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CIO Services on a Shared Basis

Business Process ConsultingHere’s an all-too-common small business scenario: You need a chief information officer but your budget and workload don’t justify hiring a full-time person. Yet there are complex strategic and tactical IT challenges that need to be solved now.

BostonCIO has the solution: Shared-Basis CIO℠ services. We’ll provide a CIO on a part-time basis, allowing you to address your IT needs without the risk or expense of hiring another employee.
Shared-Basis CIO℠ services can be the perfect solution in other scenarios, such as maintaining operations and managing technical staff on an interim basis through the search for a full-time CIO.

Also, use of Shared-Basis CIO℠ services can work well for specific IT projects, such as software conversions, facilities build-outs, web and e-business initiatives, voice and data upgrades and acquisition business process integration.

To learn how Shared-Basis CIO℠ services can address your IT challenges, contact us.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Isn’t this really just consulting?

Consulting projects are typically task-oriented and temporary; the Shared-Basis CIO℠ concept is built on establishing a long-term relationship. The Shared-Basis CIO℠ service is a fixed-fee engagement and is designed to function exactly like an employer-employee relationship. The Shared-Basis CIO’s℠ workload expands and contracts based on deadlines and business needs – not consultants’ billable hours’ targets.

What about my MIS staff and existing vendors?

The Shared-Basis CIO℠ model allows organizations to attract, manage and motivate top technical people – people who might not otherwise consider working for a company without a senior-level technology manager.

What about existing vendors and outsourcing arrangements?

Non-technical managers may have difficulty understanding a technical contract. They may not know what is out of scope or what is reasonable in terms of fees. A Shared-Basis CIO℠ can evaluate technology purchases as well as anticipate hidden and future IT costs, potentially saving your company money, time and frustration.

Can I afford this?

The real question is, can you afford not to use our Shared-Basis CIO℠ service? Technology decisions are complex and costly and keeping a company on a clear, strategic technology path can be difficult. In IT, the most difficult decisions tend not to be what trends to follow, but rather what trends to ignore. Using our Shared-Basis CIO℠ service will likely net you lower IT costs and yield better return on your IT investments.

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“BostonCIO successfully completed a number of complex, highly visible and time-sensitive projects for me, ranging from technical architecture to business process improvements. I’ve always been impressed with their depth of knowledge, clarity of presentation and their ability to interact at both the strategic/executive level and the detailed/tactical level – often within the same project.”
- Peter DeNatale, CIO
The MENTOR Network
Cloud Services Specialist, KII

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