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Vendors pointing at each other
The phone company blames the internet company, which blames the software vendor. You’re in the middle.
ConsultIT · IT planning and projects
One owner for the project. Start to finish.
Owning IT is in our nature.
Office moves, cloud migrations, new systems: you get one owner who plans it, runs it, deals with every vendor, and stays after go-live until it works.
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In short
DivergeIT’s strategic IT consulting gives you IT leadership at the level you need (LeadIT Manager, Director or Executive), projects outside your plan through ConsultIT, and named dedicated engineers through DedicateIT. LeadIT Manager is included in every ManageIT plan; Director and Executive are scoped per engagement, and projects run on time and materials or a fixed-scope statement of work. Full specs · Pricing
The problem
It’s not just you. IT projects run late when nobody owns the whole thing.
Office moves, migrations and new systems touch five vendors at once. Here’s where they usually go sideways.
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Timelines you can’t see
The project was due in March. Nobody can tell you where it actually stands.
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Cutovers that spill into Monday
Last time you moved, nobody could print for a week.
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Advice from people selling something
Every recommendation comes with a product attached.
Heard on first calls
- “This project was supposed to be done in March.”
- “The phone company blames the internet company, who blames the software vendor.”
- “Last time the office moved, nobody could print for a week.”
- “I don’t know what to buy, and everyone I ask is selling something.”
The real issue
The problem isn’t the project. It’s that five vendors each own a piece.
Every vendor delivers their part and calls it done. The gaps between them belong to no one, so they become yours.
ConsultIT puts one person on the whole project: the plan, every vendor call, the weekend cutover and the weeks after go-live.
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So where do you start?
Red to green, in three steps.
First — Plan
We plan it
Scope, budget, timeline and what to buy: recommendations based on your requirements.
Next — Run
We run it
One owner manages every vendor and sends you a weekly update in plain English, the good and the bad.
After — Go-live
We stay until it works
We cut over on the weekend, test before your team arrives, and stay after go-live until it’s right.
Before & after
What changes for you
Before: Five vendors, each handling their own piece.
With DivergeIT: One person owns it and makes every vendor call.
Before: Timelines are hard to see.
With DivergeIT: You get a weekly update in plain English, with the good and the bad.
Before: Moves and migrations spill into Monday.
With DivergeIT: Cutover happens on the weekend and gets tested before your team shows up.
Before: Advice comes from people who sell the product.
With DivergeIT: You hear what to buy, what to skip and what it’ll cost to run.
What’s included: Planning and roadmaps, fractional IT leadership, cloud migration, cloud cost control, data and analytics, automation, vendor management, M&A technology.
What's included
Inside ConsultIT
Make technology a strategic advantage for your business. Our consulting is not theoretical — it is grounded in hands-on experience managing complex IT environments since 1999, and every recommendation is practical, actionable, and tied to business outcomes.
That includes the cloud. We plan and execute migrations across Microsoft Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, Snowflake, and Databricks — then keep operating what we moved: monitored, patched, cost-tuned, and reported. The cloud is not a destination you arrive at; it is an environment you operate.
Because we combine consulting with managed operations, we know what actually works in production — and we can execute what we recommend: as a ConsultIT project at time and materials or on a fixed-scope SOW, as LeadIT fractional leadership, or through DedicateIT engineers embedded in your operation.
Strategic evaluation & planning
Assessments of people, process, and technology; PE portfolio evaluations; risk and compliance assessments; and IT architecture mapping aligned to business goals.
Fractional IT leadership (LeadIT)
LeadIT Manager comes with every ManageIT plan. LeadIT Director adds budget tracking, quarterly IT health reports, and annual spend forecasts; LeadIT Executive adds a roadmap aligned to your business goals, multi-year strategy, board representation, and BC/DR planning.
Cloud migration & modernization
Environment evaluation, vendor selection, workload mapping, and phased execution across Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, Snowflake, and Databricks — with minimal operational disruption.
Cloud operations & cost optimization
Cloud security, backup with geographic redundancy, spending insights, budget alerts, and hybrid designs that keep workloads where they perform best.
Data & analytics
Data strategy, sourcing and ETL, data lake and warehouse builds, and Power BI visualization that turns operational data into decisions.
IT process automation
Service desk automation, cloud resource management, security operations, data integration, and DevOps / CI-CD pipelines.
