Technology

Understanding where your business is today with technology is vital in planning where you’ll go. You may already be paying for patching and anti-virus managed services, but you need a virtual Chief Information Officer (vCIO) who can truly design a strategy and roadmap for your business that’s more than break-fix. As your vCIO, we can work with your company to assess your current state, identify strengths and weaknesses and make key decisions while helping you understand:

• How well your technology is performing
• If your business strategy is enabled by your technology
• If your cybersecurity measures are adequate and up to date
• How to leverage the cloud to its full advantage

Protecting your business from evolving cyberthreats is vital in preventing a costly data breach. Acting as a virtual Chief Information Security Officer (vCISO), our technology advisors work with companies on all stages of cybersecurity, from developing a strategy to training staff and more, including:

• Cybersecurity architecture and strategy
• Governance, risk and compliance
• Vulnerability management
• Information protection and privacy
• Cybersecurity training and testing
• M&A technology consulting

Cloud solutions are revolutionizing how business gets done. By partnering with the leading technology providers, we can ensure you get the highest quality and most cost-effective cloud solutions to power your business, using platforms such as Azure Server and Microsoft 365. After we’ve helped you move to the cloud and determined a customized strategy, our technology advisors will continue to provide support and flexibly scale your environment up or down as your needs change. We help businesses like yours integrate best-in-class cloud technology strategies into operations, including:

• Securely backing up your servers to protect from ransomware
• Cloud license and cost management
• Azure server and Windows Virtual Desktop management
• Server performance and reliability optimization

Concerned about potential downtime when moving from an on-premise server to the cloud? 

“Leading up to the hard rollover, Anders did everything they could do to make the process seamless, and I am happy to report, we unplugged and then plugged back in on a Sunday during our least active time, and on Monday, no one could tell the difference!” – Zeffert & Associates 

See how Anders ensured a smooth transition for Zeffert & Associates.

The right technology tools and platforms can empower your business to be more productive and accomplish complex tasks more efficiently and securely. Even if you already have Microsoft Servers or Office 365, the tech stack is continually evolving and can save your business time and money if you utilize it to its highest potential. As a Microsoft Gold Partner, we can help you make the most of your Microsoft 365 license through:

• Teams and Teams Calling Plans to communicate and collaborate from anywhere
• Azure to allow your employees secure access to business apps
• Power BI to collect, filter and organize data easily

Most businesses have unique internal processes that are not met by typical ERP/MRP applications. Our team of business technology professionals can identify the disconnect and automate manual processes that hold you back from getting the data and information you need. We help build out workflows or applications to solve business challenges and automate processes using Power Platform and train your staff so they can identify automation opportunities down the road. Some examples of Power Platform automation include:

• Extract data from time tracking system to offer more visibility into employee availability
• Automate manual form responses across departments or customers to gather information quickly and easily
• Easily streamline accounts payable processing through an automated process to read invoices and complete journal entries

Data analytics helps companies seamlessly access and utilize their data to improve operations and business outcomes. Our team can incorporate data analytics into your business processes based on what questions and problems you’re wanting to solve. We accomplish this through several techniques including:

• Data strategy meeting to understand where your data resides and how it works for the business
• Data inventory and opportunity analysis to build flexible dashboards
• Report and dashboard training in Power BI to empower employees to build custom dashboards
• Data repository upgrades and migrations