vCIO Advisory Retainer
Fractional IT leadership, living roadmaps, and vendor management — senior IT thinking without the full-time hire.
Indianapolis · On-site & U.S. remote
IT consulting and fractional IT leadership for Indianapolis businesses.
Independent, vendor-neutral vCIO advisory and IT consulting for Indianapolis SMBs — with managed IT support available when you want one accountable partner.
What we do for Indianapolis SMBs
Stratum IT is an independent, Bedford-based Indiana firm serving Indianapolis small and mid-sized businesses on-site and remotely. Most Indianapolis engagements start with strategy — a vCIO advisory retainer, an AI or Microsoft 365 Copilot readiness assessment, or a modernization roadmap — delivered by a senior practitioner, vendor-neutral and scoped to what an SMB actually needs, not an enterprise retainer. Technology strategy, cloud services, business continuity, and data protection are recurring themes — the questions that surface faster than most growing SMBs have senior IT capacity to answer.
When you'd rather have one accountable partner than juggle vendors, managed IT services in Indianapolis are available alongside the advisory work — the support follows the strategy, it doesn't replace it. No reseller margins, no upsell agenda: the recommendation is the one that's right for your environment.
How we help
Each engagement stands alone. Start with the one that matches where your organization is today.
Microsoft 365 Copilot Readiness
License fit, data governance audit, and a phased rollout plan — before the spend ramps, not after.
AI Readiness & Advisory
Governance baselines, infrastructure assessments, and ongoing advisory for Indianapolis SMBs navigating AI adoption.
Microsoft 365 Migration
Tenant moves and consolidation — clean migrations with minimal disruption to operations.
IT Health Check
Diagnostic entry point — a structured assessment of where your environment stands, with a prioritized action list.
Why Indianapolis SMBs work with Stratum
Independent & vendor-neutral.
No reseller kickbacks, no MSP upsell agenda, no incentive to recommend anything other than what's right for your environment.
Principal-led.
Corey runs the engagement — no handoff to a junior analyst. The person you spec the work with is the person who shows up.
Local + remote.
Indiana-based, on-site in the Indianapolis area when it helps, remote when it doesn't — no travel premium baked into the rate.
Talk through your Indianapolis IT needs.
Schedule a free 30–60 minute discovery call. We'll identify the right first engagement based on where your organization is today.
Indianapolis · Indiana · U.S. remote