IT Consulting and Project Support

What does IT consulting from Prescient cover?

Big or small, every IT project has a purpose, and your business depends on it working. We consult with you to select, install, and manage the IT systems that fit what your business actually needs. That work includes:

• Stabilizing and maintaining the systems you already run
• Choosing new technology that improves how your business works
• Automating repeated tasks that eat your team’s time
• Reviewing what your business needs now and what it will need next
• Reassessing on a regular schedule so your systems stay in good shape

When should you bring in an IT consultant?

Most companies call us at one of a few moments:

• A project is bigger than your team can absorb on top of their daily work.
• You need a skill your team does not have, like a cloud migration or a security build-out.
• Something is not working right and nobody can say why.
• You are about to spend real money on technology and want a second opinion first.
• A customer, an auditor, or an insurer has started asking questions you cannot answer.

How does a project actually run?

We look at the whole picture, not just the piece in front of us. A new system that solves one problem and creates two others is not a win. Before anything gets installed, we look at how it fits your network, your security, your budget, and the way your people work day to day.

Then we do the work and stay with it. We use current methods and industry best practices, we document what we build, and we hand you something your team can actually run. No corners cut.

Where do you want to go deeper?

IT consulting at Prescient covers several areas, and each has its own page:

• CIO Strategic Advisory: executive-level IT planning without hiring a full-time CIO.
• IT Management: running and improving your day-to-day technology operations.
• Infrastructure Assessments and Support: a clear picture of what you have and what needs attention.
• Cybersecurity Review: finding the gaps before someone else does.

How Prescient works with you

Prescient Solutions has served businesses across the Chicago and Milwaukee areas since 1996. We work as your outsourced or co-managed IT department, so you can hand us a single project or the whole function. We are a Microsoft partner, and we support manufacturers, state and local government, non-profits, professional services firms including law and accounting, and field service companies.

Remote and managed services are priced per user and per device, so the cost fits the size of your business. On-site support and project work are priced to fit the engagement. If you have a project coming and you are not sure where to start, we are happy to talk it through. Call (888) 343-6040.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is IT project consulting?

Bringing in outside expertise to plan, run, and finish a technology project, from choosing the right system through installing it and supporting it afterward.

When should a business hire an IT consultant?

When a project is bigger than the team can absorb, when a needed skill is missing, when something is broken and nobody knows why, or before committing real money to new technology.

What is the difference between IT consulting and managed IT services?

Consulting is project work with a start and a finish, like a migration or an assessment. Managed IT services are ongoing, covering the day-to-day running and protecting of your systems. Many businesses use both.

Does Prescient handle the whole project or just the planning?

Either. We can advise and hand the plan to your team, or plan it, build it, and support it afterward.

Does Prescient provide IT consulting in Chicago and Milwaukee?

Yes. Prescient Solutions has supported businesses across the Chicago and Milwaukee areas since 1996, working on site and remotely.

Managed IT Services in Chicago, IL

1834 Walden Office Square, Fifth Floor
Schaumburg, IL 60173
Sales and Support (Toll Free): (888) 343-6040