Honest Writing
For People Who Run IT Budgets.
A IT Assessment, downloadable briefs, and ongoing writing on managed IT, M&A IT, and the Calgary MSP landscape. Written for operators, CFOs, and boards, not other IT people.
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An IT Assessment, downloadable briefs, and ongoing writing on managed IT, M&A IT, and the Calgary MSP landscape. Written for operators, CFOs, and boards. Five content pillars: Cycle, Cyber, M&A, AI, and Operations. Nothing gated behind aggressive lead capture — read online, download, keep.
Paid IT Assessment
The Most Useful Three to Five Days
You'll Invest in IT This Quarter.
A three-to-five-day deep dive into your IT environment. Written report. Roadmap. No sales pitch attached. Most clients use it to either (a) make a confident decision about switching MSPs, (b) brief their board on real risk, or (c) plan an M&A engagement properly.
Book an Assessment- Full environment audit (network, endpoints, identity, M365)
- Security posture: EDR, MFA, backup, patch, CVE exposure
- License optimization (M365, Adobe, monitoring tools)
- Risk register: ranked by severity and remediation cost
- 12-month IT roadmap aligned to your business plan
- Written report, yours to keep, share with your board or buyer
- Honest recommendation on tier & model fit
Diagnostics
(1 live)
Downloadable, on-site, or read-online. No gating.
Five minutes. Twelve questions. One score
Are you exposed? The 5-minute cyber risk self-score for Canadian oil & gas
The 5-minute cyber risk self-score for Canadian oil & gas operators and service companies of 10-100 people. Twelve questions calibrated against what un
Build IT that survives the cycle
How do mid-market Canadian operators build IT that compounds across oil cycles? · Crude Truth
Mid-market Canadian operators (25–200 people, across drilling, services, and production) build IT that compounds across oil cycles by deploying six...
The twelve controls. Nothing optional
What twelve cybersecurity controls does a Canadian oil and gas operator actually need?
The Twelve Controls eBook covers the twelve cybersecurity controls that Canadian cyber insurance underwriters now require evidence on (not just...
The questions buyers should ask
The I.T. Buyer's Guide
The I.T. Buyer’s Guide | Vencer Group. The I.T. Buyer’s Guide. Blogs, case studies, guides, eBooks, and diagnostic tools. Plus the monthly operator newslet
Guides
(1 live)
Downloadable, on-site, or read-online. No gating.
eBooks
(2 live)
Downloadable, on-site, or read-online. No gating.
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Opinionated curation, not endorsement. We list what we'd actually hand an operator. Not every resource here will fit every situation, that's the point. Use what's relevant, ignore what isn't.