top assessment

Is information technology currently working for you? What limits your ability to compete or expand? In addition to your immediate goals, what is the future outlook for your company? What are your company’s long term and short term goals for IT? Most critically, do you know which solutions will maximize your IT dollars?

ECG follows a deliberate process of asking questions before we formulate any recommendations to you about your technology needs. We begin by sitting down and having an in depth discussion with all prospective clients to discover which aspects of their current technology are performing well and which areas must be improved. A long-term relationship is our goal.

Once we understand your requirements, we can progress to more detailed conversations about your current IT strategy. What we learn from you at this stage is the basis for our analysis. Taking into account your long-term company objectives, we integrate technology solutions which can accommodate your plans for growth.

Your current technology setup will impact the details of our next steps, which encompass an assessment of your existing environment to establish a roadmap for the future. We integrate only the solutions which are critical with a long-term plan intended to work within your IT budget.

Keeping Your IT System “On TOP”

Beginning with a TOP (Technology Overview and Pre-Screen) Assessment lets us take your pulse. Our diagnosis gives insight into the current status of your network and the improvements you’ll require in moving your business forward. Following a detailed checklist, we analyze all aspects of your technology infrastructure. Upon completing the interviews, we start the formal assessment (TOP) of your infrastructure.

We evaluate the following areas of your network:

• Network Servers (domain controllers, e-mail servers, etc.)
• Workstations (configuration and installed software on each one)
• Security Policies and Procedures
• Virus Policies and Procedures
• Data Backup Policies and Procedures
• High Speed Data
• Network Appliances
• User Rights
• Resource Availability

Upon analyzing the gathered data, our engineer delivers a report to you in non-technical language. The report will tell you exactly where you are today and explain which areas require immediate and longer term upgrades and expansions. This State of Your Network Report explains in detailed layman’s terms the facts gathered during the assessment.

At each stage of our relationship, from the initial meetings through deeper assessments, from planning and implementation through ongoing support as you grow, the ECG team will work diligently to simplify and expand your world of business opportunities through effective technical solutions.

To learn more about ECG and our IT Solutions, contact our Solutions Team today.