Virtual Chief Information/Technology Officer Services
Strategic technology leadership and advice that can make all the difference
Top IT Experts Dedicated to Your Small Business
With URU Systems Professionals Virtual CIO services your small business will get advice from top level IT experts, without the cost of hiring a full time C-Level executive.
Our local Virtual CIO/CTO brings expertise and focus.
With URU Systems Professionals Virtual CIO services your small business will get advice from top level IT experts, without the cost of hiring a full time C-Level executive.
Turning Managed Services Into Strategic Partnerships
Let URU Systems Professionals strengthen your small business with the strategic IT support, expertise, and leadership required to move your business to the next level.
vCIO/vCTO Solutions
Ultimately, the goal of a vCIO is to improve your bottom line, and security and create a more efficient operation.
Controlling IT Costs
One of the major benefits of working with a knowledgeable vCIO is that it can help cut business expenses. The vCIO will evaluate your current infrastructure and tell you what type of hardware or software you need to make your company more financially efficient and improve productivity.
IT Budget Planning
By using URU Systems Professionals vCIO services, your small business will benefit from gaining visibility on your IT spending, which will provide you with a blueprint for how IT dollars can be lowered and cut your total costs to achieve revenue goals.
Strategic Technology Planning
We’re here to bridge the gap between the vision you have for your business and what technology can do to make that vision a reality. We’ll stay on top of the latest information technology trends and make recommendations to keep you one step ahead of your competitors by maximizing your true technological potential.
Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Planning
Your vCIO can help you prepare for the worst, ensuring you are ready to get back to work after a disaster strikes. Helping you determine which functions are most critical for your business operations and working them into your disaster recovery plan.
Equipment Purchasing Support
When you need to upgrade computers or add new technology, your URU SystemsProfessionals vCIO can provide professional guidance, expert advice and full services for all technology devices used in your small business.
Project Planning & Management
IT project planning can take time and require an intense level of detail management and planning to get it right. Your vCIO can be utilized for a supervisory role to ensure that the project is completed on-time and within budget leaving your business with more capital afterward.
Vendor Management
We work closely with your other technology vendors to ensure their products and services are delivered and maintained as promised. We also assist your team in obtaining quotes from multiple vendors for equipment and/or service expenses. By offloading these tasks to your skilled and knowledgeable URU Systems Professionals vCIO, you free up your staff to concentrate on your core business objectives. Rest assured that your technology expenditures are well thought out and not overpriced.
Software Licensing & Compliance
Your vCIO will keep you advised of your current software compliance status ensuring that you are never caught unaware of software licensing status within your organization. Regular compliance reports are provided, and your information is always kept completely confidential.
Regular Cybersecurity Reviews
Your vCIO will regularly review how well your network is protected from today’s cybersecurity threats and make recommendations on how to constantly stay protected from the multitude of cybersecurity threats, keeping your small business safe from cyber criminals.
Nurture the Business Relationship
As a dedicated high-level technology professional, your vCIO will serve as your trusted advisor to all things IT. Your vCIO’s purpose is to develop an understanding of your business goals so that he/she may properly recommend and allocate technical resources to position your business for success. This individual will nurture the relationship with you and your team to ensure positive interactions and long-term success.
IT Regulatory Compliance
Your vCIO will keep you advised of your current software compliance status ensuring that you are never caught unaware of software licensing status within your organization. Regular compliance reports are provided, and your information is always kept completely confidential.
IT Infrastructure Review & Maintenance
Your vCIO can review how well your network currently operates and how well it’s maintained. They can also suggest improvements for your IT infrastructure maintenance, so your network runs smoothly no matter what.
Let a vCIO Help Your Company Reach Its Business Goals
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Your Company’s Dedicated Technology Expert
A vCIO is your company’s first point-of-contact for all things related to technology. This means that virtual CIOs are readily available to provide advice and guidance on issues that arise through the day-to-day operations of the business.
In familiarizing ourselves with your company, your virtual CIO will be able to:
- Gain a comprehensive understanding of the core processes of the business, down to the fine details (such as how the business’ cloud system works);
- Provide around-the-clock IT advice and insights to business owners; and
- Solve any inefficiencies and other IT issues detected by business owners.
