Business Fit
Will the solution improve the intended workflow, service, capacity, or risk position?
VSS Business Solutions
Technology Consulting & vCIO
Experienced independent guidance for organizations that need technology leadership without a full-time executive or architecture staff.
Advice that can be implemented
Planning, decisions, and accountable follow-through.
VSS brings more than 30 years of independent consulting experience across different business models and technology environments. The consulting role can range from a focused assessment to ongoing virtual-CIO support.
Recommendations consider business objectives, current constraints, risk, cost, supportability, and future requirements. When appropriate, VSS can also implement the selected solution and coordinate the vendors involved.
Consulting engagements
- Technology assessments and priority roadmaps
- Budgeting, lifecycle, and replacement planning
- Vendor, contract, and solution evaluation
- Security, continuity, and operational-risk review
- Project architecture and implementation oversight
- Three-to-five-year technology planning
A useful decision framework
Technology decisions are evaluated from more than one perspective.
Operational Fit
Can the organization implement, use, support, and maintain it effectively?
Financial Fit
Are the complete costs, dependencies, licensing, and future obligations understood?
Add experienced technology leadership where it is needed.
Discuss the decision, project, recurring problem, or planning gap that requires an independent business and technology perspective.