How much guidance do you need from a Virtual Chief Information Officer ? Some businesses are further along in their digital transformation.
This could amount to a few hours a month and is standard with most fixed-fee agreements.
Other organizations may need a much deeper level of strategic engagement.
- Do you have demanding compliance requirements? (New Cybersecurity Compliance Frameworks are everywhere.)
- Do you require an IT roadmap to identify the gaps and chart the way forward?
- Are you growing?
- Opening new offices?
- Trying to clean up legacy infrastructure to be more attractive as an M&A target?
- Did you recently suffer a major data loss or ransomware attack?
These scenarios always demand more time and attention. And potential extra costs deserve close review in the discovery process. For a deeper dive into examples, see our CIO as A service page.
CIO as a Service engagements differ from one provider to the next. Some Managed Service Providers deploy commissioned salespeople and account managers who have lower-level technical skills and seniority.
Other Managed Service Providers dispatch senior-level executives. This team is non-commissioned and has a variety of technical experience. These factors have a direct bearing on what you should expect to pay.