IT Consulting
Technology decisions, translated into business outcomes.
Most IT decisions don’t fail because the technology was wrong — they fail because nobody translated the tradeoffs into the language of the business. You shouldn’t need to Google vendor acronyms to make a call on a five-figure contract.
Gravity Networks acts as your outsourced CIO. We listen first, explain in plain English, and recommend the option that actually fits your goals — not the one that pays us the most referral commission. Openness is a core value for us: if something won’t work for you, we’ll tell you, even if it means a smaller project.
What IT consulting with Gravity looks like:
- A written 2-3 year technology roadmap aligned to where the business is actually going
- Vendor-neutral recommendations — we tell you what’s good, not what pays us
- Quarterly business reviews with leadership so tech spend stays tied to outcomes
- Budget planning support for capex and opex decisions you can defend to the board
- Cloud, AI, automation, and cybersecurity strategy — from people who deploy this stuff daily
- Plain-English explanations so your non-technical team understands the plan too
Gravity Networks is trusted by Utah’s finest firms
We have been using Gravity Networks as a turnkey IT service provider for our small company. They provide a critical service for us, as we don’t have an in-house IT person. Gravity Networks has done an outstanding job, proactively making sure all our data is backed up and have upgraded a large portion…
Jim Steppan
Branch Manager
Emisense
Who needs it consulting most
DIB leaders navigating CMMC 2.0 Level 2 who need a vendor-neutral roadmap, not a sales pitch.
Advisors translating FINRA/SEC expectations into IT investment decisions the partners can sign off on.
Practices planning EHR transitions, M&A integrations, or multi-site rollouts that affect PHI.
Growing accounting and consulting firms that need a 2–3 year technology roadmap tied to business outcomes.
Serving businesses from our offices in Salt Lake City and Knoxville.
Managed Services
Don’t just plan it — run it. See how we operate IT end-to-end for growing businesses.
Cloud Solutions
Cloud decisions have long tails. We help you migrate without locking yourself into something you’ll regret.
Cybersecurity
Your cyber insurance carrier already has a list of controls. We make sure you have them.
IT CONSULTING QUESTIONS FROM BUSINESS OWNERS
What owners and CFOs ask us before bringing in outside strategic IT help.
Is IT consulting different from managed IT services?
Yes. Managed services is operating your IT every day — the helpdesk, monitoring, backups, and security. IT consulting is the strategic layer above it: what should your technology look like in 24 months, how do you budget for it, and which vendor decisions are you about to regret. Some clients use both. Some use us only for the roadmap and keep their current day-to-day provider. Either is fine.
When should a small business hire an IT consultant vs. a full-time CIO?
If you’re under roughly 150 employees or under $50M in revenue, a fractional IT consultant almost always beats a full-time CIO on economics. A good CIO costs $200k–$300k loaded; ours is a fraction of that, and you get the collective experience of a firm that’s done this at dozens of companies — not one person’s playbook. Past that size, full-time CIOs start to make sense because the job becomes internal leadership as much as strategy.
How much does a written tech roadmap cost?
A standalone roadmap engagement runs $6,000–$15,000 depending on environment complexity and whether there’s a specific driver (M&A, CMMC prep, cyber insurance remediation). If you’re on our managed services, strategic roadmapping and quarterly business reviews are included — no separate line item.
Can you help with a cloud migration we’ve already started?
Often — and often we end up unwinding pieces of it. Half-finished M365 tenancies, orphaned on-prem servers, licensing mistakes, and missing backups are the normal state of a paused migration. We come in, map what’s actually deployed, give you the honest call on what to salvage and what to redo, and either finish it or hand back a clean runbook your current team can execute.
Will you replace our current MSP or can you work alongside them?
Both models work. We’ve done pure-consulting engagements where the incumbent MSP keeps running the helpdesk and we just own strategy, vendor selection, and a quarterly review with your leadership. We’ve also stepped in as primary provider after a roadmap exercise surfaced that the current MSP wasn’t going to get there. We don’t require a takeover — and we won’t push one.
What does a quarterly business review actually cover?
Roughly 60 to 90 minutes with your leadership. We walk through what shipped that quarter, what’s on the next 90-day roadmap, security posture and incident activity, spend vs. budget with variance explained in plain English, and any upcoming decisions (contract renewals, compliance deadlines, vendor changes) that need an owner. You leave with a one-page summary you can forward to your partners or board.