* Actively seeking contract/temporary role of IT Manager or similar *Is your IT Manager going on holiday and you need someone to stand in?Do you need an unbiased sanity check over some quotes you have received for IT services?Are you 100% certain that what your IT services provider is telling you is what you really need?Is your IT team snowed under and haven't got time to tackle some IT project?Perhaps you need my services.Here's a scenario I went through with one organisation, see if you can relate; they had an IT Manager who almost held the company to ransom - nothing was documented, no passwords were known by anyone other than by the IT Manager, and there was no IT roadmap to work to.Not only that, but the organisation (via the IT Manager's advice) was running ancient server hardware, as the IT Manager had spent the IT budget on unnecessary equipment - but the organisation's management didn't know the questions to ask. They relied completely on the IT Manager's advice (as you would).Let me clear one thing up: most IT Managers are fantastic. But there are some out there who don't keep upskilling themselves, and so do not know what else is available. Or, they rely on a vendor's advice - that makes any such advice biased. It’s a classic case of you don’t know what you don’t know.This is where a Virtual CIO comes in. Most organisations need someone who can give unbiased advice - for purchasing, future IT plans & roadmaps, telecommunications, security - the list can go on and on.Another aspect of this is Office365 - too many IT Managers see this as a threat instead of something that can help the business on so many fronts – better security, less business risk, long term savings. My prediction is that in 5 years no one will have an email server onsite - everyone will be on Office 365, or another cloud email service provider.If this sounds at all like your current situation, please get in touch. Icon IT Limited also offers phish testing, phishing education (in a 30-minute session), and a temporary IT Manager service.