Chief Information Officer
Optimize Your Microsoft Strategy and Control Your Microsoft Costs
CIO Responsibilities
- Execute your organization’s IT strategy.
- Oversee teams that design, implement, and manage IT systems and solutions.
- Stay current on upcoming shifts in technologies that could disrupt existing plans and deployments.
- Evaluate new technologies for opportunities to gain a competitive advantage, cut costs, and minimize risks.
Business Challenges
- Microsoft is typically among the most important IT vendors; its technologies consume a significant portion of software budgets.
- With so many Microsoft technologies changing so quickly, it is hard for IT teams to keep up with the changes.
- Instead of being proactive and strategic, teams are reacting to disruptive changes they could have anticipated and prepared for.
- Licensing costs for Microsoft technologies continue to escalate.
Our Solution for the CIO
Directions is an all-in-one-place objective information source that gives the Chief Information Officer and their team clarity about Microsoft technologies, where they’re heading, and how they can be applied to your strategic IT scenarios.
Microsoft Strategy Assessment
Make sure your Microsoft investment aligns with your company’s long-term business objectives. Access expertise and tools to evaluate your current and future needs, identify opportunities to optimize costs and future-proof your technology strategy.
Contract Negotiation Support
Get expert guidance in every stage of your Contract Negotiations, from initial preparation to securing the best terms. This service encompasses Microsoft Enterprise Agreements, Microsoft Customer Agreements and Unified Support Agreements. Our experts leverage proven tactics to ensure you get optimal pricing, flexibility, and alignment with your organization’s goals.
Expert Desk
Access our team of Microsoft licensing and strategy experts when you need it. Our Expert Desk is available year-round to answer questions, clarify product updates, and provide insight on evolving Microsoft policies.
Licensing Boot Camp
Equip your IT planners and procurement team with the knowledge and understanding they need to keep your organization compliant without overbuying.
Microsoft Contract Negotiation Strategies
Former Microsoft Deal Desk executive and current head of Directions advisory services Dean Bedwell shares proven strategies and tactics for optimizing your Contract renewal.
Executive Focus
Cut through the fog of Microsoft confusion. Independent industry experts share insight and information you can’t get anywhere else on the advantages and disadvantages of Microsoft technologies for solving top-of-mind problems.