Consulting

Most IT spending in small businesses happens without a plan: a computer is bought when the old one dies, a licence is renewed because a reminder arrived, and a new program comes in because someone recommended it. The result is equipment of mixed ages, overlapping subscriptions, and nobody who knows what IT costs in total each year.

The problem is not any single purchase but that the decisions are never seen together. Two programs do the same job, while the server that should have been replaced last year still holds all of the company's data.

We start with an inventory: equipment, software, subscriptions, who uses what and what the business cannot work without. For every device we note the date the manufacturer's support ends. That is a hard deadline, not an estimate. Windows 10 lost regular support on 14 October 2025, so computers that cannot move to Windows 11 no longer get security updates without a paid extension.

Then we talk to the people who use the equipment, because only then does it become clear where time is being lost. When choosing new solutions we compare at least two options from different vendors and calculate the total cost over several years, not just the purchase price.

The same applies to routers and NAS devices whose manufacturer has stopped releasing firmware.

At the end you receive a written document that makes sense without us in the room:

• An inventory of equipment and software with a condition rating
• Risks ranked by urgency, with the reasoning behind each
• A replacement plan spread over the years, with rough costs
• Recommendations you can carry out yourself or with any provider

It is written for the owner, not for an IT person. If you want, we can run the implementation too, but the assessment does not commit you to working with us afterwards.