Understanding your organization’s security state and identifying vulnerabilities are the initial steps toward protecting the confidentiality, integrity and availability of critical data. Your organization may be susceptible to attack from the outside, or the inside, if you don’t sufficiently manage your risk and vulnerabilities. The ensuing loss of public trust or the failure to comply with regulations could result in severe financial repercussions. To effectively protect your organization, you first need to evaluate where you stand relative to industry best practices and regulatory requirements.

A gap assessment will help identify the most effective course of action based on your business objectives. consilium1 provides deep networking and security assessments with robust deliverables that offer detailed remediation procedures as well as internal security policy suggestions to ensure that your exposure is kept to a minimum.

If you would like to find out how our IT Security, Risk and Compliance Assessment Services can help you, contact us.

Documenting a security policy is an important step in establishing a complete security solution. However, creating the security systems design that supports your company’s policy is the ultimate objective of implementing sound security infrastructure. consilium1’s security experts assist our customers with architecting appropriate security design which in turn can be integrated into existing infrastructure creating a secure technology environment for your company.

If you would like to find out how our IT Security, Risk and Compliance Services can help you, contact us.

Technology holds the promise of solving many business problems that organizations face today. The challenge for organizations is to understand the available technologies and how they can be deployed to deliver the benefits as advertised. With the myriad vendors in the marketplace, both established and start-up, keeping up with the marketplace is extremely daunting. consilium1 supports its customers by providing technology roadmaps and vendor assessment services that assist in driving technology decisions and strategy. Whether understanding features and functions, or grasping the infrastructure impact of a solution, consilium1 performs the background work so you don’t have to.

If you would like to find out how our Vendor Assessment Services can help you, contact us.

Disaster recovery and business continuity plans assure an organization’s ability to recover from an unexpected event to resume or continue business operations. Today’s world demands organizations have these types of contingency plans in place should a disaster transpire. Government and industry regulations mandate planning procedures as a requirement to run your business.

consilium1’s staff of consultants work with you to design and build a business continuity and disaster recovery plan that fits your business needs. We also review, evaluate and test existing business continuity and disaster recovery plans to ensure you are adequately prepared to preserve the integrity and availability of your business. Our deliverables identify areas that need enhancement and incorporate recommendations for modifying your business continuity plan. consilium1 provides a pragmatic look at your business to implement plans that will keep you operational should an event occur that would put your business at risk.

If you would like to find out how our Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning Services can help you, contact us.

Organizations can have the best technology in the world implemented into their environment but if their people are unaware of what is in place and what corporate policies are needed to support a secure organization, the true benefits of the technology may not be achieved. consilium1 partners with you to review your security policies, make modifications if necessary and deliver enablement training to your employees. Our regimens are designed to incorporate basic security practices and the application of your specific company policy, ensuring your employees understand how to comply with your security needs.

If you would like to find out how we can help you with security awareness and policy adherence, contact us.

Government and industry mandates increasingly impact the way organizations do business today. The ability to incorporate these directives into the framework of your organization can prevent harsh penalties and unnecessary distractions to your business. consilium1’s team of business and technical experts can help you not only understand the impact these regulations can have on your business but also implement the processes and technology to achieve compliance. Whether you are dealing with PCI, HIPAA, SOX, GLB or the host of other acronym based regulations, we can guide and support you in your efforts to achieve compliance.

If you need assistance in coming to terms with and managing compliance risk, contact us.

Federal and industry regulations along with improved business process requirements are forcing companies to rethink how they choose, develop and deploy technology solutions. The realization that technology decisions need to involve more than just IT is a key component to rapid adoption and successful deployments of major projects. consilium1's consultants provide strategic guidance and objectivity in the decision making process for key projects, as well as architect the appropriate engagement models for business unit and management integration into the process. With the appropriate governance mechanisms in place, companies can meet all of the regulatory requirements placed upon today's businesses and incorporate best practice methodology into the fabric of your organization.

If you would like to know more about our IT Governance Services, contact us.

Today’s global IT marketplace presents tremendous opportunities to leverage technical talent from around the world to reduce costs of doing the business of IT. However, the potential for cost savings can only be achieved by diligent oversight and management of outsourced resources to ensure project expectations are achieved. consilium1 works with global organizations as the liaison between internal and external resources creating project continuity that drives successful, cost reducing projects that have tremendous business value.

If you are considering outsourcing some or all of your IT projects, consilium1 is an invaluable resource to support these initiatives increasing the opportunities for success.

If you would like to find out how our Offshore/Outsource Performance Management Services can help you, contact us.

Organizations spend significant time, resources and money on managing their network infrastructure. The challenge is to ensure that the technology currently in place is capable of supporting existing needs while evolving as their company grows and requirements change. This all needs to be accomplished while minimizing cost.

consilium1 works with its customers to achieve this objective by coupling leading edge technologies with superior design skills to maximize the performance of current solutions while planning for the implementation of next generation technologies. Our infrastructure performance and planning services incorporate key components of the technology lifecycle including:

• Network Architecture Design and Deployment


• Data Center Design and Deployment


• Wireless Infrastructure Design and Deployment


• Virtualization Solution Design and Deployment


• Storage Assessment and Optimization

If you would like to find out how our Infrastructure Performance and Planning Services can help you, contact us.

