An assessment is a period of discovery analyzing your current infrastructure, business needs and future plans.
With any significant change or investment, having an assessment performed on your environment could potentially save you thousands of dollars by identifying current and future pitfalls.
What are the benefits of IT Assessments?
In addition to substantial cost savings, there are many benefits of having an assessment performed:
- Identify gaps in processes and procedures between users and management
- Conservation and utilization of resources by mapping for consolidation, virtualization and manageability strategies
- Improve productivity or efficiency thereby reducing cost and resource constraints
- Open new opportunities for your business
- Review and recommendation for your current or internal IT sourcing arrangements
- Due diligence reporting in the event of mergers or acquisitions
Areas Of Focus
When performing an assessment, key areas of focus include but are not limited to:
- Technology Management (Planning, support and documentation)
- Network Topology (Design, cabling and internet connectivity)
- Security (Firewall, perimeter, physical and wireless security)
- Server Infrastructure (Hardware, operating systems and storage)
- Network Services (Directory services, administrative policies, remote access and redundancy)
- Network Applications (Communication, collaboration and financial management)
- PC Fleet
Additional Value
IT assessments are especially valuable when there has been a change in senior management, business direction, or when the marketplace dictates new business processes are required. The IT assessment will highlight new ways of improving your return on IT investments and enable improved business performance.