Virtual CIO
The Verdant Virtual CIO Program is designed to help small and medium sized enterprises develop, optimize and manage their Information Technology infrastructure.
The Challenge
Many firms struggle with implementing and maintaining the IT solutions needed to support the growth of their business. These demands take focus away from key business initiatives, but must be addressed in order to compete in today’s agile marketplace. Building an internal IT department and hiring staff can be one of the most expensive initiatives a company will ever undertake. Business leaders are not necessarily experienced in building these solutions, and struggle to deliver results without expert advisory.
The Solution
Verdant will assign a Virtual CIO to work with your management team, immediately adding the expertise and experience you require at a fraction of the cost. Virtual CIO will help you fill in the gaps of your IT strategy and ensure your applications deliver the benefits you need. Your Virtual CIO will be available every step of the way as you build your IT capabilities, and will manage and coordinate both internal and outsourced resources for ongoing support.
Operational Productivity
Verdant will analyze your IT processes and provide an audit with best practice recommendations. By mapping your current IT processes to your business initiatives, Verdant can help ensure that your needs are served today and that you have a plan for tomorrow.
Security
Verdant will review your enterprise architecture and applications to identify any potential security risks. We can then develop a remediation plan tailored to your specific needs and security requirements. Once existing issues have been resolved, Verdant can monitor your systems and ensure compliance with your security policies.
Fault Tolerance and Disaster Recovery
Verdant can provide assurance that your critical data is properly backed and can be restored in the event of a disaster. We will also provide options for making your enterprise applications more robust and fault tolerant.
Application Selection
Verdant technologists have many years experience in evaluating, comparing and implementing IT applications. Verdant can assist you with the application selection process from initial requirement gathering through vendor selection and pricing negotiations.
Total Cost of Ownership Reduction
Verdant can assist your company in finding ways to reduce your total recurring monthly IT costs. Drawing from our many years of industry experience, our Chief Technologists can often reduce the TCO of your IT solutions dramatically within a matter of days.
Vendor Oversight
Verdant can manage your IT vendor relationships, ensuring that you are getting maximum value for your IT spend while coordinating activities between vendors. Verdant is your trusted advisor that can provide a “reality check” to the statements and proposals made by vendors.