IT Strategy and Governance Consulting

Getting a firm grasp of the business impact and risk implications associated with your technology, architecture, IT services and outsourcing partnerships is essential for successfully aligning your IT environment to business objectives and positioning future technology investment.

The good news is that Dimension Data can assist you take the guesswork out of strategic technology and sourcing decisions. Through our IT Strategy and Governance Consulting Service, we work with you to undertake an evaluation of your current IT structure and partnering strategy in order to validate their direction. Let’s take a more detailed look at examples of when you should consider consulting advice in this area:

• IT Strategy and Enterprise Architecture: Are you faced with IT needs and interests that compete against other business units for resources? and do you struggle to reach agreement internally regarding alignment of business and IT priorities and their dependencies? Dimension Data can assist. Our experts will assist you in developing a roadmap of priorities aligned to business drivers … which ultimately improves alignment between IT and the business as a whole.

• IT Sourcing and Governance: Whether you’re weighing up the merits of multi-sourcing / outsourcing for the first time or are poised to renew an existing contract, the value of having an objective and experienced partner at your side, cannot be overstated. If you need to craft a sensible sourcing strategy based on business requirements and define a governance model to ensure that all partners stay in-step then Dimension Data’s seasoned consultants are available to work with you.

• Cloud Services Strategy: You, like many forward-thinking organisations may be considering moving to a Cloud environment. But are you certain that you’re on track to extract all the potential benefits associated with such a move? And what about the risks? Dimension Data works with you to identify and assess the opportunities that a move to a Cloud environment can bring to bear on your organisation and provides you with a comprehensive roadmap to guide your transformation.

• IT Transformation: Ensuring that your IT infrastructure is optimised and managed to align to IT and business needs is an ongoing and often uphill battle. Dimension Data has the skills and experience to take on this challenge on your behalf and ensure that all your existing IT services are fully optimised.

We help our clients to shape their IT and sourcing strategies to reflect their unique business position, needs and capabilities including appetite for risk. Contact us to find out more about the benefits your organisation can realise by leveraging Dimension Data’s IT Strategy and Governance Consulting services.