Technology Roadmap for Growth

Companies planning to grow need to plan for how their technology can support and drive this growth.

A Technology Roadmap allows you to scale-up confidently whilst maintaining or improving your margins and customer service. It ensures your systems and digital strategy is aligned with your business strategy.

Private: Innovation and Your Technology Roadmap for Growth Webinar

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What is a virtual CIO?

What is a virtual CIO?

A Chief Information Officer, or CIO, is a crucial role for a mid-market business. It is a Board-level position with...

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Mid-market report: Four steps to navigating inflation

It sounds like something from the deep past of the 70s, like disco balls and flared trousers. But inflation is...

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The three-step strategy for hybrid working

The three-step strategy for hybrid working

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What is an IT Director’s salary?

An IT Director supervises technology, teams and suppliers. They focus on delivery of IT services to support and improve a...

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What is a CIO salary?

What is a CIO salary?

A Chief Information Officer (CIO) has the ultimate responsibility for technology, teams, and suppliers. They provide clear oversight of systems,...

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CIO vs CTO: What’s the difference?

CIO vs CTO: What’s the difference?

It is quite easy to assume that a Chief Information Officer (CIO) is the same thing as a Chief Technology...

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What is the meaning of ‘CIO’?

What is the meaning of ‘CIO’?

First, there is a simpler question: What does the abbreviation ‘CIO’ stand for? The answer: ‘Chief Information Officer.’ But what...

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What is project management consultancy?

Project management consultancy is when an expert project manager from outside an organisation manages or oversees a project or contributes...

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Using IT to succeed in wholesale and distribution

Using IT to succeed in wholesale and distribution

It’s no secret that COVID and Brexit brought huge disruptions to the wholesale and distribution sectors. But they only complicated...

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Getting the basics right on using IT in wholesale and distribution

Getting the basics right on using IT in wholesale and distribution

This is a time of extraordinary change for the British market. Between Brexit and the pandemic, we’ve seen incredible shifts...

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The 6 keys to succeeding in logistics with IT

The 6 keys to succeeding in logistics with IT

‘Logistics’ is a big word. It encompasses wholesaling, distribution, carriage, warehousing, transportation, storage and more! More importantly, each aspect is...

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The 3 key ways to transform your business with technology

The 3 key ways to transform your business with technology

The lockdown created an urgent need for many businesses to switch to home offices. It wasn’t easy, but it was...

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3 steps to online B2C: How to create a new channel

3 steps to online B2C: How to create a new channel

High street retail will recover, but spend may never quite return to previous levels. Restaurants and hotels will re-open, but...

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CEO’s briefing: Technology roadmap for growth

CEO’s briefing: Technology roadmap for growth

As companies grow, their IT inevitably needs to change and develop. In reality, few companies follow a well-planned path, so...

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Technology strategy and vision

Technology strategy and vision

Companies that have a clear business strategy need a system and digital strategy to match. Each function of an ambitious...

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A CEO’s briefing: Solving systems integration problems

IT and Systems Integration problems can make a simple business feel complicated. Whether its the CRM system, Finance System, a...

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13 key steps to cyber security for non-technical board members

13 key steps to cyber security for non-technical board members

Cyber attacks can be complicated, but in our experience over many years, most are really simple and exploit basic weaknesses....

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Who are Freeman Clarke?

Who are Freeman Clarke?

We are the UK's largest and most experienced team of CIOs, CTOs and IT Directors and work exclusively in the...

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What really is digital transformation?

What really is digital transformation?

Many mid-sized businesses simply see IT as a problem to be overcome or a beast that has to be fed....

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Software robots, revolutionary new technology automating admin tasks?

Software robots, revolutionary new technology automating admin tasks?

Look around an office and you will see plenty of people whose main work is dealing with systems and information....

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AI and its impact on business

AI and its impact on business

Companies from Amazon to Aviva are investing in future technology like Artificial Intelligence (AI), changing their businesses, and filing patents...

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What is digital transformation and where do you start?

What is digital transformation and where do you start?

Everyone is talking about Digital Transformation…what does it actually mean? If you're interested in learning how Digital Transformation can transform...

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6 steps to business clarity

6 steps to business clarity

At Freeman Clarke, we use the term ‘vision’ quite often. But we don’t only mean imagining what’s down the road...

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Custom software & digital

Custom software & digital

Custom software is an opportunity to build real competitive advantage, making your business unique and adding business value. But custom...

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Freeman Clarke is the UK’s largest and most experienced team of part-time (we call it ‘fractional’) IT leaders. We work exclusively with ambitious organisations and we frequently help our clients use IT to beat their competition. Contact Us and we’ll be in touch for an informal conversation.

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