IT consulting

IT consulting services for infrastructure, cloud and security

Our consultants take a fresh look at your technology, tell you plainly what is working and what is not and give you a roadmap tied to your business goals. When it is time to act, the same firm can deliver the projects and run the result.

Talk to an expert See what we cover
  • Infrastructure, cloud and security assessments
  • IT strategy and a prioritized roadmap
  • Advice from engineers who also deliver
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Independent advice

Recommendations based on your needs, across many platforms

Security in every recommendation

Consultants backed by our MDR and incident response teams

Practical roadmaps

Phased plans that fit your budget and team

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Why it matters

A clear view of the big picture

IT teams spend most of their time keeping things running. That leaves little room to step back and ask whether the architecture still fits the business, whether cloud spending makes sense or whether the environment can survive an outage or an attack.

Our technology consulting services provide that view. We assess your infrastructure, cloud and security posture, look at how technology supports your operations and growth plans, and give you specific recommendations ranked by risk, cost and effort. Advice comes from engineers who build and run these systems every day.

What we cover

IT infrastructure consulting and IT strategy consulting

Infrastructure assessment

A review of your network, servers, storage and architecture, with a roadmap that addresses performance, lifecycle and risk.

Cloud readiness

An assessment of which workloads belong in AWS, Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud, what it will cost and how to get there.

Cloud services

Security gap assessment

A review of security gaps with the processes, procedures and controls needed to close them.

Risk assessment

IT strategy and roadmap

A multi-year technology roadmap aligned to business goals, budget cycles and the capacity of your team.

Resilience and uptime

A review of how outages would affect the business, with backup, disaster recovery and continuity recommendations.

Business continuity

Optimization

Tuning technology and infrastructure for better performance, less downtime and a better return on what you already own.

How it works

How an IT consulting engagement runs

1

Discovery

We meet with IT and business leaders to understand goals, constraints, in-flight projects and pain points.

2

Assessment

Our consultants review your environment, documentation and configurations and gather the data behind each finding.

3

Recommendations

You get a written report and roadmap with priorities, estimated effort and options, presented to your team and leadership.

4

Execution support

We can deliver the projects through our professional services team, or support your team as you carry them out.

Deliverables

What you get

  • Current-state assessment of infrastructure, cloud and security
  • Findings ranked by risk, cost and effort
  • Target architecture and technology roadmap
  • Budget and resourcing guidance for each phase
  • Quick wins you can act on right away
  • Executive summary for leadership
  • Breach and outage readiness recommendations
  • Option to deliver the roadmap with our engineers

FAQ

IT consulting questions

IT consulting services provide expert assessment and advice on your technology. Ours cover infrastructure, cloud, security and resilience, and end with a prioritized roadmap. We can also carry out the recommendations.

Consulting is project-based advice: an assessment, a strategy or a roadmap. Managed IT services are ongoing operations under a monthly agreement. Many clients start with consulting and move to managed services for some or all of their environment.

We recommend what fits your requirements, skills and budget. Our engineers support many platforms, and we start by improving what you already own before suggesting anything new.

Yes. A cloud readiness assessment is one of our most common consulting engagements. We review each workload, recommend where it should run and estimate the effort and cost of moving it.

Cost depends on the size of your environment, the number of sites and systems in scope, how deep the assessment goes and whether you need a full strategy or a focused review. We scope the engagement and give you a fixed proposal.

Yes. We are headquartered in San Diego and consult for organizations across the US. See managed IT services in San Diego for local details.

Related services

Related services

Professional IT services

Engineering and project management to deliver the roadmap.

Professional services

IT staff augmentation

Security and infrastructure engineers for your team.

Staff augmentation

vCISO services

Ongoing security leadership and a security roadmap.

vCISO

Managed IT in San Diego

Consulting and managed IT from our San Diego team.

San Diego

Talk to an expert

Get a clear plan for your technology

Tell us what you want to improve and an IT consultant will reply by email to set up a scoping conversation.

  • Scoping call with a senior consultant
  • Fixed proposal for the assessment

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