IT Strategy and Design Services

Develop an IT strategy to optimize your infrastructure
and align with business objectives

Business pressures have created the need to reevaluate your fundamental IT strategy—to move to an interconnected, smarter infrastructure. IT strategy and design consulting services from IBM can help you develop a strategic road map that aligns your IT strategy to your business priorities. With a robust IT strategy, you can:

Optimize your environment to reduce costs by up to 40 percent
Improve your return on investment and service levels
Take advantage of new technologies like cloud

Our consultants have extensive expertise in virtually all domains and industries. They use time-tested methodologies to help you develop the right IT strategy to support your business.

What we offer

IT transformation strategy and design (US)

Assess your current environment and develop an IT strategy and road map to improve return on investment.
Cloud infrastructure strategy and design (US)

Develop a strategy and plan for using cloud within your organization, and use a detailed workload analysis to better understand the benefits of migration.
Service management strategy and design (US)

Assess, plan and design your IT governance and service management capabilities to create business-focused IT services.
Middleware strategy and design

Integrate applications, services and platforms with an effective middleware design to improve management, use and cost-effectiveness
Data center and facilities strategy services (US)

Develop a data center approach that optimizes availability, scalability and agility, while reducing risk
Storage optimization and integration (US)

Apply analytics to your storage infrastructure to help optimize your environment
Strategy and planning for storage (US)

Develop a strategy and road map to streamline operations and reduce costs, positioning your storage environment to support business growth
Information lifecycle management services

Develop an approach to information management that optimizes storage, improves access and reduces costs
Strategy and planning for server (US)

Assess your infrastructure and build a robust strategy to optimize your server investments and align them with business goals
Workplace infrastructure strategy and planning services

Assess your workplace environment and develop a road map of cost-saving solutions and delivery models to drive efficiency and end-user productivity
Networking strategy and optimization services (US)

Develop a strategy to establish a more cost-effective networking and communications environment that enhances productivity and supports new technology and business models
Network infrastructure optimization for cloud computing (US)

Assess your network's readiness to support cloud computing with an objective analysis of key attributes to help you balance network functionality and cost
Security governance, risk and compliance services

Evaluate how to better manage IT regulatory compliance and align your security resources with business and operational objectives
Identity and access management services

Design a standardized, integrated identity and access management solution to help protect your systems, applications and data from unauthorized access
Cloud security assessments (US)

Identify the security and privacy risks of your cloud solution as well as ways to improve your overall cloud security posture
Cloud security strategy road map (US)

Build a security-rich cloud strategy that addresses the concerns of your unique cloud initiative
Resiliency consulting services

Assess, identify and define cost-justified, vendor-neutral risk management solutions to improve business continuity