Services

IT Solutions Consulting

Defining Technology, Inc. can bring you a range of professional services all oriented to improving the effectiveness of your IT infrastructure.

• IT and Technology Strategy
• Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) planning
• EAI and Middleware Technical Architecture and Design
• Middleware Product Evaluation and Selection
• Strategic Planning
• Network design and implementation
• e-Business Portals Strategy and Planning
• Open and Community Source Strategy and Planning
• Project Management
• Systems and Business Analysis
• Windows and *ix system administration
• Voice over IP

We have worked in a variety of private and public industry segments including financial services, transportation, utilities, healthcare, telecommunications, information services, and manufacturing. Out clients have ranged from very small business to Fortune 100. (Client list)

Our consulting activities are led by Bruce Olsen who has over thirty years of business, IT, and management experience (overview resume, detailed resume).

How to Pick a Consultant

There often comes a time when your company doesn't have specific expertise or may not have adequate resources to complete a project in an allotted time span. That's the time to consider brining in contract help.

Picking a consultant is a critical decision. Some of us frankly have a bad reputation for arrogance and burning a lot of your valuable time and money with little to show for the expenditure.

To prevent that from happening, your first consideration is to understand what you need. An outsider might help you refine this later, but knowing what you expect is a critical first step.

Be inquisitive. When you find a consultant, get answers to questions like:

1. What is the consultant's experience?
2. Does the consultant have relevant requisite expertise?
3. What do the consultant's clients say about his/her results and effectiveness?
4. How will this individual fit into my organization?
5. Does the consultant have a commitment to my success?

If you feel satisfied with the answers you receive, the chances are good that the consultant will work out well.