Marine Logistics & Cold Chain
Marine Logistics Company Cuts IT Costs 22% With a Three-Year vCIO Roadmap
22% lower
Total annual IT operating spend after consolidation of overlapping tools and right-sized licensing.
Insurance approved
Cyber insurance renewal approved at a reduced premium following documentation rollout.
3 sites unified
All locations now operate on a single managed network and identity platform.
0 surprise capex
Two consecutive quarters with no unplanned hardware or licensing expenses.
The challenge
The client had grown through acquisition and inherited three different email platforms, two backup products, and a mix of consumer-grade networking gear at the satellite sites. Capital expenses showed up as surprises every quarter. The cyber insurance renewal questionnaire arrived and nobody on the team could confidently answer half the questions. Leadership wanted technology spend to become predictable and to support a planned expansion to a fourth site.
What we did
- Engaged Fundy Tech as virtual CIO with quarterly business reviews and a rolling 36-month roadmap.
- Consolidated all three sites onto a single Microsoft 365 tenant with standardized security baselines.
- Replaced consumer-grade networking at satellite sites with managed UniFi infrastructure under a single dashboard.
- Retired one of two overlapping backup products and standardized on a single tested solution.
- Built the documentation set required for cyber insurance — asset inventory, MFA coverage, backup testing logs, incident response plan.
- Created a 24-month capital plan tying hardware refresh cycles to operating budget.
“Before we engaged Fundy Tech as our vCIO, every quarter brought another surprise. Now we know what's coming twelve months out, and our insurance broker actually congratulated us on the renewal package.”