IT consulting for Australian SMEs, starting with a free assessment
Smaller organisations get the worst of the technology market: advice from the people selling the product, and no one senior enough to tell them whether it is right. We start with a free initial assessment, and we sell no technology at all.
No obligation, no pitch. If there is nothing worth doing, we will say so.
Nobody in the room is independent
A smaller organisation usually has one IT provider, a couple of software vendors, and no internal person whose job is to judge whether any of it is right. Every voice in the conversation earns money from the answer, which is a difficult position to make good decisions from.
Your IT provider also writes your strategy
The organisation running your operations is the one advising you on what to buy next, which is poor governance no matter how good they are.
We review the provider and the plan without wanting either job. We do not deliver implementation work.
You are paying for things nobody has reviewed
Licences, circuits, backups and support tiers accumulate quietly, and the invoice becomes the only record of what was decided.
The assessment starts by finding what you are actually paying for and whether it is still being used.
Enterprise advice does not fit
Most technology advice is written for organisations with a CIO, a security team and a budget you do not have.
Every recommendation is sized to your real constraints, or it is not a recommendation.
What you get, and what it costs
It costs nothing and it is not a sales meeting. A consultant spends time on your environment and comes back with what they found.
A conversation
What the business does, where technology gets in the way, and what you are spending. Half an hour, with a consultant rather than a salesperson.
A straight read
Where the risk sits, where the money is going, and which two or three things would make the most difference. In plain language.
Your decision
Take the findings and act on them yourself, hand them to your provider, or engage us. All three are fine outcomes, and we say so up front.
We have nothing to sell you except the advice
Beyond Technology does not sell hardware or software, does not resell vendor products, and does not deliver the implementation work we recommend. Every consultant here holds an engineering qualification and an MBA, so the recommendation arrives in commercial terms. For a smaller organisation that is the difference between a technology decision and a purchase someone else made for you.
Frequently asked questions
Is the assessment really free?
Yes, and there is no obligation attached. We do it because the organisations that benefit most from independent advice are usually the ones who have never been offered any.
Will you tell us to sack our IT provider?
Only if that is what the evidence says, and it usually is not. More often the provider is doing what they were asked to do, and the gap is that nobody has been setting the direction.
How small is too small?
If technology decisions are landing on an owner, a finance manager or an operations lead who already has a full role, you are the right size for this conversation.
What happens to what you find?
It is yours. Act on it internally, give it to your provider, or engage us for the work. We are not precious about which.
See the work behind the promise
Request your free initial assessment
Tell us roughly what you run and where it hurts. A consultant will come back within one business day to arrange a time.
Prefer to talk now? Call 1300 469 909