Partnership Reviews
A structured conversation about systems, vendors, connectivity and security, held face to face. What is creating friction, what is changing, what needs attention before it becomes urgent.
CTO thinking, without the hire.
Some firms get technology oversight from a full-time CTO. Most cannot justify one. The Partnership Model delivers the same thinking through regular reviews and one person who holds the whole picture.
Quarterly rolling contractWalk away after three months
What a CTO actually does.
A CTO understands every system, every vendor, the security position, and how the firm actually operates — and makes decisions before they become urgent. That is the part most firms are missing. Not more support, but somebody thinking a year ahead.
We deliver that through the Partnership Model, built over twenty-five years with firms in Hertfordshire and North London. It is the same oversight, bought by the review rather than by the salary.
What this involves.
A roadmap you can budget against
Renewals, end-of-life hardware, licence changes and the projects worth doing, laid out far enough ahead that they are decisions rather than emergencies.
Vendor coordination
Your practice software vendor, your connectivity provider and your IT support stop pointing at each other, because one partner owns the outcome across all of them.
A view from outside the building
Honest advice on what to spend and what to leave alone. Sometimes that means telling you not to buy something.
Questions we get asked.
How often are Partnership Reviews?
It depends on the firm and how fast things are changing. We will agree a rhythm that is frequent enough to be useful and not so frequent it becomes a diary problem.
Can we buy strategy without managed support?
We can, but it works considerably better alongside support, because the advice is grounded in what we see in your environment day to day rather than what you report in a meeting.
Is this the same as a fractional CTO?
Clients often describe it that way. The difference is that the oversight comes with the team who also run the environment, so recommendations do not arrive without anyone to implement them.
Also part of IT Support.
Co-managed ITYour IT manager keeps the relationships and the context.Cyber Security & ComplianceAudits rarely go badly because the IT is wrong.Cloud & Microsoft 365Most firms are already on Microsoft 365.Backup & Disaster RecoveryEvery firm has a backup.IT Projects & office movesMoving premises, opening a second office or replacing ageing kit.
One accountable partner for all of it.
Thirty minutes with a senior engineer, then a written one-page summary you keep whether or not you work with us.
- Twenty to thirty minutesWith a senior engineer, on a video call.
- A written summary you keepOne page, yours whether or not we ever work together.
- No obligationNothing to sign at the end, and no pressure to.