Aligning Information Technology with Business

Many organizations are struggling with what they should expect from their IT investment. Are you inundated with concepts such as Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Software as a Service (SaaS), Service Level Agreements etc? Are you further concerned with issues related to disaster recovery, business continuity, information security and controls? Are you being asked to provide greater returns on asset utilization? Are you in need of greater integration of IT into your business operations? Most organizations today realize they are dependant on IT for basic survival services but are unsure of what strategic impact on organization and contribution to profits they should expect from IT.

 

We view IT Governance as the process the organization must follow to create the best possible return on the Information Technology asset.

 

Every $1 invested in Information Technology yields $15 in market value…..Gartner Group.

 

 Companies with better than average IT governance earn at least a 20 percent higher return on assets than organizations with weaker governance… CIO Magazine.

 

Liberty Technology Advisors knows Information Technology Governance….. Our approach to IT Governance emphasizes the business relationship the organization must foster when making effective use of IT services and assets. We follow COBIT rules and recommendations while structuring the IT Governance Council to function as a “Board of Directors” addressing IT strategic issues.

 

The Liberty Technology Advisors (LTA) team includes senior level executives who have IT capabilities that span multiple organizational levels and across various industries. Each has been a practitioner in one or more capacities and has compiled a successful track record of delivering value to client organizations.

 

We believe the time to think about Disaster Recovery and Information Security is before the need arises. 

Dependence on Information Technology along with external market and regulatory pressures have raised business continuity and information security to become board level concerns.

 

We incorporate Disaster Recovery and Information Security into a comprehensive Business Continuity Plan. Our team is experienced in working with senior executives to drive the IT Governance Program throughout the organization. Our capabilities range from the strategic, high-level planning process down through the tactical, operational level of implementing the plan.

Rather than viewing Information Technology as the hammer who seeks a nail, we take the opposite approach. We foster the concept that IT should operate as a business, a business that provides services across the breadth of your organization. We provide senior level IT executives who have owned the problems and delivered solutions to IT Governance and service delivery. Our team of senior IT professionals will assess your conflicting project priorities, evaluate IT spending and analyze the value delivered by IT. We will formalize the IT Leadership Council and establish a program that will support on going IT and business alignment.


The Liberty Technology Advisors Model

We follow COBIT* Guidelines and Recommendations


We Analyze Quality Requirements
- Quality
- Cost
- Delivery

We Analyze Operational Fiduciary Requirements
- Effectiveness—Information relevant and pertinent
- Efficiency of Operations—The Most Productive Delivery and Use of IT
- Reliability of Information—Provisioned to Operate the Business
- Compliance—Laws, Regulations and Contractual Obligations

We Analyze Security Requirements
- Confidentiality—Protection of Sensitive Information
- Integrity—Accuracy and Completeness of Information
- Controls—Technology, Operating Systems and Applications
- Availability--Information when Required to Operate including Business Continuity

 We Analyze Processes, People, Technology, Asset Use, Quality and Cost to Address Control Objectives Resulting In…………

Steps 1 and 2

Steps 3 and 4

 *COBIT(Control Objectives for Information and related Technologies) is an internationally accepted set of guidance materials designed to assist in the implementation of effective IT governance throughout an enterprise.