There is a gap between what an IT provider can advise on inside its own commercial interest and what a CEO actually needs to hear. ORBX Advisory closes it. Fractional CIO, technology due diligence, M&A integration, and operating model design, run by people who have actually done the job.
Strategic technology leadership, on tap. Fractional, retained, or project-based.
Most UK businesses with 25 to 500 staff cannot justify a full-time CIO but need senior technology input at key moments. ORBX Advisory provides exactly that, with senior practitioners who have run real businesses.
Day rate, monthly retainer, or specific deliverables. We sit on your leadership team, attend your board meetings, and own technology strategy at the level the business needs. Without the cost of a full-time hire.
Buy-side and sell-side. Three to four weeks. Technical findings, key risks, integration cost estimates, post-deal recommendations. Documents your investors and lenders will recognise.
Post-deal integration of acquired estates. Day-one continuity, then 100-day plan, then long-term consolidation. We have done this from both sides of the table.
From IT-as-a-cost-centre to IT-as-an-operating-system. We design how technology actually supports the business: roles, processes, vendor strategy, decision-making framework. Outputs you can take to a board.
We help you run an honest selection. We will tell you when ORBX is not the right fit. We have shortlisted competitors against ourselves and recommended them when appropriate. Trust is built that way.
Cyber posture briefings. AI strategy presentations. Investor-ready technology narratives. We turn technical reality into the story your board, investors, or auditors actually need to hear.
No retainer creep. No endless meetings. We agree the question, the timeframe and the deliverable. Then we deliver it.
One discovery call to understand the question. We come back with a written scope, fixed timeframe, and named deliverables.
Day rate for short engagements. Fixed fee for defined deliverables. Monthly retainer for ongoing fractional CIO.
Written outputs. Documents you can take to a board. Not just meetings. Time spent measured, decisions captured.
Most engagements end cleanly when the work is done. Some convert to retainers. Either way, no auto-renewal.
Buy-side due diligence and post-deal integration. Most acquirers underestimate IT integration cost. We size it accurately and run it cleanly.
The operating model that worked at 50 staff breaks at 200. We design what works at 500 and run the transition plan.
Investor and acquirer due diligence is unforgiving. We get your technology story, posture and documentation ready before the data room opens.
Sometimes. Often not. Advisory engagements are paid separately and we will say where another provider is a better fit. If we do recommend ORBX services, the rationale will be in writing. We have lost vendor selections we ran ourselves because we recommended a competitor. That is the point.
Typically 25 to 500 users where there is no full-time CIO. Larger organisations sometimes use Advisory for a specific project (M&A integration, vendor selection, due diligence) alongside their existing IT leadership.
Day rate for short engagements. Fixed fee for defined deliverables such as due diligence and vendor selection. Monthly retainer for ongoing fractional CIO work. Rate card shared on first call once we understand the scope.
Yes, where the engagement calls for it. Fractional CIO retainers typically include monthly leadership team and quarterly board attendance. We are a real seat at the table, not a consultant who appears for invoicing.
For Advisory engagements, yes. We do not take referral fees or kickbacks from technology vendors. Our income comes from the engagement fee. This means we can recommend the right tool for you rather than the tool that pays us best.
Yes. We have run technology due diligence on a 5-day cycle when deal timelines required it. Standard timeline is three to four weeks. Faster work costs more but is achievable.
Thirty-minute discovery call. We will work out whether Advisory is the right fit, what the engagement would look like, and roughly what it would cost. No commitment.
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