IT Assessments
Do you really know how well your IT is working?
You know what you’re spending. (You do, right?) But do you know what you have, what you actually need, where you’re exposed, and what you’re not getting enough value from?
The Marshall Technology IT Health Check gives leadership an independent view across the technology environment and a practical roadmap for what should happen next.
Most organizations didn’t design their technology environment. It grew.
A new application here. Another vendor there. More security tools. More licenses. Someone builds a spreadsheet because two systems don’t talk. A department finds its own solution to a problem. The company grows.
Eventually, nobody has a complete picture anymore.
Maybe you’re growing and technology is getting harder to keep your arms around. Maybe you’re spending significant money on IT but aren’t sure you’re getting the value. Maybe you rely heavily on an MSP or several technology vendors. Or maybe you’re preparing for an acquisition, leadership change, modernization, AI adoption, or another significant transition.
Sometimes it’s simpler than that.
You just have the feeling that technology isn’t as organized, efficient, secure, or well understood as it should be.
The Health Check works whether you have an internal IT team, rely primarily on an MSP or outside providers, or use a combination of both.
Before you spend more on technology, understand what you already have.
Five questions. One clear picture.
The IT Health Check looks across your technology environment with five basic questions in mind.
Where are we?
What technology, systems, vendors and capabilities do you have today? Who owns them? How do they fit together?
What needs attention?
Are there security gaps, aging technology, weak controls, unclear ownership, reliability issues, or other things that shouldn’t simply be left the way they are?
What can we stop paying for?
Are you paying for unused licenses, unnecessary services, duplicate products, or multiple tools that provide the same capability?
What can we use better?
Are you getting the full value from the technology you already own? Are there unused capabilities, manual processes, disconnected systems, or opportunities to make work easier?
Where do we go next?
Given where the business is today and where it’s going, what should you address now, what should come next, and what can wait?
The Health Check looks broadly across:
Technology & Infrastructure
Networks, cloud services, devices, connectivity, lifecycle and the core technology supporting the business.
Cybersecurity, Risk & Resilience
Identity, access, security controls, backups, recovery and the ability to keep operating when something goes wrong.
Applications, Data & AI
Business applications, information flow, manual processes, underused capabilities, current AI use and emerging opportunities.
IT Operations, Governance & Vendors
Support, ownership, policies, MSP and vendor relationships, contracts and accountability.
Technology Spending & Value
Where the money is going, where capabilities overlap and where you may be leaving value on the table.
Marshall Technology sits on your side of the table.
Your MSP and other technology partners may be doing exactly what they’re supposed to be doing. But each is usually responsible for one piece of a much larger technology picture.
The Health Check looks across the whole thing, without a predetermined product or solution we’re trying to lead you toward.
Experience from the other side of the table.
Marshall Technology brings more than 25 years of experience leading technology inside growing, multi-site organizations and working directly with CEOs and executive leadership. That experience spans enterprise systems, infrastructure, cybersecurity and risk, M&A and integrations, vendor management, technology spending and strategy.
About Marshall TechnologyWe don’t just ask. We verify.
There’s a difference between asking whether something is being done and understanding how it’s actually working.
Where appropriate, and with the access and information available to us, we review configurations, licensing, contracts, invoices, policies, vendor documentation and other evidence behind the answers.
Yes, we use MFA.
The question behind itIs it actually enforced for everyone who should have it?
Our MSP handles backups.
The question behind itWhat’s being backed up? Do we know it can actually be recovered?
We have Microsoft 365 Business Premium.
The question behind itAre you using the capabilities you’re already paying for?
This isn’t a penetration test or exhaustive technical audit. We verify what’s appropriate to the Health Check based on available evidence and access.
When we uncover something that requires deeper investigation or implementation, we’ll identify it, explain why it matters and recommend the next step.
You won’t get a 100-page report that sits on a shelf.
We’re not coming in assuming everything is broken. The goal is to give leadership a clear view of what’s working, what needs attention and what may be getting missed.
The goal isn’t to find more things to buy. It’s to understand what makes sense for your business.
You’ll get a clear executive view of where you stand and a prioritized path forward.
Executive Assessment
A concise picture of your current technology environment, including strengths, material findings and areas that deserve attention.
Cost & Value Opportunities
Where we see unnecessary spending, duplication, underused capabilities or opportunities to get more from existing investments.
Prioritized Recommendations & Roadmap
What needs attention now, what should come next and what can wait.
Executive Review
We sit down with leadership and walk through what we found, why it matters and what we recommend doing next.
Every organization has a current state. And a next level.
The goal isn’t to make every organization operate like a Fortune 500 company. The right next level depends on your business, your risks and where you’re going.
Sometimes the Health Check tells us something deserves a closer look.
Cybersecurity Risk Assessment
A deeper review of security controls, risk, governance and resilience.
AI Readiness Assessment
A deeper look at how AI is being used today, where the risks are, what governance is needed and where there may be practical opportunities to use it well.
Targeted Review
Sometimes it’s one particular issue. A vendor relationship. Microsoft licensing. Network or Wi-Fi. Telecom. A business application. A contract. A process that just isn’t working well.
In those cases, we can define a focused review around the actual problem rather than force it into a predefined assessment.
Sometimes the roadmap is enough. Sometimes you’ll want help putting it into action. Either way, you’ll know what you’re solving before you start spending money on it.
You don’t need to know what’s wrong before you call us.
That’s the point of the Health Check.
If technology has become harder to understand, harder to manage, more expensive, or you simply want an independent view before deciding what comes next, let’s talk.