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Straight technical advice, in writing, from people who still build.

Architecture reviews, due diligence, vendor selection and interim technical leadership. Fixed scopes, written deliverables, no pyramid of juniors.

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Capabilities

Where we are useful.

Consulting goes wrong when the adviser has never had to live with the advice. Everyone who consults for Data HS also delivers on the development line, which keeps the recommendations attached to reality.

Architecture review

An independent read of your systems, the risks in them and what it would cost to fix each one. Prioritised by consequence, not by how interesting the work is.

Technical due diligence

Pre-transaction assessment of a target company: code quality, architecture, team capability, licensing exposure and the real cost of the roadmap being sold.

Vendor selection

Requirements definition, RFP authoring, supplier shortlisting and evaluation. We hold no reseller agreements, so the recommendation is not for sale.

Fractional CTO

Interim or part time technical leadership for companies that need the judgement of a CTO before they can justify the salary of one.

Security and resilience

Practical assessment of your exposure, backup and recovery posture, and access control. Findings ranked by likely damage rather than by scanner severity.

Cost rationalisation

Cloud spend, licensing and supplier contracts reviewed line by line. This work routinely pays for itself inside a quarter.

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What you receive

A document, not a relationship you cannot end.

Every consulting engagement produces something you keep and can act on without us. That is deliberate. If the value of the advice depends on us staying in the room, it was not advice, it was a subscription.

A written report with findings, evidence and prioritised recommendations
Costed remediation options, including the option of doing nothing
A presentation to your board or investment committee where useful
Named sources for every finding so your team can verify it
A fixed price agreed before the work starts

Engagement at a glance

Typical duration: 1 to 4 weeks
Deliverable: Written report plus readout
Pricing: Fixed, agreed in advance
Confidentiality: NDA as standard
Independence: No reseller agreements held
Coverage: EU, UK and remote

Engagement models

Three ways to buy advice.

Pick the shape that fits the problem. We will tell you if you have picked the wrong one.

Single review

One defined question answered thoroughly: an architecture, a supplier decision, a security posture, a target company. Scoped, priced and delivered inside a month.

Best for: A decision with a deadline

Advisory retainer

A fixed number of senior days each month for the questions that arrive without warning. Unused days roll forward one month.

Best for: Continuous technical judgement

Interim leadership

A senior operator embedded two or three days a week to run the technical function while you recruit, restructure or integrate an acquisition.

Best for: A leadership gap right now

Questions

The things people ask before signing.

Yes. That is what you are paying for. We will put it in writing, with the evidence, and we will say plainly when we are uncertain rather than dressing up a guess as a finding.

No. Data HS holds no reseller agreements or referral arrangements on the consulting line. Where our hardware business could supply something we have recommended, we disclose it and you are free to buy elsewhere.

Typically within a week for a standard scope, and faster where a transaction timetable demands it. Tell us the deadline in the first call and we will say honestly whether we can meet it.

Yes, and it is usually worth doing. A written report answers the question; a live readout deals with the follow ups, which is where the real value tends to be.

Then the report says so. We would rather give an answer that costs us the follow on work than one that costs you your credibility with your own board.

Need an independent read?

Describe the decision you are facing. We will tell you whether it needs a week of work or a twenty minute call, and quote accordingly.

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