IT Strategy
A plan and a budget, not just tickets
Support keeps today running; strategy decides what tomorrow costs. Our virtual IT director service gives you both a roadmap and someone accountable for it.
What you get
Senior IT leadership, by the month
The things a good IT director does — sized and priced for a business that doesn't need one full-time.
A rolling 12-month roadmap
What's being replaced, improved or retired, in what order, and why — reviewed quarterly so it tracks the business, not last year's plan.
Budgeting without ambushes
Hardware refresh cycles, licence renewals and projects forecast ahead, so IT spend appears in your budget before it appears on an invoice.
Procurement on your side
We spec, source and negotiate kit and software as your advocate — recommending what fits, not what carries the best margin.
A risk register you understand
The honest list — single points of failure, out-of-support systems, key-person risks — each with a severity and a plan, on one page you can actually read.
Decision support
New premises, an acquisition, a big hire, a software choice? You get an experienced technical opinion at the table before you commit.
An AI position, not AI panic
Where AI genuinely helps a business like yours, what it needs first, and what to ignore — connected to our AI consultancy when you're ready.
The rhythm
What a quarter looks like
Strategy that survives contact with a busy calendar: one focused session, one honest document, decisions made.
- 1
Every quarter
Review what happened
Tickets, incidents, spend and progress against the roadmap — what the numbers say about where IT is helping or dragging.
- 2
Then
Adjust the plan
Business changed? Priorities move. New risk appeared? It goes on the register with an owner. The roadmap stays honest.
- 3
And
Agree the next steps
You leave with decisions and costs for the next quarter — not a 40-slide deck. Everything is written up in the plan you own.
FAQ
vCIO, cost and the 'more stuff' worry
What virtual IT leadership means in practice, and whether you're too small for it.
What is a vCIO or virtual IT director, practically?
Senior IT leadership as a service: the person who owns your roadmap, budget and risk register, challenges suppliers, and sits in on the decisions where technology and money meet — for a fraction of the cost of employing that experience full-time.
We're only 30 people. Isn't 'IT strategy' overkill?
At 30 people you're big enough for IT mistakes to be expensive — a bad software choice, a surprise server failure, an unbudgeted refresh year. Strategy at this size isn't a 60-page document; it's a one-page roadmap, a budget and a risk list that get reviewed. That's it.
Do we have to take your managed support to get this?
It works best combined, because the people planning your IT also see your tickets and your ageing kit. But we do provide strategy input alongside an in-house team or another provider — genuinely independent advice, since we're not trying to protect anyone's turf.
Will you just recommend buying more stuff?
Ask around — half our roadmap items are usually 'stop paying for this' or 'sweat this for another year'. The recommendation has a reason and a cost attached either way, and you decide.
How is this different from the quarterly review other MSPs do?
A service review looks backwards at tickets. Strategy looks forwards at the business: what's changing, what breaks at your next stage of growth, what it costs to be ready. We do both, and they're different meetings.
Talk to us
Get a roadmap you'd actually follow
Bring your IT worries to one call; leave knowing what we'd prioritise, roughly what it costs and what can wait.
“Do nothing for now” appears on our roadmaps whenever it's the honest answer.