With URU Systems Professionals as your outsourced IT partner, you will experience:
Less Downtime
Top Notch Cyber Security
Fewer Day-to-Day Issues
Help Desk Support
More Opportunities
Increased Productivity
Flat-Rate IT Budget
Business Continuity
Infrastructure Protection
A Good Night's Sleep
A vCIO provides support in developing a technology roadmap, review and maintenance of IT infrastructure, vendor management, new technology recommendations, etc. most of all, a vCIO provides IT expertise and leadership. A vCIO can be a competitive advantage of SMBs (small to medium sized businesses) to support growth.
Why Choose a Virtual CIO
Reshape IT into a Business Growth Enabler
Our Virtual CIO/CTO service covers every IT related aspect of an organization:
- IT Budget
- Backup and Disaster Recovery Advise & Implementation
- Security & Risk Assessment
- Vendor Management
- Software Assessment, Selection and Standards
- Data Management and Reporting
- QA and Testing Strategy
- Hardware and Network Purchases
- Internet and Data Contracts
- Phone Systems, VoIP (Voice over IP)
- Hosting Contracts
- Vulnerability Evaluation
- Investment in New Technologies
- Network Analysis and Planning
- Infrastructure Assessment & Inefficiencies
Our Virtual CIO professionals are experienced, with decades of technical experience, and experience in executive IT leadership. This service applies to any business utilizing technology in some capacity no matter how large or small. Utilizing our Virtual CIOs, your business can reduce IT related expenses, safeguard against catastrophic failure, and improve the performance of the technology you utilize in your business setting.
Leveraging Technology to Bolster Business Success
vCIO services help our clients save money and stay ahead of the game with a customized IT strategy that fits your budget
Proactive IT Strategy Resolves Problems Before They Arise
URU Systems Professionals vCIO services offer a proactive approach to resolving problems based on maintenance and prevention. In providing constant monitoring and security, system maintenance, software updates and live support, a vCIO keeps IT systems in good health, so that more serious problems are avoided down the line – saving your small business valuable time and money.
As you begin to work closely with your URU Systems Professionals vCIO, we will prove ourselves worthy of your trust; with your business ultimately benefiting from the talent and expertise of a qualified I.T. professional. Your team can truly rest assured that your technology needs are being given the appropriate level of priority.
Our goal is to make IT easy and predictable
High-level expertise – we combine IT and business consulting expertise to develop solutions for your small business’s challenges
Full IT services – our service covers the complete scope of IT, from planning to procurement to implementation and ongoing management.
Vendor-agnostic solutions – we make sure you get the right solutions based on industry standards and best practices
Highly responsive support – our vCIOs are on standby to give you the best advice, backed by years of training and experience
When it comes down to it, having a fresh set of eyes with tech knowledge can benefit any company. From cybersecurity needs to helpful SaaS productivity tools, vCIOs have a diverse range of IT knowledge. Having their expertise on hand can give your small business an advantage over the competition and enable you to satisfy your customers even more.
Why Businesses Choose Us
We’re Experienced
Our team is made up of experienced technology professionals. When it comes to providing technology advice and guidance, we really know our stuff. Over the years, we’ve helped many small businesses stay ahead of the curve with bullet-proof IT management and strategies.
We Listen
Your IT systems are critical to your business continuity and communication with your customers. One of our professionals will speak with you, learn about your business, carefully evaluate your current IT environment and current & future needs.
We Make It Easy
Everything we do is aimed at making your small business IT cost effective, efficient, safe and secure. No jargon. No hidden costs. Just brilliant solutions that help your New Jersey or New York business stay ahead of the competition while ensuring business continuity.
Benefits of vCIO/vCTO Services
Increase your company’s competitiveness with the help of IT
Become More Cost-Effective
Avoid paying for a full-time senior-level IT executive and get the benefit of having someone plan, manage and support your IT strategies; since the virtual CIO works in the best interests of your business, he/she can make IT an enabler, while empowering you to drive competitive success in your market.
Regain Lost Time
Allow your managers to keep their operational focus and let an expert to take charge of the complexities of IT management; since the virtual CIO will take care of all aspects of your IT management including objective analysis, risk management, staff planning, IT budgeting, and more, your managers can focus on tasks that drive value.
Alignment with Your Business Goals
Obtain CIO competencies you need and save time, costs and resources in day-to-day management of your IT environment for improved results; the virtual CIO will understand your existing IT environment, evaluate your goals and formulate IT recommendations that are best-fitting, so you can run your business smoothly.
