Published on the 30/11/2015 | Written by Newsdesk
Managed services provider shoves desk, chair and nerd into the cloud…
Australian-owned CodeBlue has rolled out its CIO Services nationally in a move which it said includes new appointments, processes and capabilities, all geared to providing a virtual CIO (vCIO) and ‘strategic horsepower’ for companies with 20-300 seats.
CEO Chris Mackey said, “It’s no longer enough to give customers ‘IT that works’. We’re moving to the next level, which is ‘IT that works to make your business better’.”
As the name implies, the vCIO is an offsite expert who works across several customers to provide high level guidance on information technology systems and structures.
The company said the first task of the vCIO is the development of a documented high-level strategic plan, aligning technology investment with business outcomes.
As part of the plan, the vCIO works with each individual customer, leveraging an ‘armoury’ of modular supporting processes and services.
CodeBlue said interlocking CIO Services span strategic planning; infrastructure roadmap; evaluation and selection of point vendor solutions; security audit and business continuity planning; and full business process improvement and business intelligence capabilities to establish KPI reporting and collaboration between technology and business users.
Mackay described CIO Services as ‘an absolute game changer’ and a continuation of the company’s ‘first we understand your business’ strategy.
CodeBlue was in the news earlier this year when it was acquired by Australia’s CSG.
