The Consulting Practice
Comsure consulting with its dedicated highly qualified
professionals prides itself on delivering high quality
solutions and independent objective advice to its
customers. Our consultants support our clients throughout
the IT lifecycle, from Review to Planning, Sourcing
to Delivery.
Specifically, we provide advice and support to enable
you to negotiate the following four key stages successfully…
IT Review
Where is your business now?
And where do you want to be in the long-term?
Implementing a business or IT strategy is
about anticipating the needs of the current or
emerging
markets. We identify the key issues and the ways
and means of engineering value. Comsure sees the ‘as
is’ as a springboard to your future opportunities.
- Business and technology audit: Typically, a
review will start with an independent assessment
of existing costs, service levels and the fitness
of the current IT infrastructure to meet future
demands. What potential is there for cost reduction,
service improvement and infrastructure enhancement?
- Benchmarking: Who is leading by example? And
what lessons can we learn from them? Comparisons
with exemplary organisations give a clear view
of best practice and models of excellence. These
studies, often a contractual stipulation of large
outsourced or managed contracts, help set new standards
of performance.
- Infrastructure strategy: Our approach to the
strategic process aims to build in flexibility
and continuity to anticipate and embrace change,
instead of reacting to market forces. First, we
develop a firm understanding of key business and
technological drivers. Then, we map the road ahead
based on current or planned infrastructure.
- Due diligence: By undertaking a confidential
review of business or technology proposals, Comsure
provides a valuable third party view. Typically,
this would happen prior to committing to a substantial
spend, either in technology infrastructure or in
a merger or acquisition.
IT Planning
Designing IT infrastructure that meets the demands
of a dynamic business calls for an intimate understanding
of all available solutions. Comsure marries the interests
of both business and IT managers to plan the most
suitable infrastructure solutions.
- Technology and service design: As new technologies
such as IP telephony and Virtual Private Networks
continue to drive change, key decisions include
optimum sourcing arrangements for infrastructure.
Do you, for example, maintain in-house resources,
or outsource everything except core activities?
We can help you decide, selecting the technologies
and service models which meet your business requirements.
- Network modelling: Our modelling approach, which
supports companies looking to replace or optimise
existing networks, defines capacity requirements
to support new and emerging business applications.
It can also be used as a planning tool.
- Business case development: You can only justify
expenditure on major IT solutions if you can put
forward a sound business case. We support your
efforts to win board approval by ensuring that
the real costs and business benefits of the strategy
are fully explored and understood.
IT Sourcing
Sourcing is the key to service delivery. Without
knowledge of proven methodologies and best practices,
you can put yourself and the organisation at risk.
Our approach is to consider business, commercial
and technological imperatives to find a unanimous
solution.
- Managed procurement: Our consultants are available
to manage the end-to-end IT and network infrastructure
procurement process. From sourcing strategy to
implementation, our remit can involve reviewing
service models, short listing suppliers, developing
Request for Proposal/Invitation to Tender development,
or evaluating potential suitors.
- Contract negotiation: Detailed definition of
services, service levels, management arrangements,
and associated costs is fundamental to the smooth
negotiation of managed or outsourced contracts.
We bring pace and rigour to this process, putting
particular emphasis on the need to build in flexibility
to any arrangement.
IT Delivery
From concept to completion, Comsure has a part to
play. Services extend to the implementation phase.
And we can play an interim, transitional or permanent
role in helping your business achieve its strategic
goals.
- Project Management: Where do you
want the buck to stop? With your managers?
With your partners?
Comsure can work independently or as part of
your team to share or assume total responsibility.
We
have a proven track record of delivering projects
to plan using a combination of project management,
technical or commercial skill sets. Formal methodologies
can be adopted or we can work to your own specific
parameters.
- Interim management: When hiring someone
to step into someone’s shoes, there’s
no substitute for experience. You may want us to
cover for a department or individual. Perhaps you
are going through a period of transition? Our expertise
covers many scenarios, from change management to
mergers and acquisitions.
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