Not every business is large enough to have its own CIO, so instead of employing someone, MY IT Team fills the role. By understanding how CIOs transform businesses, we can improve how your technology estate is managed and deliver business results effectively as your vCIO.
A virtual Chief Information Officer (vCIO) is a dedicated resource who serves as a Chief Information Officer on a flexible basis. The primary role of a virtual CIO is to formulate strategic IT goals for your company and then manage an IT strategy and budget that meets those goals. Most vCIOs are hired through a reputable IT consulting service firm and have years of experience working as IT strategy consultants for companies across various industries.
Regardless of what your business does, you use technology to help run it. Your technology infrastructure is the backbone of your organization—without it, your business would likely fail.
Whether it's remote collaboration, processing payments, scheduling appointments, paying your employees, creating and managing content, or even just sending emails, your technology is essential to business operations.
vCIO is the service that we offer to customers. It refers to a dedicated My IT Team employee or a team managing the your IT infrastructure and working with you to plan its growth and development.
vCIO responsibilities include:
While My IT Team takes care of operational tasks, the vCIO is a team member who fills a strategic role for your organization regarding information technology - A tech advisor at the highest level.
Admittedly, a vCIO is not for everyone. Virtual CIOs are suited to businesses that are looking to build a long-term technology strategy and manage growth. If this isn't your organization's goal, then a vCIO might not be the right choice. If all your business needs is someone to keep existing systems running, our more traditional managed service solutions might be a better choice.
On the human resources side, the business avoids the time-consuming and often expensive process of hiring a CIO.
The availability of 24/7 support is another plus for working with a vCIO. Vendors often make multiple consultants available to provide support.
A vCIO may also provide greater objectivity, because he or she may be less subject to an organization's internal politics. They will also bring a fresh perspective and ideas to legacy technology problems the business might not have had the resources to handle.
Virtual CIOs can provide a higher level of IT expertise to small and mid-sized companies (SMC) at a lower cost than an on-staff CIO. Many SMBC have staff with some level of expertise with the organization's IT systems, but they don't have the depth, breadth of knowledge that a CIO has.
Planning for the future of your business while trying to keep up with rapid technological growth is tough. Having an IT expert in your corner to manage these obligations can help alleviate some of the pressure on your company, employees, and clients.
If you would like to dig deeper, reach out below to discuss how our vCIO services to ensure that your organization has the right technology in place for future growth.
