Virtual CIO

Cloudz Biz provides Virtual CIO (Chief Information Officer) guidance for your small business team right here.  Not all small businesses can afford a full-time CIO.  Therefore, we provide content and information to give your small business a competitive advantage in this digital world.

What is a virtual CIO? Gartner defines the role of a CIO as one who oversees the people, processes and technologies within a company’s IT organization to ensure they deliver outcomes that support the goals of the business.

Lean on Cloudz Biz to assist with 7 leadership strategies for your technology ambassadors.

7 Leadership Strategies

IT Professionals (Technology Ambassadors)

Our strategies and guides will help your technology ambassadors implement cloud technology solutions for your small business or provide them direction and knowledge.

Your greatest asset for your business, are the people that work for you.  Learn how to create a culture or environment that develops and retains key people.

Technology Knowledge

Repository and links to innovative ideas that will provide your small business with a competitive advantage over another.  Companies who seek innovative digitalized solutions will be successful.

Change Management

We provide information and ideas on the best way to manage technology and business change.  Simple fact, things in life change all the time, we need to learn the best way to manage change.

Communication

We provide resources and ideas on how to better articulate technology solutions for business needs.

Management

We provide guidance on what skills and training employees, or technology ambassadors need in a digitalized work environment.  The biggest asset to any company revolves around their people.  Learn more about a people strategy here.

Business

How does technology truly increase your competitive business advantage?  We provide key insights to technology strategies that can set you apart from your competitors.

Alignment

Once you’ve gathered all the information, technology initiatives need to line up with business goals.  Prioritize the efforts where the biggest return on investment (ROI) will be achieved.

Cloudz Biz will begin every engagement with an assessment of your environment and a strategic plan.  Then we map your current state to your business goals and objectives using the NIST CSF and create tactical and operational plans for your business.

The NIST Framework consists of five (5) functions:

• Identify – Develop an organizational understanding to manage cybersecurity risk to systems, people, assets and capabilities.
• Protect – Develop and implement appropriate safeguards to ensure delivery of critical services.
• Detect – Develop and implement appropriate activities to identify the occurrence of a cybersecurity event.
• Respond – Develop and implement appropriate activities to take action regarding a detected cybersecurity incident.
• Recover – Develop and implement appropriate activities to maintain plans for resilience and to restore any capabilities or services that were impaired due to cybersecurity incident.

This provides your business with a healthy foundation to grow and flourish through good and difficult times.  Not only does this provide the compliance and security standards for your business but it also gives your business a competitive advantage.

Virtual CIO Consulting Services:

As you connect with Cloudz Biz, here are ways we can be of service to you:

• Establish IT service framework and IT security policies
• Strategically plan for future technology needs
• Recruit and direct IT staff members
• Establish strategic service provider relationships
• Create and establish a technology roadmap based on business needs
• Assist with annual IT budget planning
• Analyze current technology used within the business for efficiency and accuracy
• Collaborate with CEO and other managers to measure system and resource use and allocation
• Design a cloud environment with an emphasis on filling remote access needs
• Negotiate contracts with vendors and service providers for installing new technology and training employees on how to use it
• Prepare cost-benefit analysis for major changes in IT workflow
• Suggest hardware and software upgrades as appropriate to improve operations, consistency, and budgetary success
• Review Cloud resources based on business needs

As your virtual CIO, we align technology with your business mission and goals integrated with a federally backed security framework.  We utilize the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) developed by the Federal Government and version 1.1 published in April 2018.  This maps to other compliance regulations like HIPAA, PCI-DSS, State Laws and Insurance policy requirements.

Cloudz Biz Virtual CIO Benefits

We standardize on quality cloud solutions that lead the innovation trends with a purpose to help all small businesses:

• Increase Cybersecurity Protection
• Define Processes and Workflow to Increase Productivity
• Elevate Customer Experience
• Define and Manage IT Budget

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

How much does a vCIO or also known as Fractional CIO service cost?

Answer:  The service varies in price depending on size of your company and strategic involvement.  Overall, the cost is far less than a full-time CIO.

Will Cloudz Biz vCIO help migrate to Cloud technologies or other future technology solutions?

Answer:  Absolutely!  We provide the best approach and lessons learned from our knowledge of past IT projects.

Will Cloudz Biz direct company IT resources?

Answer:  Yes, our information and resources provide guidance and direction for your employees.

 

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