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Everyone needs and uses technology – from what you see everyday such as your computers, printers, software, and phones – to what you rarely see such as networks, servers, security applications, and storage arrays. Technology is as ubiquitous as electricity and water. And like those utilities, technology is a “utility” as well…

 

When you have power problems, you call a professional electrician.

 

When you have water problems, you call a professional plumber.

 

Your IT department should be run the same way: A reliable utility service that is “always on” can easily expand, and rarely needs to be “fixed”. And most importantly, as with electricity and water, you only pay for what you use.

 

This is the success model behind TouchPointe’s IT Managed Solutions.

 

TouchPointe helps you gain visibility and control over the IT function – to transform IT to a proactive, scalable, and reliable business partner – a go from a cost center to a strategic differentiator. You decide what services you need: from tactical services such as PC support, helps desk, application development, server management, and networking – to strategic solutions such as process development and optimization, roadmaps, lifecycle management, IT/Business plans, and budgets. What’s most important is that all of these services stand on their own, or come together to provide a unified, cohesive solution.

 

At TouchPointe, we have created and mastered our unique process alignment and optimization model. We view every process through this “TOP” and meet the challenges inherent in each stage. As a result, we’ve developed our IT Managed Solutions offerings that map to individual stages of this framework, creating efficiencies and improving effectiveness at every step along the way.

 

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A common approach to all engagements:

 

ANALYZE

- Listen to the client’s needs, business model, vision, goals

- Gather information and key data points

- Evaluate initial findings and establish desired outcome

 

STRATEGIZE

- Define specific goals, quantifiable metrics, success factors

- Counsel on proposed next steps, value add, high-level strategy

- Gain executive support and consensus among stakeholders

 

OPTIMIZE

- Implement the strategy and associated action plans

- Measure and Report as defined by the goals and success factors

- Refine the operations based on reporting, feedback, and alignment

 

You can leverage our information technology services for each phase or bring us in at a particular point based on your specific need. Whatever you decide, our experts are adept and add immediate value at every stage.

 

One of our primary tenets at TouchPointe is “optimized simplicity”: in our client approach, in our service offerings, and in our engagements. This allows us to deliver the appropriate level of our offerings to meet your growing needs yet still allow for agility and efficiency. Our IT offerings are grouped into four groups or towers of tightly related services:

 

Applications : From application development and release management to application hosting and web design, TouchPointe employs the experts with today’s latest tools to bring success to your organization. This is the business-facing side of IT, and in many cases, the key to revenue generation. We’ll take your applications to the next level, providing enterprise-class offerings to your organization.

 

Infrastructure : At the heart of your IT organization is the hardware, processes, and customer-facing side of technology. This includes PC support, help desk, servers and storage, voice / data / video networks, business continuity and disaster recovery, security, and data center services. TouchPointe brings all these critical components together to bring unity, order, simplicity, and efficiency to your IT infrastructure.

 

Asset Management and Procurement : Hardware and Software statistically comprise 2/3 of the total IT budget. No matter how large or small, this major expense requires a seasoned and experiences asset manager and vendor negotiator. TouchPointe will work with you to determine strategic vendor relationships, streamline the offerings, and reduce costs. We will manage all ongoing contracts, renewals, maintenance agreements, and licensing.

 

Virtual CIO : With today’s technical focus and tactical concerns over security, systems integration, and internet presence, the strategic side is often sacrificed in lieu of the crisis of the day. This includes roadmaps, organizational effectiveness and process definition (specifically ITIL), budgeting, lifecycle management, and executive briefings. Don’t leave this critical component to junior staff or technicians – this requires that scarcely found combination of IT, Finance, and Business Management – and that’s what you get with TouchPointe’s Virtual CIO.