ITPI Adds New Members to Consulting Co-Op

ITPI adds New Members to Consulting Co-op

Interest in the month old program has been extremely favorable, highlighting the value that independent, data-driven research and benchmarking adds to IT consultant’s offerings.

New members are not limited to US-based companies, as several of the new members operate in areas as diverse as the Czech Republic, Brazil, the Netherlands and Aruba. Member firms range in size from individual, self-employed subject matter experts to others with more than 2000 employees and operations around the globe. New Members include:

• BDO-IT
• Cadence-ITSM
• Mijed Services
• Neo TI
• Process Partners
• Symphotica, Inc
• Trac Assets
• UHY Advisors

Managing Director Kurt Milne suggests that, "We are very focused on taking the time up front to understand Co-op member’s unique service offerings. This way we can make sure that we are well positioned to support each member’s success with their clients, regardless of how large or how small they might be.”

Co-Op members are selected based upon a number of criteria including areas of specialization, geographic location and number of years in the business. Applications for the program are available on the company's website.  The ITPI anticipates capping membership between 75-150 firms from around the world. Interested organizations of all sizes may apply on the ITPI website at www.itpi.org. Applications can be found under the "ITPI Memberships”tab.

About BDO-IT

BDO Group is one of the major global audit and consulting firms.It operates in more than 110 countries on all continents and employs over 31,500 employees.Worldwide sales last year totaled almost 3.65 billion euros, and BDO ranks fifth in the world among companies of similar type. BDO-IT has operated in the Czech Republic since 1991 and currently employs more than 250 people in the Prague office. It is made up of a group of world-class professionals who apply their experience to the benefit of clients from all market segments. BDO-IT is a market leader in consulting and auditing information and communication technologies and also provides other world class services including strategic consulting, project management, quality management systems implementation, certification and validation of information and communication technologies. www.bdo-it.com.

About Cadence ITSM

Cadence ITSM offers a full range of training and consulting services in IT Service Management practices, leveraging best practice frameworks and methods such as ITIL, CobiT, and Lean Six Sigma. Based in Minnesota, Cadence ITSM has clients from coast-to-coast in the United States, ranging across the public, private and governmental sectors. www.cadence-itsm.com

About Mijed Services

Mized Services is a consulting firm providing expertise in IT operations, Planning, Risk and Governance. The company is based in the Netherlands with operations in Aruba.

About Neo TI

NEO TI is an IT consultancy formed by independent consultants specializeing in:

• IT Infrastructure, Security and Operations Design;
• IT Infrastructure Management;
• IT Infrastructure Audit.

NEO TI works according to the IT best practices ITIL V3 and COBIT V4 frameworks. NEO TI is committed to improving the operating performance of IT organizations by analyzing their practices and results and comparing them with comprehensive benchmarks performed by ITPI. NEO TI also studies and research solutions in Green IT, specially solutions to manage and improve energy efficiency.  www.neoti.net.br

About Process Partners

Process Partners, LLC is dedicated to the establishment and management of enhanced governance, processes, controls and systems that support organizations' achievement of key goals and strategies. Process Partners assists organizations in enhancing revenue growth concurrently with reducing costs and risk through the establishment of effective Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) and Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) processes and initiatives. www.processpartners.com

About Protiviti

Protiviti is a leading global provider of independent risk consulting and internal audit services. The company helps clients identify, assess and manage operational and technology-related risks encountered in their industries, and assists in the implementation of the processes and controls to enable their continued monitoring. Protiviti also offers a full spectrum of internal audit services to assist management and directors with their internal audit functions, including full outsourcing, co-sourcing, technology and tool implementation, and quality assessment and readiness reviews.

About Symphotica

Symphotica, Inc., is an Oracle Database and Unix consulting firm specializing in providing integrated technical and managed services solutions for our customers. We are a Virginia Corporation with headquarters in Northern Virginia city of Ashburn, VA, located in Loudoun County. www.symphotica.com

About Trac-Assets

Track-Assets.com Enterprises Inc. was incorporated in February 2004 and is a Canadian Corporation headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario. It focuses on the development and support of security and risk management solutions. It's main asset is an highly skilled team of people who have expertise in business management, enterprise resource management, security risk management and the application of advanced information technology to solve problems. The company is involved in research and development of metrics and methods to model an organization's risk-related data to applicable policies and standards. The company's customers are security and privacy consultants, medium to large sized industry corporate security, audit departments, contingency planning departments, and all levels of government security and information technology managers and advisors. www.trac-assets.com

About UHY Advisors

UHY Advisors, Inc. offers financial accounting and business advisory services to middle-sized and large companies. The firm provides tax, accounting, litigation support, and business planning and consulting services. It also offers transfer pricing, financial regulatory compliance, business insurance, project staffing, business process outsourcing, and executive search services. Additionally, the company provides information technology consulting, information risk management, and marketing and health care strategy consulting services. UHY Advisors caters to construction, dealership, education, energy, financial services, health care, technology, real estate, sports and entertainment, and manufacturing industries. The company, formerly known as Centerprise Advisors, Inc., was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. UHY Advisors, Inc. is a member firm of Urbach Hacker Young International Limited. UHY Advisors, Inc. is a member firm of Urbach Hacker Young International Limited. www.uhy-us.com

About the IT Process Institute
The IT Process Institute is an independent research organization that exists to support the membership of IT operations, security, and audit professionals. Our mission is to advance IT management science through independent research, benchmarking, and the development of prescriptive guidance. Our purpose is to identify and study top-performing IT organizations and identify proven practices to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the industry. www.itpi.org.