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Year-End To-Do -- Researching Your IT Needs
If you have business planning on your year-end To-Do list that includes major changes to your IT solutions, the first step should be a Business, Security and Technology Assessment for the next 3 to 5 years.
Without such an assessment, you increase the odds of purchasing technology that obstructs your progress rather than paving its way.
You also increase the chance of spending money unnecessarily on IT. In a 2021 study by Flexera of 750 business and IT leaders, respondents estimated that 32 percent of their Cloud investment goes to waste, up from 30 percent the year before. Another 13 percent of Cloud projects exceed their budgets.
Business Assessment
This assessment clarifies your short- and long-term objectives and the existing state of your business so you know where you stand now in relation to where you want to go. Among other things, it ...
- Re-visits your organization's Mission and Vision statements
- Reviews the procedures, processes and policies in your business
- Interviews department leaders about the positive and negative impacts of your current technology
- Notes the regulatory and compliance requirements for your industry
Technology Assessment
This assessment looks at your current technology's ability to meet your business goals, including ...
- Cataloging your existing hardware and software including the age, remaining warranty, and specifications
- Reviewing your existing hardware and software to see if they can meet your long-term objectives
- Determining which hardware and software needs to be upgraded or replaced to meet your goals
- Reviews and demos the potential contenders
Cyber Security Assessment
Our Cyber Security Risk Assessment analyzes the security risks your company faces by ...
- Cataloging the data your company handles, on-premise and in the Cloud
- Evaluating the value of that information to cyber criminals
- Assessing the level of Risk that your organization faces based on the data you handle
- Identifying the needed security measures to meet your level of risk
Understanding Your IT's Impact on Your Business
The three parts of the assessment provide a picture of your technology's impact on your organization.
When finished, you will have a complete set of BST assessments and recommendations for IT improvements to meet your long- and short-term goals that stem from them.
This ensures that your technology can do the job you need it to, do it securely, and without the unnecessary spending that so often results from throwing money at perceived technology problems.
I am Eric Magill, an Information Professional. Contact me for credible, up-to-date, proprietary, research-driven to base your organization's IT plans on in the coming years. You can also request an online meeting with me.
