Strategic IT Leadership

Make confident technology decisions that enable growth

Without strategic IT leadership, technology becomes your biggest unknown: security risks you can't quantify, surprise compliance gaps, and infrastructure that can’t support next year's headcount.

Slink gives you strategic IT leadership without full-time costs. Get clear roadmaps aligned to growth, quarterly reviews, vendor rationalisation, and C‑suite access to Microsoft specialists who understand your regulatory context.

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No clear technology roadmap

Decisions get made in isolation without considering business objectives. You're opening offices or preparing for Series B, but nobody's planning what IT infrastructure is needed six months from now.

Software sprawl nobody's managing

Every department buys tools. Subscriptions renew automatically. Duplicate capabilities pile up. Nobody knows what you're paying for or whether it delivers value.

 Technology decisions without expertise

Leadership makes IT decisions based on sales pitches because there's no technical expertise evaluating options. You don't know if you're buying the right solution, paying fairly, or creating technical debt.

No visibility into performance or risk

You can't answer: Are we secure? Compliant? What's our biggest risk? What should we invest in next? IT becomes a black box that costs money without accountability.

Security gaps you
don't see

Misconfigurations and privilege sprawl cause most breaches. They can double the time it takes you to contain an attack. Your default settings leave gaps. Your policies drift over time. One wrong configuration creates a vulnerability you don't know exists.

Money disappearing
every month

Over half your Office 365 licences likely sit inactive or unassigned. You're probably wasting 20-30% of your Microsoft spend – paying for users who left, features nobody uses, licences nobody needs.

Tools you're funding
but not using

You use email, Teams, and file storage. Meanwhile, the automation, advanced security, compliance tools, and analytics you're already paying for sit untouched. You're funding enterprise capability but getting basic performance.

Tools you're funding
but not using

You use email, Teams, and file storage. Meanwhile, the automation, advanced security, compliance tools, and analytics you're already paying for sit untouched. You're funding enterprise capability but getting basic performance.

WHAT WE DO

Strategic IT leadership without the overhead of a full internal team

Slink provides strategic IT leadership for scaling businesses without Head of IT costs. We align technology decisions with business objectives, rationalise your software estate, and deliver quarterly reviews with clear recommendations – so IT drives growth instead of reacting to problems.

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IT strategy and roadmapping

We develop clear technology roadmaps aligned to your growth plans with security, infrastructure, compliance, and system migrations priorities all mapped to business milestones. You get a documented strategy that makes investment decisions defensible.

Quarterly technology reviews

Regular reviews provide visibility into IT performance, security posture, cost efficiency, and emerging risks through data-driven insights that show what's working, what needs attention, and where to invest next.

Vendor, licensing, and SaaS oversight

We rationalise your software estate by identifying duplicate tools, negotiating better contracts, eliminating unused subscriptions, and making sure renewals make financial sense. Your technology stack becomes leaner, more efficient, and aligned to how teams work.

Executive advisory and C-suite access

Get direct access to Microsoft specialists who understand fintech, banking, and high-growth sectors so your leadership gets expert guidance on strategic technology decisions – from preparing for investor due diligence to planning international expansion.

Environment review and optimisation

We audit your entire Microsoft 365 setup to find what's misconfigured, vulnerable, or wasted. You get a clear picture of where you stand, evidence of the risks you're carrying, and a prioritised roadmap to fix it.

Secure configuration

Configured properly, Microsoft 365 can become an enterprise-grade security and collaboration platform. We implement best-practice baselines across identity, devices, apps, and data so your environment is genuinely protected.

Licence optimisation

Most organisations overpay for Microsoft 365. Duplicate licences, wrong SKUs, users who left months ago still holding seats, third-party tools duplicating features you already own. We strip out the waste, align your licensing to actual needs, and eliminate redundant subscriptions.

Adoption support

Licences don't drive value. Usage does. We help your teams actually use Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Power Automate, and Copilot effectively. Not through generic training sessions, but through targeted enablement that shows people how these tools solve their actual problems.

Pass audits, satisfy investors

Your Microsoft 365 environment becomes part of FCA, ISO 27001, and GDPR compliance. Proper configuration turns it from a liability into proof of control.

Predictable costs, defensible spend

Know exactly what you're paying for and why. Align licences to usage. Eliminate redundant tools. Finance conversations become straightforward, not defensive.

IT that scales without friction

Automate onboarding, make global collaboration seamless, and adapt security to threats without manual intervention. Your teams can work productively instead of fighting their tools.

Advantage over competitors

While others wrestle with fragmented systems and reactive IT, you're using automation and secure collaboration that scales globally. That difference compounds fast.

Technology decisions aligned to business objectives

Clear roadmaps and strategic planning mean IT investments support growth milestones rather than reacting to problems.

Control over software spend and vendor relationships

Visibility into your software estate and active vendor management mean you know what you're paying for, why it matters, and whether it delivers value.

Confidence in security and compliance posture

Quarterly reviews with clear metrics give leadership visibility into security risks, compliance gaps, and remediation progress.

Strategic IT guidance without full-time hire costs

Access to experienced IT leadership and Microsoft specialists without Head of IT costs. Get strategic expertise scaled to your current needs.

84.5%

Average secure score improvement

30 days

To reach investment-grade secure score

8 minute

Average support response time

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24/7

Monitoring and alert response

84.5%

Average Secure Score

8 minute

Average support response time

WHY SLINK?

Strategic IT leadership for regulated scale‑ups

We're Microsoft specialists who provide strategic IT leadership exclusively for scaling businesses in fintech, banking, and high-growth sectors where technology decisions have compliance, security, and investor implications.

We understand that your IT strategy needs to satisfy multiple stakeholders: investors want to see scalable infrastructure, regulators want evidence of security controls, finance wants predictable costs, and operations needs technology that runs smoothly.

Our strategic guidance balances these requirements with your growth trajectory and budget reality.

Microsoft Solutions Partner status

Business-focused recommendations

Quarterly accountability and measurement

Microsoft Solutions Partner status

Continuous monitoring and quarterly reviews

Data-driven reporting

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Security gaps that could block investor reviews

License waste costing thousands monthly

Enterprise features you're funding but not using

Infrastructure readiness for scaling globally

Your current Secure Score and top security risks

Exact licence waste costing you thousands annually

Which enterprise features you're funding but not using

Projected savings from optimisation

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