Technology is vital for businesses and organizations of all size; it’s a fact of life these days.  And while all organizations can benefit from the knowledge and capabilities of a committed Chief Information Officer, not all can (or should) bear the costs associated with such a full time role.  The answer?  A Virtual CIO.

Virtual CIOs provide the same set of high-order technology management skillsets as typical full-time CIOs but do so in a fractional or on-demand manner more suitable to the business models of many smaller or non-profit organizations.  Duties can include:

• Baseline evaluation of the technology landscape:  How are we really doing?

• Business-to-IT alignment: Do our technical needs align with our business needs?

• CxO and Board-level education and "State-of-the-State" analysis:  Where are we compared to our peers?

• Future technology briefing and ideation: What's coming over the horizon that impacts us?

• Culture transformation: How do we get there from here?

• Staff mentoring, education, and growth:  How do our people get to that next level?

• Organizational analysis and staffing recommendations: Are my technical staff ready for business growth?

• Platform and system requirements-gathering and functional needs evaluation: What tools do we need to be most effective?

• Partner evaluation, consolidation analysis, and selection: Who can help me get to where I want to be?

So whether you're wondering whether Cloud or SaaS offerings might provide potentially low entry-costs for sophisticated technologies, whether you question your record retention approach and policies, or whether you wonder if your Disaster Recovery policy and procedures would actually let you recover if the need arose...

...Pianosa Technology Partner's vCIO services can help.