keep them current.
Cost optimization
Cloud and software spend is variable, hard to allocate and grows quietly. We attribute cost to teams and workflows, right-size what you run and design cost control in, measured against your own baseline.
Modernization and automation
Modernizing legacy applications and automating workflows, scoped to a clear business outcome. Sometimes the right answer is a simple automation or a retirement, not a rebuild.
AI, where it fits
AI is one service among many. When it fits, we treat it like any other investment: a business case, an owner, a run-cost estimate and security designed in. For a part-time executive owner of your AI roadmap, see our CAIO program.
How an engagement runs
Assess
We map your current estate, costs and risks, and agree the outcomes that matter.
Design
A target architecture and a prioritised roadmap, each item with an owner and a run-cost estimate.
Deliver
We help you execute, directly or alongside your team and integrators, and measure results against the baseline.
How engagements are priced
Every engagement is quoted to your scope. No obligation.
A fixed-scope assessment of your estate, costs and risks, with a prioritised roadmap, over about [assessment length]
[confirm: whether the Baseline fee is credited toward a Retainer, and on what terms]
Questions
Can you guarantee a specific saving?
No, and be cautious of anyone who does. Savings depend on your workloads, vendors and usage. We apply the levers that fit and measure against your baseline.
We already have a CTO or CIO. Why do we need you?
Your CTO or CIO runs the whole technology estate. We work with them, not around them, and give focused senior time to the strategy, architecture and cost work that usually gets squeezed.
Do you work with our existing vendors and integrators?
Yes. We recommend on fit, not on partner incentives, and hold whoever builds to the agreed architecture. [confirm disclosure, e.g. "We take no reseller, referral or partner fees."]
Start with an assessment, not another project
In a few weeks you'll have a prioritised, costed roadmap and a clear view of your technology spend and risk.