What is a Virtual CIO Digital Advisor

What is a virtual CIO Digital Advisor?

A Virtual CIO Digital Advisor collaborates with the companies and provides strategic consulting services and cost analyses regarding information technology and cloud infrastructure.

Having a vCIO helps a business ensure that technological advancement run in accordance with its needs and objectives. This frees the company owners from the high demands and stresses associated with the administration and management of the firm, and executed with limited internal resources. The vCIO, in effect, opens an opportunity for the hired personnel to allot their focus in accomplishing their chief responsibilities.

What Are vCIO Services?

Having a vCIO means having someone who:

Fully understands the core-processes of the business and its inner-workings
Makes sure that the firm’s IT runs in accordance with the company’s vision and goals
Helps company focus and tactically allocate its internal resources
Helps ensure that the company is using the available resources efficiently in order to accomplish priorities and achieve business growth
Avoids incurring unnecessary expenditures by closely managing the firm’s budget on information technology and providing data-based cost control strategies
Promotes financial savings by centralizing and consolidating the company’s resources and using these to ensure maximum productivity for the business and its employees
Provides real-time advice and insights to entrepreneurs regarding the firm’s technological make-up
Monitors and resolves the inefficiencies in the firm’s technological infrastructure and provides robust solutions for cyber security and data protection
Replaces the firm’s outdated programs and software, and opens opportunities for the business to expand their market, overcome challenges and competition, and drive profit, stability and growth
Ensures the company’s security from data breach, ransomware, and other cybercrime activities by incorporating up-to-date technology to the core of the firm’s operations and setting data back-up and recovery plan
Responds to cyber attacks using advanced firewalls and security solutions
Proactively monitors and secures the company’s network and overall IT infrastructure from constant online threats, including spams and viruses
Develop IT strategy blueprint suitable to the conditions surrounding the company and designed to drive financial growth and revenue without incurring unnecessary high costs
Evaluates the impact of technology changes in the business and assesses the gaps present in the company’s IT department
Furnishes the business owners with performance metrics and detailed monthly report containing the findings of the evaluation
Efficiently manages the technological gaps and needs of the company by tailoring approaches based on the present conditions and available budget
Recommends solutions to IT issues and challenges based on research findings and empirical data

How a vCIO Can Help You

Virtual CIO are individuals who manage the organization’s IT infrastructure planning and implementation. They also provide services to the company based on industry standards and technological advancement.

Though the skills of the vCIO may vary per individual, an ideal vCIO possess the ability to connect IT systems and subsystems to the goals and objectives of the enterprise. The vCIO’s knowledge on technological current, especially those that affect and influence the stability of the market, offers a tactical advantage for business analytics. Having a virtual CIO who has these skills combined with a concrete experience on IT management not only facilitates growth but, more importantly, ensure the company’s sustainability.

When was the last time you took a good look at which applications you’re actually using and which apps you’re wasting money on because no one is using them?

You might have a great in-house IT team that is terrific at keeping your infrastructure up and running, but it often takes third-party IT consultants to bring a fresh perspective.

Many people ask “what is managed IT services” and the answer is, a great way to lower costs while getting access to expertise and technology you probably can’t afford to provide in-house! This can include access to vCIO services.

Learn more about our Virtual CIO Ross Feldman.

Steven Johnson

With more than 35 years of industry experience, Steven Johnson holds the position of Director of Business Operations and Controller at CCP Technologies. During his extensive 17-year tenure with the company, Steven has consistently embraced technological advancements, showcasing his dedication to remaining abreast of the latest trends in the field. In his leisure time, he indulges in his passion for the rail industry, logistics, and model railroading, conducting thorough research and expanding his knowledge in these areas.