CGNET can help you strategically plan for and implement your future computing and communication needs by:
- Performing strategic planning studies, such as need assessments and technology plans
- Augmenting your staff expertise both at home and in remote parts of the world
- Implementing new IT initiatives that are presently beyond your staffing resources
- Providing interim or ongoing full-service IT management support
Recent Consulting Projects
- A five-year strategic IP telephony (VoIP) plan for Britain’s Department for International Development (DFID)
- A strategic voice and data network plan for the International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
- Implementation of Microsoft Active Directory in offices in more than 25 countries for the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
- Software assessment and guidance on measuring Website usage, usability and usefulness for Bioversity International
- A complete assessment of all applications, networks and IT facilities for the Women’s Funding Network
- An implementation strategy for migrating from a Novell NetWare to a Microsoft Windows environment for the California HealthCare Foundation
Qualifications
Clients of CGNET's consulting services can expect reliable, effective analyses and solutions which provide the best balance of high network quality and low total cost of ownership. CGNET is uniquely capable of designing, evaluating or improving network services, wherever in the world they are needed, because of:
- Unparalleled "on the ground" experience in the world's most difficult-to-network places
- Deep familiarity with the best combination of technologies and services available at each location
- Long-term professional relationships with communications experts around the world
- 20 years of lasting partnerships with major international foundations and programs
- Special sensitivity to the requirements and procedures of organizations addressing human needs
- Durable technologies and services refined during years of operation and testing in every environment
- Experience in political and social environments that emphasize the need to minimize infrastructure vulnerability at a design and at an operational level
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