Consulting & assessments
Where innovation meets business value
GDT takes an advisory-based, outcome-focused approach to every engagement. We turn complexity into clarity and transformation into results.
Innovation grounded in strategy
The technology landscape is steeped in possibility, promising near-endless business potential: speed, agility, efficiency, connected experiences…. But innovation alone doesn’t deliver value. Strategic, business-aligned execution does.
Trust experienced GDT consultants to help you cut through the noise and clarify what your business needs to succeed. Our methodology helps you fuel transformation efforts by connecting innovation with business results and strategy with execution. GDT has expertise across hybrid data center, cybersecurity, enterprise networking, collaboration, AI, mergers and acquisitions, and more.
About GDT advisory and transformation services
Accelerate transformation.
Start with an assessment.
Clarify your vision and pave the way to transformation success with a structured GDT assessment. This collaborative, in-depth engagement combines industry insights and best practices, GDT’s proven methodology, and expert guidance to pinpoint your top priorities, assess your environment, and identify gaps, capabilities, and opportunities. The result is a comprehensive, insights-driven roadmap with detailed findings and recommendations, prioritized opportunities, and actionable next steps.
Explore GDT assessments
Whether you’re looking for security support, software and infrastructure solutions, or modern technologies for today’s workforce, GDT has an assessment to help.
Cybersecurity
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Hybrid data center
Modernize your infrastructure, from cloud and data center to virtualization and AI.
Collaboration
Explore new solutions, integrate AI, and migrate collaboration and contact center capabilities to the cloud.
Lifecycle services
Discover new ways to save money and simplify software and maintenance management.
Cybersecurity assessments
Cybersecurity assessment
Future-ready firewalls assessment
Strengthen your firewall estate to protect against emerging threats and attack vectors. This assessment provides complete visibility into your firewall estate, including awareness of end-of-support and end-of-life dates, and quickly identifies configuration elements that fall short of industry best practices. We’ll also evaluate AI and large language model adoption, ensure use of the latest security innovations, and evaluate the effective utilization of features and/or licenses you’re already paying for.
Merger & acquisition (M&A) assessment
Ensure a successful merger, acquisition, or divestiture. Our M&A assessment is designed to minimize risk and unforeseen costs, ensuring a seamless transition. We’ll evaluate your IT infrastructure, identifying synergies, mitigating risks, and ensuring regulatory compliance to ensure a smooth transition and set the stage for future growth. This assessment includes a detailed integration plan that streamlines operations, enhances cybersecurity and identity management, and maximizes value.
Ransomware protection assessment
Fortify your overall security posture and safeguard against bad actors. This assessment aims to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities, enhance incident response and recovery, and ensure regulatory compliance. During this assessment, we’ll uncover security gaps in systems, networks, and processes; assess incident response and backup/DR protocols; and provide strategic recommendations to help mitigate risk and support swift recovery from an attack.
Tools optimization assessment
Streamline, integrate, and optimize your cybersecurity tools. Many organizations have a diverse set of non-integrated cybersecurity tools that require multiple skill sets, making threat detection and mitigation less efficient. This assessment analyzes your environment and capabilities, helping you make informed decisions about which tools to retain and nurture, and which to retire. You will also get recommendations on how to optimize your security program and achieve the best outcomes through platforms, strategic licensing, and managed services.
Zero Trust Network Architecture strategy assessment
Get started on the path to Zero Trust. As part of this assessment, our cybersecurity experts dive deep into your infrastructure, applications, data, users, and identity functions. The goal is to ensure that Zero Trust Network Architecture is achieved, maximizing its potential with minimal disruption, within a timeline that takes into account organizational dynamics and risk. Our methodology analyzes technologies to gain the utmost efficiencies in the evolution from legacy systems to a comprehensive, modern platform.
Hybrid data center assessments
AI infrastructure assessment
Maximize the potential of your AI initiatives. This assessment evaluates whether your existing infrastructure—including your collaboration and contact center infrastructure—can handle current and future workloads efficiently, securely, and cost-effectively. Through this assessment, we will identify performance bottlenecks, assess data management and security, evaluate applications and workflows, and provide strategies for modern, scalable, and cost-efficient operations as well as AI enablement and innovation opportunities.
Anything as a service (XaaS) assessment
Streamline operations, free up resources, and access modern technologies without steep capital costs. This assessment examines your current goals, infrastructure, and capabilities to determine where XaaS can help your organization. You’ll get prioritized recommendations and a detailed roadmap to help your organization reduce operational complexity, scale and adapt quickly, and expedite implementation and access to advanced capabilities through XaaS.
Data center modernization assessment
Optimize your data center to fuel business results. We will work with you to identify key areas for modernization in your data center environment, including infrastructure, operations, performance, security, compliance, and scalability. We will also analyze power, cooling, cabling, and security systems; review operational procedures; monitor performance metrics; identify vulnerabilities and risks; and assess scalability and resilience for future growth.
Data protection assessment
Safeguard your sensitive information and focus on your core business. This assessment provides a comprehensive evaluation of your current data security measures, identifies vulnerabilities, and examines compliance with regulations like GDPR. By partnering with GDT, you get the insights you need to reduce the risk of costly data breaches, ensure reliable backup and recovery, protect your company’s reputation, and avoid hefty fines associated with non-compliance.
Hybrid cloud assessment
Get a comprehensive and holistic evaluation of your current systems and business needs and a detailed roadmap for hybrid cloud integration. This assessment helps optimize your IT infrastructure by identifying areas for improvement in performance, utilization, and efficiency. It also helps to boost security and compliance by aligning with regulatory requirements and protecting sensitive data. Finally, it enables you to achieve improved scalability and cost-efficiency.
Virtualization roadmap assessment
Align your virtualization investments with your business goals. This assessment evaluates your current virtualization environment, including licensing and usage patterns, and provides strategic recommendations for improvements. The goal is to help you eliminate unnecessary expenses, streamline processes through targeted improvements and automation, and ensure your infrastructure can scale and adapt to support evolving business and technology needs.
Collaboration assessments
Collaboration AI enablement and innovation assessment
Apply the power of AI to transform your collaboration and contact center environment. This assessment evaluates your current collaboration and contact center infrastructure, applications, and workflows to identify and prioritize AI enablement and innovation opportunities. We will work with you to develop a strategic roadmap for AI adoption and an integration implementation plan to leverage the power of AI to transform your business.
Collaboration application and cost analysis assessment
Get the insights you need to streamline operations, simplify the user experience, and optimize spending. This assessment evaluates your telecommunications and collaboration environment, including infrastructure, applications, and workflows. The result is tailored recommendations with a focus on application consolidation and efficiency, feature and experience transformation, and cost-efficiencies.
Collaboration client readiness and transformation assessment
Pave the way for a smooth transition to a modern, scalable, cost-effective cloud solution. This assessment analyzes your current collaboration and contact center environment, including infrastructure, applications, workflows, and existing cloud strategy, to identify opportunities for cloud migration and assess your readiness for cloud adoption. The assessment considers cost, performance, security, compliance, technical capabilities, and internal expertise. The result is a comprehensive migration roadmap with actionable next steps for a successful transition to the cloud.
Lifecycle services assessment
Software and maintenance lifecycle assessment
Are you making the most of your Cisco estate? The GDT software and maintenance lifecycle assessment combines an automated review of your Cisco estate with GDT Cisco buying program expertise. Together, we’ll explore opportunities to save money, time, and hassle by consolidating your Cisco software and maintenance contracts into enterprise agreements. We’ll also illustrate how GDT can help you achieve outcomes like license optimization, standardized support, and streamlined software asset management.
