Solutions in this practice area are focused on providing assistance oriented around future business scenarios -- business benefits (or expenses) from adopting a particular technology, changing organizational approaches to operations or support, technology activities necessary to support a business strategy or regulatory change, activities required to smoothly relocate a business from one location to another, potential impacts and mitigation strategies to protect from a future disruption, etc. 

• Technology Research and Evaluation - Investigation of technology trends, products, concepts and proposals for feasibility, potential business applications and cost-benefit assessment. Demystify and clarify issues for both business and technologists to help both make better decisions.

• Information Technology and Strategic Planning Alignment - Business and technology plan analysis and reconciliation to maximize achievement of business goals through effective IT planning and management. Alignment is facilitated through construction of a model connecting business objectives and IT strategies and operational tactics -- creating a common framework for communication and understanding of shared goals.

• Production Readiness Assessment - Evaluation of a technology project and the intended production environment to assess the readiness to deploy and successfully operate the new project. Assessment process examines all aspects of implementing and utilizing the project -- and identifies implementation challenges and alternate strategies to maximize chance of success. Operational readiness should be assessed at least twice -- at design time and implementation time. The design time assessment is intended to identify and capture operational issues and requirements that need to be encapsulated in the project technological choices.

• Infrastructure Implementations - Planning and project management for design and implementation of robust, cost-effective and reliable Information Technology infrastructures for corporate and Internet applications.

• Business and Technology Relocation - Planning and project management services to assist with relocation of technology-dependent business functions and data centers. Moving a trade floor, call center, data center or other technology-intensive business function can be done with minimal business disruption through sufficient preparatory planning, contingency planning, pre-move testing and relocation management. Let our experience make your next move be one that can be quickly forgotten.

• Business Contingency Planning & Testing - Consulting, risk assessments, readiness evaluations, comprehensive planning, project management for the development and testing of business contingency plans. Contingency planning approach evolves from first identifying key business objectives, then developing a strategy that creatively leverages existing corporate assets. For many organizations, establishing contingency capabilities is a journey involving many changes -- including staff attitudes. Technology Strategists can provide long term guidance and support to effect lasting corporate change.