I work with growing Australian businesses that want technology to work harder for them, without the complexity, cost or confusion of enterprise IT.
Everything starts as consulting. You can stop at a written assessment, take it further into choosing and buying well, or keep me on your side of the table while someone else delivers. Some things I run myself, at a fixed price: those are the services I run. Where I do not run something, I will say so and point you at someone who does.
Independent review of what a vendor is selling you. Requirements written down before anyone is asked for a number, vendors compared against that scope rather than against each other’s marketing, and the contract read before you sign it.
Where your exposure actually sits, assessed against the Essential Eight, and what the Privacy Act 1988 and Cyber Security Act 2024 require of a business your size. Fixed in priority order, cheapest and most effective first.
An audit of what you spend on licences, carriers and cloud, and what you are actually getting for it. Including the answer that your current arrangement is fine, when that is the answer.
Senior IT judgement without a full-time hire. Budget, roadmap, vendor management, and sitting in on the decisions that are expensive to reverse.
If you would rather start from the problem than the decision, the pages below cover IT support, cybersecurity, backup, networks, upgrades and websites.
Not sure which fits your situation? Get in touch. A 20-minute conversation is usually enough to point you in the right direction.
I spent five years writing vendor proposals for IT integrators. Now I read them for you: requirements before quotes, vendors compared on your terms, and the contract checked before you sign.
Read more →Most businesses know they have exposure somewhere and few know where. A straight assessment of what you hold, who can reach it, and what the law actually requires of a business your size.
Read more →Almost every business is overpaying somewhere, usually on a contract nobody has read since it was signed. I find out where the money goes, and I take no referral fee from whoever you move to.
Read more →For businesses past the point where IT fits between someone’s other jobs, but well short of needing an IT manager on staff. Senior experience available to you.
Read more →Whether to hire, outsource, or do a bit of both is a harder question than most providers admit, and they are rarely the ones to ask.
Read more →Cybersecurity became a sales category, and that is part of the problem. An honest baseline against the Essential Eight, and a plain answer on what the law requires of you.
Read more →A backup that has never been restored is a hypothesis, not a plan. Including the Microsoft 365 gap most businesses do not know they have.
Read more →Your carrier contract was sold to you by the carrier. An independent read of what you are paying for, what it covers, and whether it still fits.
Read more →Migrations fail on scope and dependencies, not technology. Scope fixed before quotes, a rollback point agreed before cutover, and someone reading the proposal who used to write them.
Read more →Whether your site, hosting and search presence match what your business actually needs, judged before anyone quotes you a build.
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