We help internet-based businesses in all three phases of their lifecycle - start, grow and exit.

For new businesses - Get off to the right start

IT decisions made at the start of an internet-based business's life can have a significant impact on the success of that business. To help our clients get their new businesses off to the right start, we provide frameworks and advice to assist them in making the right decisions on building vs buying, insourcing vs outsourcing and on the selection of specific suppliers and solutions.

For fast growing businesses - Grow without growing pains

When businesses experience rapid growth, they can reach a point where a lack of formal process begins to cause problems. In an internet-based business, symptoms include growing IT operational costs, unreliable services, declining customer satisfaction and poor project delivery performance.

We help our clients achieve their growth goals by comparing their current IT processes to best practices such as ITIL and CobiT, focusing specifically on the processes that enable growth. Based on our client's goals, our findings and our experience of what works and doesn't work in the real world, we identify the critical gaps in their processes and controls and then provide the advice and assistance needed to help close those gaps.

For mature businesses - Maximise your market value

Business owners with an exit strategy naturally wish to maximise the market value of their business.  For an internet-based business, until a technological due diligence is conducted, a potential investor or purchaser will assume that certain basic IT processes and controls are in place.  If due diligence subsequently discovers that these basic IT processes and controls are missing or inadequate, the market value may be eroded or the purchaser/investor may walk away.

We help owners maximise the market value of their internet-based business by comparing their current IT processes to best practices such as ITIL and CobiT. We focus specifically on the processes and controls that a potential investor or purchaser would expect to find. By identifying the gaps in their processes and controls, we are able to provide advice and assistance to ensure the right processes and controls are in place, documented and performed consistently.