The Value of an IT Assessment

A business is always breathing, and operationally a business is dependent on technology. As a business evolves through growth, downsizing, new initiatives and technology updates- how do you know if your business IT can handle it? How can you budget?

An IT assessment or IT Audit is designed to analyze the current technology state of a business and identify areas that need improvement. The overall goal of the assessment is to provide the business with a path that leverages IT and helps the business succeed.

 

An IT Assessment will provide the following benefits:

• Address compliance issues
• Point out gaps and weakness
• Assess hardware/software/cloud
• Create a plan to help align the business' IT resources, and strategies

IT areas of the business that are analyzed during an IT assessment are:

• Current Technology Management - support and documentation
• Network Topology - design, cabling, internet connection
• Network Security - firewalls, routers, gateways, wireless
• Server Infrastructure - hardware, operating systems, and storage
• Network Services- directory services, administrative policies remote access
• Network Applications - communication, collaboration and financial management
• PC Fleet 

 

The IT assessment is the precursor to the IT strategy, because there is nothing worse than the expense of an IT project snowball because you did not know the impact of software, hardware or cloud services on the business.  An effective IT strategy includes input from management, users, and IT to build the future of the company's environment.

An IT assessment is an investment of time and money. If you have committed to have an IT assessment or IT Audit done, you are on the path of revamping the technology in your business, and there are changes coming. The best part of the IT assessment is that the results are  indicative of how the IT budget should be allocated.

 

IT assessment report results contain a scoring system to provide the business with a simple and easy to understand metric of each current critical IT function. Since report results are only
useful if you can understand what you are reading, they are personalized to the business and presented in person with a summary of findings, recommendations, best practices, and budgeting info. The information and data gathered from the network assessment is also supplied in the report as that is proprietary business data.

Business owners need to be assured and need to know that they have the tools, and resources to help their business operate, grow, and reduce overall costs.   IT assessments from IT service companies are the best way to simplify a business' IT environment. The knowledge gained from learning about proven technologies and strategies helps the business optimize and be pragmatic with IT spending.

 

 

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