Virtual Xpert consultants pride themselves on the ability to perceive your business from many different perspectives and develop the best value for money solutions to business problems, with or without technology.

Management consulting is, by definition, a generalist profession. Virtual Xpert consultants like to be "thrown in at the deep-end" of an organization, virtually becoming experts in the industry and business model very quickly. Within the bounds of our mission statement, and according to our preferred business analysis and project management methodologies, Virtual Xpert consultants are prepared to take on any management consulting project. The most common kinds of project we undertake are:

• analysis, design and implementation of organizational change projects;
• problem-solving and troubleshooting business processes using action research experiments;
• business strategy development and implementation projects;
• IT strategy development and implementation projects;
• financial management policies, reports and systems;
• knowledge management systems and processes;
• business efficiency reviews;
• procurement options papers and recommendations;
• project requirements gathering;
• contract management advice and process design; and
• performance management program development.

Virtual Xpert can help your software and technology business with just about any technical need, including outsourcing and hosted services. Some of our areas of special experience and skill are listed here.

• Object-oriented design
• Database and XML Schema design
• Taxonomical and ontological information design
• Content management and Web publishing systems and processes
• XML Web Services and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
• Business process automation
• Technical recruitment
• Network design and implementation
• UNIX, Windows and AS/400 (iSeries) system administration
• Implementing resilient enterprise systems with FreeBSD UNIX
• ITIL and ITSM practices
• Security best practices and ISO 27799
• Source code and application reviews in:
  • Java
  • C# and VB.NET
  • C/C++
  • SQL (ISO-92, ISO-99, T-SQL, PL/SQL, etc.)
• Apache Foundation technologies, including:
  • Open for Business
  • ServiceMix
  • Cocoon
  • Lenya
  • Xalan and Xerces
  • Tomcat and Geronimo
  • Directory
• XML User Interface Language (XUL) and Mozilla XULRunner

Virtual Xpert offers several seminars and training courses in technology and business practice to ensure help your organization perform at its highest potential. We can also develop bespoke training courses on business and technology topics.

Our current courses are all run over 2 days and include the following topics.

• An Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming
  • Focus on C# Language and Microsoft.NET framework
  • Focus on Java Enterprise Edition
• Best Practices in Customer Service
• Creating Business Value with Self-Managed Teams

Pricing for courses depends on the number of people attending and the location of the training. To obtain an information pack for a course and a quotation, please contact us using the details at the bottom of the page.