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Our Services
IT Executive Transitions Interim CIO/CISO/CTO
Ardent IRT brings over 25 years of experience in driving impactful results and delivering business-centered solutions. Our advisors excel in IT executive transitions, ensuring a smooth and efficient change in leadership to maintain operational continuity and strategic alignment. We can minimize disruptions during leadership gaps and will provide an objective, fresh perspective to help drive change.
On average, it takes over 6 months to recruit and hire a C-level executive in the Healthcare and Financial Services industry. This extended timeline can leave internal teams in limbo, causing stagnation and limiting company progress toward business objectives.
Fractional Executive Leadership vCIO/vCISO/vCTO
Many small and medium-sized businesses struggle to afford C-level executives, hindering their growth potential. Large company executives often face overwhelming workloads. Our company offers executive-level guidance to help your business thrive. We align IT strategy with your business goals, mapping long-term strategies and developing tactical plans. Let us assist in bridging the gap and moving your initiatives forward efficiently. You get executive expertise without the financial commitment of a full-time executive.
Heavily regulated industries like healthcare and financial services often face compliance, data security, and technology challenges but may not need a permanent CIO. A fractional CIO/CISO/CTO provides governance, strategic direction, and expertise in managing compliance while optimizing operational efficiencies.
IT Organizational Realignment
Ardent IRT offers expertise in IT organizational realignment. We help optimize team structures and processes to improve agility and responsiveness, enhance collaboration, create operational efficiency, improve talent utilization, and ensure alignment with strategic goals.
Many companies struggle with project delays, slow operations, extended downtime, and poor inter-team communication due to organizational silos. An organizational realignment can address these issues effectively.
Disaster Recovery/ Business Continuity Planning
Business continuity planning is a core component of our services, aiming to ensure resilience and uninterrupted operations. Ardent IRT collaborates closely with organizations to develop robust continuity plans that mitigate risks and safeguard business operations. A well formulated business continuity plan reduces downtime, protects revenue, preserves brand reputation, and improves customer confidence.
93% of businesses experience a major IT disaster at some point. 40% to 60% of small businesses never reopen after experiencing a severe IT disaster, such as a significant data loss event or prolonged downtime. A study by Gartner estimates that 90% of companies that experience a significant data loss will fail within two years of the disaster if they do not have a solid recovery plan.
Cybersecurity Maturity Assessments
Many small and medium-sized businesses lack a dedicated CISO to keep up with evolving cybersecurity risks. Large enterprises also face challenges in developing strategic visions for operational enhancement. At Ardent IRT, we specialize in assessing cybersecurity practices, identifying gaps, and offering improvement recommendations. We can help your organization align the cybersecurity program with industry-standard frameworks.
Over 50% of companies admit they lack a long-term cybersecurity strategy, as highlighted in reports from industry surveys conducted by firms like EY, Cisco, and PwC. This is particularly true for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs), but even larger enterprises often struggle with creating sustainable cybersecurity roadmaps.
Enterprise Architecture Workflow Enhancement
Many companies lack an Enterprise Architecture team. It is one of the strongest investments companies can make to ensure successful digital transformations. Ardent IRT has strong expertise establishing Enterprise Architecture teams, enhancing workflows that integrate with critical departments like Cybersecurity, Supply Chain, Legal, Risk & Compliance, Accounting, and the PMO. We have proven methods that improves collaboration, strategic alignment, faster time-to-market, eliminates redundant technologies, and provides a holistic view of operations.
36% of companies have a dedicated Enterprise Architecture team, based on the 2021 State of Enterprise Architecture Report by LeanIX, which surveyed over 1,000 organizations across industries. In larger enterprises (with 1,000+ employees), the adoption of dedicated EA teams is more common, with around 60-70% of these organizations maintaining a formal Enterprise Architecture function. But many companies do not have standardized processes and integration with critical business units.
Datacenter and Cloud Assessment
Datacenter infrastructure represents one of the largest IT expenses for companies. Midsize and large companies often grapple with the decision to transition to cloud services. Following mergers, acquisitions, or divestitures, larger enterprises may find themselves with superfluous data centers. Careful deliberation is required when considering capital expenditures (CapEx) and operational expenditures (OpEx). At Ardent IRT, we can help with the evaluation and provide guidance on what options are best for your company - On-Prem, Colo, Private Cloud, Hybrid, Public Cloud, or a matrix.
Average Costs of one Datacenter:
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Build-Out Costs:
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1,000 sq ft: $500,000 to $2 million.
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5,000 sq ft: $2 million to $10 million.
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Typical equipment refresh is every 3-4 years
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Annual Operating Costs:
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1,000 sq ft: $300,000 to $1 million per year.
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5,000 sq ft: $500,000 to $2 million per year.​
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Large enterprises can have 2 - 24 datacenters.​​
Cost Containment Assessments
The larger the business the bigger opportunity for cost overruns. Oftentimes new contracts are signed, or new technologies are brought in, but the old contracts or technology remains. Over time, projects are considered complete once the new technology is live. The next project starts without shutting down old systems or cancelling contracts. Our advisors can help. We have found significant cost containment through proper vendor management and application rationalization.
About 70% of CIOs believe they can consolidate at least 20% of their applications, reflecting a significant need for help with application rationalization. This process involves streamlining software portfolios by eliminating redundant, obsolete, or underutilized applications to reduce costs and improve operational efficiency
Process Maturity Assessments and Roadmaps
At Ardent IRT, we understand the significance of process maturity in achieving sustainable business growth. Our advisory services focus on assessing and enhancing process maturity to drive operational excellence and long-term success. We can help your organization realize consistent outcomes, establish a framework for scalability, and improve service quality. Our focus is on IT Operations, Cybersecurity, Enterprise Program Management, and Enterprise Architecture.
In Gartner’s IT Process Maturity Model surveys, approximately 30-40% of organizations rate themselves as having highly mature IT processes. The remaining companies typically fall into lower levels of process maturity, meaning they lack consistency or formalization in their IT operations.
Strategic Ecosystem Integration
Ardent IRT's approach revolves around seamless integration with your business ecosystem. We work closely with your team to align our solutions with your existing environment, ensuring a smooth transition and maximum value realization.