CHILDREN ’ S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA
“ I am laser-focused and heavily motivated to help our staff fulfil their responsibilities as efficiently and productively as possible ”
MARCUS JOHNSON CIO , CHILDREN ’ S HOME SOCIETY OF FLORIDA
CHS . Since November 2021 , they have invested hundreds of hours with us – at no cost to CHS – understanding our business , while coaching and conducting demos and desk-side discussions with key leaders and functional managers ,” says Johnson .
Another key player in CHS ’ ecosystem is ION247 , a cloud-computing IT management , backup , infrastructure , consulting , data and cybersecurity company , which has been supporting CHS since mid-2021 .
Seeing value within the company , CHS realised ION247 could help identify where there were gaps in its IT infrastructure , which was particularly important in drafting its digital strategy , as Johnson explains : “ An IT Assessment that ION247 completed over the Summer of 2021 brought to light several gaps and risks for CHS – some more urgent than others . From that IT Assessment , a three-year IT Roadmap was developed for CHS , including specific initiatives and best estimate cost projections to complete the three-year-plan . Two of the areas that the assessment addressed were a low IT maturity grade ( Gartner ' s IT maturity model ), coupled with a struggling infrastructure . From those results , we modified the IT Department structure while bringing ION247 on as a Partner to provide a service as our Infrastructure Managed Service Provider .”
“ ION has consistently been there for us as we experience significant infrastructure problems requiring an emergency response . ION fully understands our mission – the lead Managing Partner in ION is personally invested , based on his own life experience as someone who adopted children himself . Without these partners , executing our digital transformation would have been difficult . Both Oracle and ION are invested in us and our mission . And as our work continues , we are looking to engage more passionate supporters , partners and donors ,” he concludes .
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