The benefits achieved from software development initiatives often miss the mark on value for invested dollars. Most often it is the software development and implementation process itself that undermines the potential success of software development activities. consilium1’s software development experts deliver world class solutions through the application of an expert Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodology that includes requirement gathering and analysis, application architecture and design, software build and functional testing, and system integration and performance testing of full application suites. We use a combination of best practices in our methodology including components of Waterfall, RUP, Iterative, Agile and Extreme with a primary focus on mentoring your software development organization.

consilium1’s software design and development services include custom software and application development, re-architecting or re-engineering existing applications, and web enablement of legacy applications to more modern and flexible technology platforms. Our consultants are experts in architectures like Service Oriented Architecture and Web Services resulting in cost-effective solutions with quick turnaround. Our expertise includes modern as well as legacy technologies and platforms including J2EE, .NET, VB, VC++. Some of our key delivery skills include:

• Rich Internet Application Development


• Open Source Development and Migrations


• Portal Design and Development

If you would like to find out how our Software Design and Development Services can help you, contact us.

Competing in today’s marketplace is increasingly more complex and challenging. Advancements in technology have leveled the playing field enabling businesses of all sizes to compete for the same customers. Business leaders are looking for new and innovative ways to go to market and drive new opportunities. Many companies are gaining insight and advantages by leveraging data to assist in supporting sales, business operations and go to market initiatives. consilium1 consultants are skilled in the practice of designing optimal ways to identify, utilize and manage internal and external data for business intelligence. The focus areas of our data solutions group include:

• Data Warehouse Design and Deployment


• Extract Transfer Load (ETL)


• Business Intelligence Tools and Reporting

If you would like to make better use of your information assets and how our Data Solutions can help you, contact us.

Organizations continually look for approaches to improve business operations. Whether these improvements are based on lower costs, achieving more with limited resources or aligning overall business strategy with technology infrastructure, creating efficient processes is of tremendous value. consilium1 is dedicated to providing strategic solutions based on the operational and business realities of your company. Our collaborative approach incorporates innovative thinking, strong facilitation skills, and proven strategic frameworks to assist you in transforming processes to drive your business. Some of our key focus areas in our Process Improvement practice are:

• System Strategy and Consulting


• Strategic IT Planning


• Document and Business Process Management


• IT Organizational Development

If you would like to consider how you can make your business more efficient, contact us.

consilium1’s single point of contact Service Desk provides clients with a fully integrated service to easily resolve software, desktop, and mobile computing issues to minimize disruptions to on-going business. Our Service Desk solution provides a balance of remote, on-site, and self-help support to lower costs, reduce downtime and maximize business value. Our model enables you to take advantage of the benefits of outsourcing with the adaptability your business needs to compete in today’s marketplace.

With our full spectrum of standard and customer Service Desk offerings, we can help your organization:

• Increase flexibility required to adapt to changing business needs


• Improve end-user productivity and IT staff efficiency


• Reduce the complexity of your support environment


• Control and predict costs Improve service response and resolution times


• Free up IT staff to focus on core competencies

If you would like to find out how our Help Desk and System Management Services can help you, contact us.

With our technologies and highly skilled staff, we address the needs of the broadest range of our clients, from small and medium–sized corporations with a small number of servers to large organizations with many servers and complex technology stacks. consilium1 leverages our skilled technicians and advanced tool set to constantly monitor your computer network for slow or failing systems and then notifies the network administrator in case of outages via email, pager or other alarms. The goal of consilium1 is to provide a scalable and comprehensive set of event collection, performance monitoring and reporting support.

If you would like to find out how our Managed IT Services can help you, contact us.

Building and managing an in-house information technology organization has grown increasingly complex and costly as technologies have proliferated due to the rapid rate of change in IT. consilium1 works with you to define an outsourced managed services model to allow your organization to focus on the core operations of your business. Effectively outsourcing strategic components of your IT infrastructure provides your company with a higher level of support and access to the latest technologies while allowing the company to reduce costs. Our goal is to help you to maximize the return on your IT investment while focusing on critical components of your business.

If you would like to find out how our Outsourced IT Management Services can help you, contact us.

Our performance and capacity management process provides our clients with the on-going monitoring and interpretation of service capacity levels and IT infrastructure. This service enables us to effectively manage systems, services and business solutions. Capacity management also provides monitoring and feedback necessary to produce a contingency plan for business continuity.

Capacity planning and management are among the most critical quantitative aspects of an IT service. Once designed and implemented, the consilium1 process delivers key benefits:

• Reduction of the frequency and duration of IT capacity failures


• Definition, measurement, and monitoring of capacity requirements in order to fully service level agreements (SLA)


• Problem and root cause analysis data provided by the IT support organization through capacity management tools and techniques.


• Recognition and correction of shortfalls in the provision of the required levels of capacity and performance


• Improved alignment between business needs and IT resources by deriving IT service and capacity requirements from specified business requirements


• Better validation and justification of IT spending

If you would like to find out how our Managed IT Services can help you, contact us.

consilium1 assists your IT organization in building customized high performance work teams to support you in the achievement of your strategic IT project initiatives and on-going requirements. We work with our customers’ management teams to define skill and staff sizing requirements, co-manage the consultant evaluation and selection process to implement an on-going management process to assure all service metrics are met.

If you would like to find out how our High Performance Work Teams can help you, contact us.

c1search, a division of consilium1, supplies world class talent and expertise helping our clients operate successfully in the 21st century. As a full service staffing company, we redefine the value of staffing solutions through our contemporary recruiting methodology. We take the time to learn our clients’ specific needs and apply that information to provide unique staffing solutions that integrate with the goals and processes of our customers. c1search has grown to a national firm and is recognized as an industry leader in personnel solutions including permanent, contract staff augmentation and contract to hire placement. Our services include placements of executive, professional and technical level personnel.

If you would like to know more about how c1search can help you, click here to visit the c1search website.