CONSULTING

Consulting is, as we mentioned in the introduction, the council. The principle is therefore, for a company, to solicit the external expertise of a consultant or consultant, experienced professional, sometimes former manager, often a former manager, with a Bac +5 level (business school, engineering school or university ) to improve the performance of a business.

To do this, the consulting mission generally takes place in several stages:

Prior analysis

Specific recommendations

Accompaniment of the change induced by the recommendations

Reporting to report the results of the consulting mission

Consulting: a wide variety of fields

Insofar as consulting is aimed at improving performance, consulting assignments can cover a wide variety of fields and consultants are usually specialized in a particular field of expertise:

Financial audit

Inventory management

Information system

Human ressources

Recruitment

Assistance for project management

Process audit

In short, for every problem encountered by an entrepreneur, there is a field of expertise to answer it via a consulting mission!

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN COACHING AND CONSULTING

With the recent fashion of coaching in all fields, many advisors claim to coach; and conversely, faced with the credit given to consultants, many coach claim to be advisors! However, the two professions do not have much to do, do not rely on the same methods or the same principles and do not deal with the same problems.

The coach, to begin with, supports one or more people while the consultant deals with a company or section of the company. The role of the coach is to help the coachee to develop solutions on their own, thanks to an adapted support while the consultant brings solutions and sets them up, on the basis of an analysis of the existing one. Finally, the success of the coach's mission is difficult to quantify because it concerns people while the consultant's mission is perfectly quantifiable since it relates to an improvement in the performance of the company!

 CONSULTING: ACCESSIBLE TO VERY SMALL BUSINESSES?

Finally, let us draw a line on the myth that only large companies or at least large SMEs can afford the services of a consultant. This is completely false and today consulting is quite accessible to very small companies: more and more consultants are moving towards these targets in order to have missions that are richer in human relations and more rewarding from a point of view. staff.

Source: IT Business Consultant 

Network Consultant

The network begins with those around you: parents, friends. Through them it is already possible to cover a broad field of action.

Then, the contacts school and university: privilege those of your higher education, because there is more probability that these people work in the same field as you. For that, several means are at your disposal:

Make an exhaustive list of all the people you know by categorizing them

Have you kept in touch with some people who have followed the same training as you? Solicit them! They also have contacts and have probably kept in touch with other people you do not see anymore.

Alumni associations: in many courses, an alumni association publishes a directory, promotes contacts between alumni. Although it may seem tedious, it is a way to expand your address book and at the same time to know the course of those who followed the same courses as you. Do not hesitate to contact your teachers, those who covered the area in which you operate.

Professionals met during the internship, colleagues and all the people with whom you kept contact. Find out who will be the best person to answer or help you. But also your former work colleagues, those in the companies where you previously worked can be helpful.

In your previous jobs, you have been in contact with customers, suppliers or even colleagues, they are also part of your network.

The prescription: this means is not to find a job, but to expand your network. A job interests you, get in touch with a person who occupies this position, to talk with her about what she does, her career. With this method, you go to a professional and can ask him to reorient you eventually to people looking for your profile or more able to answer you. She is also part of your network.

Source: Network Consultant

What is a datacenter?

A Datacenter  is a physical place where many machines (often servers ) containing computer data are gathered.

Role of the datacenter

The data centers have a major role in the web world:

• Search engines store data on web pages around the world.
• The websites themselves are often hosted in datacenters.

Companies store employee data on data centers to make them available around the world.

In general, the emergence of the cloud (the famous cloud) is linked to the use of data centers , which store information and make it accessible through an Internet connection to users.

Cloud and datacenters

When we talk about " Cloud ", it is really just a change from a hard drive or physical memory on your machine (computer, tablet, smartphone), to a remote storage located in a datacenter . The beautiful cloud term masks the physical reality that results from it: a massive need for surfaces and energy. Your local hard drive consumes almost no energy, but placing it on a server to make it available via the Internet is something else. Out, datacenters are extremely energy-intensive infrastructures: a serverhas a catastrophic energy efficiency (almost all of its energy is transformed into heat). In addition to the electricity needed to operate the machines, it is necessary to cool them.

 Datacenters, however, have a bright future

With the advent of "Big Data" and digital transformation, the Cloud seems to be taking over the data storage and processing needs . But the Cloud and the Datacenter are rather two complementary systems at the moment. Some companies even choose the two models of data storage according to their needs and means.

Source: Data Center

IT Consultant

Information systems are becoming more complex, computer languages ​​are increasing year by year, mastery of tools and data security have become the major strategic issues of our century. The theoretical knowledge and technical skills of the IT consultant are vital for companies that want to be able to cope with the realities of the current market.

With their sectoral or functional expertise , consultants in the IT sector are now on all fronts to meet the multiple needs of companies that solicit them. Professionals who, often after going through the box "SSII", are many to choose the path of independence, by desire to win freedom.

In addition to its technical background and its autonomy, the great strength of this external resource lies in its analytical and synthesis spirit , coupled with an ability to be creative, even in the face of problems that may, at first sight, seem insoluble. . Here lies all its added value.

The vast computer sector shines by the diversity of the specialties it hosts. Here is a sample of the most representative trades in the field:

• Developer (mobile applications, software, web)
• Expert in computer security
• Database Administrator
• Cloud Specialist
• IT Manager
• Network Architect
• Data Scientist
• Data Analyst
• Industrial computer scientist
• System Engineer
• Computer trainer
• Traffic Manager
• SEO Manager
• IS Project Manager
• IT project manager

Source: IT Consulting Services

IT Business Consultant

They explore all aspects of strategy, due diligence and operations with organization and a little information systems strategy.

Organizational and management consulting

It consists of setting up organization and management processes to achieve the objectives set by the General Management . More operational, it is also "the hindrance to go around in circles". Its action can relate to human, technological, financial, quality, security issues ... etc. Its mission is in the actions of transformation, adaptation of the company, change management. He may be led to pilot a team.

Deloitte, KPMG, PwC and Ernst & Young are the "Big Four" of the board. Their size and attractiveness to candidates is explained by their international dimension and a chartered accountancy activity . But other smaller firms, such as SeeQualis for example, are recruiting a wide variety of talents from more atypical profiles (academics or those with advanced expertise, high-level customer relationship experience ...)

The "operational" council

It can be exercised both within an agency-type structure and independently, as part of a global service, for example. When a client appeals to an expert in a field, his or her assignment often includes a piece of advice and integrates the implementation of the strategy at the operational level.

Information Systems: search for IT tools adapted to the company and identification of the necessary means to set them up, monitoring, test management ... Accenture and Capgemini are for example firms recognized for their expertise in IT support.

Marketing / digital: support for a strategy of commercial development and optimization of tools, management of campaigns and partnerships.Communication / PR: implementation of a strategy, or redesign of communication media, project monitoring

Human Resources: support in recruitment, training, coaching of employees, changes in job management and skills.

It should be noted that with the transformation of businesses and the emergence of new specialties, consulting is a major provider of jobs for young graduates and "digital natives" : cybersecurity, big data, risk management, IT management , Corporate Social Responsibility are all opportunities that allow us to forge a first rewarding experience that allows to specialize in a sector with high potential.

Source: IT Business Consultant