Strategy
Somebody in the room who thinks about technology for a living
Virtual CIO and CTO leadership: roadmaps, budgets, vendor management and project oversight.
Most small businesses buy technology reactively — whatever the loudest vendor sold them, whenever something broke. A virtual CIO changes the order: we look at where the business is going over the next three years, then decide what to build, replace, consolidate and stop paying for.
We look at the entire IT picture — not just the ticket in front of us — and give you leadership that lines technology up with where the business is actually going.
What's included
- Quarterly business and technology review
- Three-year roadmap with budget by year
- Vendor management and contract review
- Software selection and consolidation analysis
- Project scoping, oversight and acceptance testing
- Board and lender-ready technology reporting
What changes for your business
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Spend that lines up with the plan
Hiring twelve people next year changes what you buy this year. The roadmap makes that connection explicit.
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Subscriptions get cut
Almost every audit we do finds overlapping tools and licences for people who left. That review often pays for itself.
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We negotiate, you approve
Carrier, software and hardware vendors deal with us. You get a recommendation with numbers, not a sales pitch.
How we deliver it
What actually happens
No vague promises — these are the concrete pieces of work included in the engagement.
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Technology assessment
A written baseline: what you run, what it costs, what risk it carries and where it constrains growth.
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Roadmap and budget
Year one, two and three initiatives with cost ranges, dependencies and the business reason for each.
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Quarterly review meeting
Ticket trends, security posture, project status, spend versus budget and the decisions we need from you.
What it costs
The line items behind this service
Straight from the rate card we quote from. Add them to a full estimate in the calculator.
Build a full estimate| Service | List price |
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| Documentation, Reporting & Asset Management In the base rate | $5/user /month |
| Discounted Labor Hours In the base rate | Included /month |
| Service | List price |
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| Narmada IT Compliance & Risk | $45/contract + $2.50/user /month |
Informational use only — this is not a quote The numbers on this page are for informational use only and are not a factual quote. Pricing depends on what we find in your environment. For an actual quote, please contact us.
Frequently asked questions
Is vCIO time extra, or included?
Strategic review is part of how we run a managed agreement. Larger engagements — an acquisition, a compliance program, a full ERP selection — are scoped as projects.
Will you recommend things you don't sell?
Regularly. Reimbursed hardware carries a disclosed markup and everything else is stated openly, so you can always see where our interest sits.
Let's take IT off your plate.
A free onsite consultation: we assess your network and security, flag the risks we find, and show you exactly what it costs to fix them.