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IT Strategy & Planning
Know what’s next, a year before it’s urgent.
You don’t have time to figure out what needs replacing, or when, or what it will cost. Raven’s vCIO service gives you an assessment, a roadmap, and a budget you can actually plan around, so IT stops being a series of surprises.
At a glance
What’s included
- Technology assessment of hardware, software, and process
- Three-year roadmap, reviewed quarterly
- IT budget you can hand to your accountant
- vCIO who sits in on your planning
- Vendor and contract review
Included with Managed IT. Also available on its own for firms with in-house IT.
The work
Assessment, roadmap, budget.
Three deliverables that turn IT from a cost you react to into a plan you control.
Technology Assessment
We audit hardware, software, and the business processes wrapped around them, then tell you what’s working and what isn’t. Recommendations fit your firm and your budget, because technology is not one size fits all.
Roadmaps
Improper planning equals poor performance. A roadmap lays out upgrades, replacements, and software changes over the next one to three years, so nothing is a surprise and every decision has a runway.
Budgeting
Old equipment and no plan lead to large unexpected bills. We turn the roadmap into a real budget, spread sensibly across years, so cash flow stays predictable.
vCIO Partnership
A named partner who understands your business sits in on planning, reviews the roadmap with you each quarter, and answers the “should we” questions before they become “we should have” questions.
Vendor and Contract Review
We read the renewals, the licensing, and the support agreements, flag what you’re overpaying for, and make sure the contracts match how you actually use the tools.
Growth and Change Planning
Adding an office, merging practices, splitting a firm, going remote. We map the technology side before it happens so the business decision isn’t slowed down by IT.
Why it matters
Peace of mind has a budget line.
What clients tell us changes once there’s a plan.
Fewer emergencies
Equipment gets replaced on schedule instead of when it fails during a filing week.
Predictable spend
Leadership sees IT costs a year out. No more five-figure surprises because a server that should have been retired finally died.
Decisions get easier
With a roadmap in hand, “should we move to the cloud” becomes a scheduled conversation instead of a debate.
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