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How to Select an IT Consulting Firm

Many technology consulting firms and Managed Service Providers have specialties, so you need to understand their service focus. You don’t want a company concentrating on backup and disaster recovery services to work on mobile device support. IT environments today are so interdependent and interconnected we recommend the IT consultants you select have a broad range of experience in many disciplines.

10 Considerations When Hiring an IT Consultant

What do you want an IT consulting firm to do?

When searching for a top IT consultants, you need to prioritize what you are looking for and understand how an IT consulting company can impact a particular project and your overall organization.

10 Ways to Engage an IT Consultant:

Assistance with a project
Acquisition and installation of a new piece of equipment
To augment your IT staff bringing an “outside” perspective
Management control of the consultant’s activities
To create a long-term relationship?
Help for a “mission critical” project or day-to-day support?
Ongoing support and maintenance from this consulting firm?
A consultant to work with your sensitive intellectual property (IP)?
Training or a knowledge transfer from this consultant?
Selection of a particular person for ongoing support

These considerations are essential when hiring IT consultants and should be reviewed to ensure both the success of your project and the success of your relationship.

What Kind of IT Consulting Firm Do You Need?

IT consultants that bring the most value are those with actual operating experience. Future Technologies has 20 years experience operating all types of IT environments. We currently manage thousands of devices for over 3,000 clients. It is this “depth and breadth” of skills that deliver more value to our consulting clients. Don’t be limited by selecting IT consultants with limited expertise or limited focus.

Technology Consulting:
IT performance improvement
Business process improvement
Capacity planning and management
Remediation, troubleshooting, and repair
IT infrastructure design and architecture
Microsoft Exchange support
Microsoft Office 365 migrations and management
Backup and Disaster Recovery
Strategic IT Planning and Consulting:
Aligning your business objectives to your IT infrastructure
Change management
Analyzing the ROI on your IT investments
Outsourcing cost analysis
Cloud Consulting:
Migration
Performance
Security
24×7 management
Azure, AWS, design, configuration and 24×7 support
Virtualization migration and hosting
IT Security Consulting:
Cloud Security
Regulatory and Compliance Management
Backup and disaster recovery plans
Active intrusion protection and detection
Security monitoring
Apple and MAC Consulting and Support:
Troubleshooting
Compliance and security
Operating in a hybrid environment
VoIP Services Consulting:
Voice-over-IP troubleshooting and 24×7 support
Design and configuration
VPN, MPLS configurations
VoIP services
Future Technologies IT Consultants Understand Business Value – Not just Technology

At Future Technologies, we work daily with forward-thinking IT professionals using advanced systems focused on leveraging technology to increase business performance. Our IT consulting process is to work one-on-one with your team to understand your goals, business processes, and current information systems capabilities.

Our IT consultants bring the all-important “operating experience” of a Managed Service Provider providing 24×7 global support for more than 3,000 clients and thousands of devices. As a Managed Service Provider, unlike “pure” IT consulting companies, we understand the “operational” characteristics of multiple IT platforms, monitoring tools, and devices.

The Top 7 Reasons Our IT Consulting Services are Engaged:
The IT infrastructure/devices/hosting needs to be fixed or is not performing
The need to quickly scale IT infrastructure
The need to implement cost reductive measures
Executives confronting significant capital expenditures and legacy equipment problems
Managers are confronting business expansion challenges
The need to adhere to changing compliance regulations
The need to merge multiple IT operating environments
Technology Independent IT Consulting

Future Technologies IT Consulting does not make its consulting recommendations based on relationships with various technology providers. We provide recommendations aligning with the technology best fitting your applications, performance criteria, budget, or existing IT infrastructure.

Through a comprehensive, IT consulting assessment we identify critical business and IT criteria developing a strategy to simplify your information technology environment and lead the way to a more cost-effective and reliable IT infrastructure. Our progressive solutions enable companies to grow their businesses for improved business results, taking a customer-first approach to everything we do.

Our IT consultants will leave you informed and ready to make the right choices at a cost that fits your budget.

Driving innovation and productivity for your key business functions

With the challenges and opportunities in today’s marketplace, companies require innovative strategies and solutions to achieve their business objectives. The right insights, advice and digital innovation can increase process efficiencies and productivity across key business functions and support the merger and acquisition process by implementing an effective foundation for current and future growth.

The RSM management consulting team takes the time to understand your organization and strategy to develop long-term, collaborative relationships that help you address your complex business issues. We provide comprehensive solutions for critical back-office functions, including technology and digital, finance and accounting, and operations and supply chain. Our services range from assessments to improvements and complete transformations with the goal of ultimately aligning your people, processes and technology to enhance performance.

Our core practice areas include:

Technology and Digital – Technology and digital applications are evolving quickly, and the right solutions can significantly enhance your efficiency and productivity. Our experienced advisors help your organization understand your technology and digital needs, and work with you to design a strategy that aligns with your business goals.

Finance and Accounting – The finance function’s importance and responsibilities are growing within every organization, becoming a strategic enabler for achieving business goals. We help you modernize your finance function by optimizing your strategy and operating model, improving business processes and leveraging data for stronger decision-making.

Operations and Supply Chain – The supply chain is rapidly evolving, with new challenges, as well as opportunities to increase growth. The RSM team can help you develop a cohesive, high-performance supply chain, with optimized processes at every step from inbound sourcing to customer delivery.

At RSM, our management consulting team incorporates continued innovation and targeted industry insights to provide specialized strategies that support your success. Our perspectives can transform how you conduct business by driving innovation, increasing productivity, reducing costs and improving controls. We listen to understand the unique facets of your business, implementing strategies to encourage sustainable change to strengthen your operations and build or enhance your competitive advantage.

Future Technologies management consultants consider each of these fundamental perspectives in detail with every engagement:

The right integrated management consulting solutions for your organization could include:

Assessment and Strategy
Improvement and Transformation
Mergers, Acquisitions and Due Diligence
Performance Management and Analytics
Project, Program and Change Management
Software Selection and Optimization
Core industry focus areas of RSM management consulting include:
Consumer products (e.g., fashion and home furnishings, food and beverage, restaurant, retail)
Financial institutions (e.g., banks, credit unions, finance and leasing companies, trust organizations)
Industrial products (e.g., automotive, energy, manufacturing)
Life sciences (e.g., biotechnology, medical devices, pharmaceuticals)
Nonprofit
Private equity
Public sector

Contact

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  • sales@future.co.ug

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