Ambitious businesses need an outstanding IT leader
We are the UK’s largest and most experienced team of part-time (we call it “fractional”) IT Directors, CIOs and CTOs. We work exclusively in the SME and mid-market sector and we are completely independent.
We focus IT on your business strategy, lead IT innovation and change, manage your staff, your IT costs and external suppliers, and ensure reliability and continuity.
IT roadmap for growth
a plan of how your IT will scale up as your business grows, rather than unplanned chaos
Clients often ask for our help with the following challenges…
Stuck projects
Integration challenges
IT team gaps and weaknesses
IT strategy and vision
Ineffective management info
Bespoke software problems
Supplier selection & management
Security and standards
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We’re more than a recruitment agency, solo freelancer or “hit and run” consultancy. Every Principal in our team has been hand-picked to work with clients for their long-term business success.
Simplify Digital
The experience to help you lead expansion and prepare for due diligence…
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Our Principals have outstanding records in the most senior corporate roles but, even more unusual, is their aptitude and passion for working in the SME and mid-market sectors. Fewer than 1% of applicants pass every stage of our detailed screening process.
We have more than 40 principals in 8 teams in the UK and Singapore.
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Our team have a wide range of experience and knowledge of delivering business focussed IT strategy.
Enjoy reading some of their view and opinions.
IT Roadmap for growth – A CEO’s briefing
As companies grow, their IT inevitably needs to change and develop. In reality, few companies follow a well-planned path so the result is often a complicated mixture of different “generations” of infrastructure, business systems and digital activities. The situation...
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CEO’s Briefing on IT risks, compliance and security
No doubt you worry about growing your business and being successful, but as the business grows and becomes successful, protecting it against risks becomes a new source of worry! New concerns range from compliance with Data Protection regulations, ensuring the business...
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Cybersecurity – ten simple steps for non-technical directors
Cybersecurity is a hugely complicated area where there is no end of products and salesmen trying to push you to buy products. Where do you start …? Here are 10 key steps: 1. Perimeter security. The perimeters include both physical security of your office and the...
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Managing Partner’s Briefing on IT’s Role in Successful Legal Services
The context for IT in the legal sector is changing but the winners are those with, amongst other essentials, a defined IT strategy where IT spend is targeted at driving their business performance. Many of our IT Directors have wide experience in this sector and they...
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IT’s evolving role in an evolving Legal sector
The context for IT in the legal sector is changing. Legal Aid cuts, new flexible legal service providers, referral fee bans, new ABS and the Big 4 accountancy firms form an increasing threat to the typical traditional mid-sized “partner led” legal firm. A higher level...
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A strategy for solving systems integration problems
For many businesses, systems that don’t work together are the source of major headaches. Systems that don’t talk to each other create layers of manual work, errors and issues, and make reporting difficult or impossible. Over time individuals create workarounds and...
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