Consulting

Consulting

Direct access to skills & competence

Being the first to do something introduces risks that many Critical Infrastructure projects can well do without. IT4A’s 30 year experience in Operational Technology networks enables us to provide the strategic and technical consulting that will bring better outcomes sooner. Our collaborative approach ensures knowledge is shared at every stage and our ability to support the complete OT network lifecycle, from design through operation to obsolescence, gives a unique insight and opportunity to add value.

Strategic Consulting Service

IT4Automation delivers high standard reliable innovative bespoke engineering services to our customer needs. A collaboration that looks into the architectural and business drivers for change. The outcome is a well defined scope with accompanying reference design. A full scope will consider

Determination of need
Audit of what exists
Gap analysis
Risk treatment plan
Basis of design
Documentation set
Test planning
Integration & commissioning plan
Live migration plan
Post implementation support plan
Maintenance plan
Training requirements

Technical Consulting Service

Planning a significant future investment without first understanding the present status results in uncertainty. Leaving early design assumptions untested introduces a risk that can scupper the best laid plans and budgets. Preliminary investigations into areas of risk can provide a degree of confidence and a source of reference for years to come. Going into a review or embarking on a new project asks questions of what exists, for example: We need to…..

Understand exactly what assets (devices and systems) are connected to the network and why.
Determine the quality and availability of existing fibre/copper infrastructure, cleaning where needed.
Assess whether existing network infrastructure (switches routers etc) can be reused or need to be replaced. If the latter why?
Identify and remove any network bottlenecks that impact many devices and wider system performance.
Assess the security position of the existing infrastructure.
Understand what is determining ultimate performance – the network or the devices that use it.

It is IT4A’s experience that enables these questions to be answered with all the supporting evidence and analysis.