Vendor & technology optimization
Contract and license assessment, pricing analysis, technology sourcing, and unified billing, with any savings laid out in the first review.
M&A technology support
The full lifecycle: financial discovery, technology due diligence, integration planning and execution, training, and transition.
Technical specs & details
LeadIT, ConsultIT & DedicateIT, line by line
IT leadership at the level you need, projects outside your plan, and named engineers embedded in your operation.
Tiers at a glance
LeadIT Manager
Structured IT management basics.
- Leads technical business reviews
- Coordinates and manages your IT vendors
- Documents onboarding and offboarding
- IT asset inventory and lifecycle plans
Included with every ManageIT plan.
LeadIT Director
Structured IT management with budget ownership.
- Everything in Manager, plus —
- IT budget tracking & quarterly variance reporting
- Quarterly IT health summary report
- Annual IT spend forecast & cross-vendor budget
- Project ROI & business-case review
Priced per engagement.
LeadIT Executive
Strategic IT leadership at the board table.
- Everything in Director, plus —
- Technology roadmap aligned to your business goals
- Multi-year IT strategy & stakeholder alignment
- Represents IT at executive and board meetings
- Business continuity / DR planning & regulatory-framework advisory
Priced per engagement.
Add-on services
ConsultIT: projects
Time & materials, or a fixed-scope statement of work
- Infrastructure, cloud and Microsoft 365 migrations
- M&A technology diligence and integration
- AI projects and architecture
- Network re-architecture, new builds and onsite work outside your plan
DedicateIT: dedicated engineering
Scoped and priced per account
- Named engineers embedded in your operation
- Runs in its own pod with a named Technical Account Manager
- Best for larger organizations that want named people, not a pool
Requirements & what’s not included
How engagements work
- LeadIT Manager comes with every ManageIT plan; Director and Executive are scoped per engagement.
- Projects, migrations and architecture changes outside a managed plan run as ConsultIT, at time & materials or on a fixed-scope statement of work.
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The guarantees
Promises with consequences, not fine print.
Response
On any ManageIT plan, wait more than 5 minutes for a live expert and you get a $100 credit on your next invoice.
All ManageIT plans
Ransomware recovery
Hit by ransomware anyway? Your covered data and servers are restored to their pre-attack state at no DivergeIT charge.
ManageIT Plus & Pro, with DivergeIT immutable backup
Switching
If switching disrupts your operations, your first 30 days of service are credited in full.
New ManageIT agreements
Satisfaction
If your concern still isn’t resolved, you get a $50 gift of your choice.
All ManageIT plans
Annual assessment
Your assessment and prioritized recommendations are free, every year. Any fixes are quoted separately.
Any SecureIT plan (included in every ManageIT plan)
AI payback
Not on track to pay for itself after the first two weeks? You get your Forward Deployed Engineering fees back.
Forward Deployed Engineering with an AI Success Desk plan
“DivergeIT has been our IT partner for over 15 years. They are exceptional managers.”
FAQ
Strategic IT Consulting questions, answered
How is consulting different from managed services?
Consulting focuses on the decisions, planning, and direction; managed services handle ongoing operations. DivergeIT combines both perspectives — our advice is informed by actually running environments like yours.
What is fractional IT leadership?
IT leadership at the level you need, without a full-time hire. LeadIT Manager, included with every ManageIT plan, leads your technical business reviews and coordinates your vendors. LeadIT Director adds budget tracking with quarterly variance and an annual spend forecast. LeadIT Executive owns your technology roadmap and multi-year strategy, represents IT at executive and board meetings, and leads BC/DR planning.
How long does a cloud migration take?
Mid-sized organizational migrations typically complete over weeks to a few months depending on scope. We assess first, set clear milestones, and migrate in phases to avoid disruption.
Will the cloud save us money?
It depends on your environment. We model the numbers before recommending a move.
Do we still need backups in the cloud?
Yes. Microsoft and Google protect their infrastructure, not your data from accidental deletion, ransomware, or malicious insiders. Cloud-to-cloud backup is part of every DivergeIT cloud design.
What does M&A technology support include?
The full M&A lifecycle: initial discovery and financial assessment, technology due diligence, integration planning and execution, and transition support.
How do we get started?
The best starting point is a conversation. We assess your current state, understand your goals, and recommend the right engagement — from a one-time assessment to ongoing fractional leadership.
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