Transforming IT Strategy in Higher Education
Is your IT Strategy holding you back?
For universities, technology underpins everything from student learning to research and day-to-day operations. However, keeping IT systems up to date and aligned with institutional priorities is a growing challenge. Many universities grapple with disconnected systems, unreliable data, and digital strategies that don’t fully support their ambitions.
A smarter, faster way to build your IT Strategy
SUMS Consulting, working with Xirocco AI, helps universities develop and execute IT strategies 10x faster – ensuring seamless alignment between technology and business priorities.
- Business analysis: Identify stakeholder needs, market pressures, and IT maturity
- Diagnostics: Assess IT governance, architecture, and operational effectiveness
- Strategic vision: Co-create a long-term vision with measurable outcomes
- Opportunity generation: Pinpoint high-impact technology initiatives
- Planning and delivery: Develop a clear roadmap with success metrics.
Our IT Strategy Development framework
Why choose AI-accelerated IT Strategy?
- Faster strategy development: Build and refine IT strategy 10x faster with real-time collaboration across IT and other university functions.
- Organisation and IT alignment: Assess and continuously track the health of your IT capabilities to support university outcomes.
- Visual tracking: Create visualisations to improve understanding. Compare live status, insights, and visuals across university functions.
- Informed decisions on IT spend: Cut IT effort and costs by up to 80% over three years, identifying wasteful spend to fully or partially fund new technology investments.
- Strategy at your fingertips: Communicate your strategy more effectively with interactive dashboards and reports – that everyone can access using Xirocco’s desktop client.
“Universities need IT strategies that are agile, data-driven, and aligned with institutional goals. By combining SUMS’ deep sector expertise with Xirocco AI’s cutting-edge technology, we help universities build smarter, faster, and more adaptable IT strategies – empowering them to drive real impact while optimising costs and resources.”
Kuldip Sandhu, Associate Consultant, SUMS Consulting
