Helping small and medium sized businesses make the most of their IT investments.

The company's ability to execute these functions requires that numerous tasks (software and hardware upgrades, performance monitoring and tuning, etc.) be carried out on a regular basis. However, with limited IT staff, even these basic tasks may not be performed regularly, putting the organization in the position of reacting to problems, instead of proactively maintaining the required level of readiness.

Data backup and storage, disaster prevention and recovery plans may also be overlooked in an understaffed IT department. This may result in hardware and software failures, security breaches, and other disastrous events that can have a devastating impact on a business.

Dependence on the Internet for research, marketing, and external communication introduces another degree of complexity. While conferring huge business advantages, including the capability to conduct global operations, this extensive reliance on the Internet exposes the IT infrastructure to external threats and makes secure, reliable connectivity a business imperative.

Our consultants can evaluate your existing systems, applications and products; identify weaknesses and vulnerabilities; help to plan and implement optimization strategies.

Another area where small businesses can benefit from an external consultant is product evaluation and selection. Some companies rely heavily on vendor sales representatives when developing their IT strategy or evaluating new products and services. This may save time; however, when small businesses enter purchasing agreements without objective and expert advice, they often find themselves locked into products and services that wind-up draining their resources instead of enhancing their bottom line.

Our consultants can help you assess existing services, applications, and products; develop criteria for evaluating new products and services; create an optimization statement of work or proposal; design an implementation plan; and ultimately align your IT resources with your business objectives.

Action Research and Technical Solutions has access to 20+ experienced consultants, including IT project managers, Cisco Certified Internetwork Engineers, Microsoft and Sun Microsystems certified engineers, experts in cutting edge backup and storage solutions, and programmers who can customize off-the-shelf solutions to meet your specific business and technical requirements.

Please e-mail or call us to learn more about our services and our very affordable and flexible pricing structure.