Northgate maps the gaps, writes the plan, and stays until you've hired the right people to run it. That's it.
No retainers. No bloated SOWs. Just the work your team actually needs.
We pull apart every line of your cloud invoices — compute, storage, licensing, the lot. Then we cross-reference that against what your team actually uses. Most clients see up to 30% in recoverable spend once we've finished the vendor contract analysis and right-sizing report.
We run a threat assessment against your actual environment — not a checklist from the internet. You get a prioritised findings report and a compliance readiness plan, written so your board can read it too.
This happens more than you'd think. A company outgrows its IT setup, knows it needs a director or VP, but the job spec is a blank page. We design the org structure first — actually, that's backwards. We audit what exists, then design the structure around it. From there:
Three years is a long time. We audit every layer — network, compute, storage, backup, disaster recovery — and deliver a modernisation roadmap with costed options. Not a sales pitch for one vendor. A plan your team can actually follow.
Case Study
The situation: Three legacy systems running the warehouse, the dispatch, and the back office. No documentation for any of them. And a security audit landing in 60 days. The IT manager — one person, by the way — was drowning.
What we did: Eight-week engagement. Two of our consultants on-site, the rest remote. We mapped every system, documented dependencies and data flows, and closed 14 audit findings before the deadline. Honestly, we didn't expect to find that many.
Annual IT budget: $1.8M
A 30-minute call. No pitch deck. Just your situation and our honest take.
We'll respond within two business days with a scope outline and ballpark.