Consulting and Audit

With their practical expertize in IT consulting, INFORMTEKHNIKA expertswill help the CEOs and CFOs of enterprises to:

• Assess how the existing systems meet the business specifics and enterprise needs
• Organize an effective IT management structure
• Build an optimal corporate information systems, computing and telecommunications architecture
  
• Assess the investment volume and efficiency in the context of your enterprise’s’s needs
  
• Choose the IT solutions that are relevant to your enterprise’s needs
  

INFORMTEKHNIKA offers IT consulting services. Audit in the field of information technology and security systems. Depending on the customers’ IT goals, the existing systems and technical instruments, "Informtekhnika” experts carry out a thorough audit in the area of interest. The audit outcomes allow the customer to assess the degree of compliance of IT and ISS (integrated security system) with business needs, the IT and investments efficiency and feasibility of investments in IT and ISS, the sufficiency of resources, etc.

General provisions

   Business technology support systems audit is designed to evaluate the technologies used by the client in the context of supporting current business activities, as well as further business development. We identify the technological and commercial needs of the client, the information systems specifics, analyze the cost structure, evaluate technologies and advise on optimal solutions. The implementation phase of the projects should be proceeded by the audit phase, to ensure that the selected technologies meet the business requirements. The Informtekhnika consultants have the necessary experience and knowledge of market trends and understand the client objectives. That is why they use process-oriented methodologies to develop recommendations.

Audit of IT and ISS systems usually includes the following steps:

• Document technical, operational and commercial requirements;
  
• Prepare the existing technology platforms topology;
  
• Collect information on actual expenses and their structure;
  
• Analyze current contracts for used technologies;
  
• Analyze of the technical condition of the IT and ISS systems, manageability and security (protection against unauthorized access, failures, and breakdowns);
  
• Develop architecture strategy and tactics;
  
• Select the most optimal technologies;
  
• Plan the implementation of selected technologies;
  
• Prepare the budget assessment for the technological infrastructure improvement project .
  

Utility  

An audit of business technology support systems is necessary to develop the most effective technological solutions. Our professional expertise in the world-leading information technologies as well as in the Russian market in particular, and in applying these technologies to achieve the goals of a particular business, allows GC “Informtekhnika” to provide solutions that fully meet customer requirements.

The customer receives:

• Analysis of the technologies in use and recommendations;
  
• Comprehensive analysis of the information system functioning: of the from the transmitted data volume estimation and determining the network structure to defining the expenses amount and structure of expenses for the system’s use;
  
• Developed project plan with deadlines set in co-operation with the client;
  
• Strategic technology development plan, recommendations for improving the technological infrastructure, accounting for the business development prospects;
  
• The project budget assessment and the timing of the work.
  

Duration

This service is usually carried out by “Informtekhnika” on the basis of the project, the duration of which depends on its complexity, as well as the specific requirements put forward by the client. Usually the whole process takes from two to four weeks.

IT strategy development

Elaborating the recommendations for the development of the existing customer IT system on a given timeframe, taking into account the current and future business challenges, as well as the information technology trends. The development of an IT strategy is based on the results of a thorough audit and analysis of the information systems in use, the infrastructure, and IT management approaches. 

Business Continuity Strategy Development 

The probability of anthropogenic and natural disasters is quite high in Russia, the range of threats to business security is constantly growing, and emergencies often arise. Therefore, domestic companies face new questions:

• What are the regulatory guidelines and requirements for ensuring business continuity?
• How to organize the works correctly?
  
• How to create and implement an economically viable corporate business continuity management program?
  
• What type of HSM solutions or services best fits the company's needs? 
• What tools exist to automate business planning and business continuity management?
• How to monitor business continuity management?
• How to assess the expenses of supporting and maintaining a corporate business continuity management program?
  

Answers to these questions allow you to create and implement a truly efficient and cost-effective corporate business continuity management program. At the same time, the program is clear for both the management and ordinary employees, as well as for business partners and company clients.