Strategic consulting
Laying the groundwork for long-term IT solutions that create business advantage
”We had really good results working with Proact on other projects, so we trusted what their consultants had to say.”
Patrick Elsen
ICT Infrastructure Manager, Reynaers
Organisations want to plan for the future but technology is evolving so rapidly that imagining beyond three years is difficult. Amongst this backdrop, we offer a range of services to help you gain clarity about the next steps your organisation needs to take, and in what order, to fulfil its ambitions.
We can give you strategic insight into what is financially desirable, technically viable and organisationally feasible. We can help you discover how best to deliver value through IT services, manage costs and risk and ensure individual decisions align to strategic goals. And we can explore the best ways to design and implement innovative and transformational change. Our service transition experience means our people have the knowledge to create robust plans to deliver the solutions that best meet your requirements, whilst avoiding the pitfalls.
Some of the benefits of our strategic consulting services

Flexible solutions
That enable you to meet short-term goals but can also change when they need to

Flexible way of working
We use proven methods but we also learn and adapt as projects progress

Hard-won experience
Meaning we create robust plans to meet your requirements and avoid the pitfalls
How we transform IT

Infrastructure
We know the market so we can help you choose the right hardware, before working with some of the most renowned providers to deliver it
Support and management
We can support & manage your existing hardware or services, removing the burden from your IT team & ensuring excellence with 24/7 expert attention
As a service
We design & deliver managed services wherever they’re needed – your data centre, ours, private/public/hybrid cloud – providing maximum flexibility & agility
Example strategic consulting services
Powering NHS Datacentre Sustainability: Revolutionising IT Systems for a Greener Future
Why Now? According to a 2021 report by the International Energy Agency, data centres and the networks that support the internet and cloud computing consumed

Applications
We’ll perform a structured review of your applications to assess and optimise their business value. We’ll identify options for modernisation, to provide better economics, more

Infrastructure & operations
Looking to implement modern technologies, provide best value managed services, manage multiple service providers or implement policies to standardise service operation? We can help you

Programme and portfolio management
We can provide programme oversight, portfolio management and quality assurance to ensure IT investment decisions are realistic, aligned to strategy and deliver the required benefits.

Security and risk management
We’ll help protect business-critical information, ensure business continuity and calculate risk vs. benefit by looking at IT risk management, compliance and data protection.

Support for CIOs
We support CIOs looking to deliver digital strategies, optimise costs and manage change. We do this by providing strategic planning, insight into IT governance and
Strategic consulting-related resources
We advise on your data strategy
We provide our customers with consultancy and architecture services that deliver data strategies. These enable you to meet challenges, deal with complexity and uncertainty and

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