Predictable Technology Budgets
A vCIO provides your business with a Technology Roadmap, an analysis of all aspects of technology within your organization. This Roadmap tracks system performances and presents 1-5 year plans, taking into account technology life cycles and goals. This thorough, systematic document allows you to proactively plan for technology costs and to create a predictable budget, eliminating those surprise expenses that can hurt your wallet unexpectedly.
Improved Efficiency and Decreased Operations Costs
With vCIO services, you have the support of an entire team of technology experts without all the costs associated with a CIO position (six-figure salary + benefits + bonuses) and a supplementary IT staff. Because a vCIO operates largely remotely, you are freed of those expenses. Those funds can then be diverted into other aspects of your organization. You can focus on growing your business while your vCIO ensures that it is running efficiently.
Proactive Security
Most small to mid-sized businesses are forced to adopt a reactive, break/fix approach to security. This is frustrating, costly and ultimately ineffective. A vCIO allows you to shift to a proactive approach. With technological expertise and managed security services, a vCIO keeps your organization in line with the latest security measures, enforces compliance policies, implements response and recovery plans and anticipates potential issues before they occur.
Managed Virtual CIO / Virtual CTO Advisory Services F.A.Q.
We often receive questions about our Virtual CIO / Virtual CTO Advisory Services so we thought we would clear them up with some helpful FAQs below. Of course, you can also pick the phone up and speak with us as we would be more than happy to help.
What can a URU Systems Professionals vCIO do for my business?
How can you use your IT budget to its fullest potential? Let URU Systems Professionals become your vCIO, helping you use technology to grow and succeed. Our vCIO services include:
- Creating a long-term IT strategy that’s focused on helping you adopt cost-effective technologies to improve business operations.
- Guiding you to make strategic, wise IT investments that work to help you meet goals and objectives
- Advising you on your budget to make sure you’re getting the most value for your money.
- Planning for technology and software upgrades to avoid surprise costs and unexpected equipment failures.
- Reviewing your IT strategy on a regular basis and meeting with you to find new ways to improve the way you use IT.
You will have a designated point-of-contact in one of our knowledgeable engineers – who will visit your office & work with your staff members to ensure your IT strategy works for you.
Why Do You Need a vCIO?
Having an experienced vCIO on your side helps bring new ideas to the table, you may not have thought of since they have helped other companies either in your field or a similar one. Technology is also always continuing to evolve, innovate, and get more and more complicated, which can be difficult for a small business owner to keep up with while focusing on your profitability and productivity. Having someone on your team dedicated to researching and applying technology to your company and business allows you to be free to focus on what really matters at your company. Leave the technology portion of your business to a professional with experience to guide you to the right products without having you waste money. This is an invaluable service for any organization, which is why most larger companies eventually hire CIOs. Our virtual CIO services help those who can’t afford to hire one for their staff and helps guide them in the right direction for proper business growth.
How a vCIO Can Improve Your Technology?
When you outsource your IT strategy to a vCIO, they can examine your IT infrastructure and determine where it could benefit most from upgrades and new technology. For example, they can guide you through the process of migration to cloud services. The goal of this aspect of vCIO services isn’t to make you spend more on technology. Instead, you and your vCIO should aim to implement upgrades and new technology where possible, but within the confines of your IT budget. Your vCIO should work with you to determine what your IT budget should be, and then decide how you can use the available parts of your IT budget to improve your company’s technology.
How often does a vCIO have a touchpoint with the clients? Are they speaking every day? Once a week?
What it looks like depends on the client. At the very least, a quarterly cycle meeting is scheduled with our clients where we’re delivering full strategy and discussions. However, clients can have a primary point of contact for more frequent communication bi-weekly.
Is a small to mid-sized business is going to be a good fit for working with a vCIO?
A lot of smaller companies don’t really have anybody advising on strategy. They may have somebody in-house who knows about the software that they use but isn’t so much versed in security or infrastructure, or, they might have somebody in kind of a help desk role/user support role, but they don’t know enough to guide that ongoing strategy. It fits for any business, even if they do have that
How do I get started?
Just fill out the form on this page or schedule a free consultation here and we will be in contact soon. We will first ask some questions about your business, so we have a better understanding of your needs, we will then give you our recommendations on the best ways to manage your IT infrastructure and security.
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