Janco Associates, Inc.
Janco Associates, Inc. (founded in 1998) is a management consulting firm that focuses on Management Information Systems, and in particular on the strategic application of information technology to gain competitive business advantage. As part of our practice we create ELECTRONIC products that we create and sell via the internet. These include:
- IT Infrastructure
- Salary Surveys
- Job Descriptions
- Templates for Disaster Recovery and Security
- Polices and Procedures
You can reach Janco via
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e-mail at: Contact Janco Associates, Inc.
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phone at: 435 940-9300
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Federal ID Number is: 91-2080545
We are a Nevada based corporation and have a sales offices in Utah. If you need more information please contact us via the e-mail address above or by phone.
Our Practice
Janco has a proven approach which results in actions which lead to significant operational improvements by focusing the organization to meet top management's needs. This is accomplished by looking at the total spectrum of the business function, the technologies utilized, and the overall steps and plans which will help the organization succeed.
Janco's principals and consultants bring to the practice strong backgrounds in data processing in a wide range of industries. The result is the ability to apply specific expertise to unique situations.
Janco has defined a matrix which shows how Information Technology needs are able to adapt to enterprise needs quickly in the ever-changing business environment. Five basic business requirements and the necessary IT capabilities and responses are:
Business Requirement |
IT Requirement |
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Quick Time-to-Market |
Ability to roll our new applications and technology is expanded with the use of System-Oriented Architecture (SOA) |
Restructuring business due to merger, acquisition, or divestiture |
Ability to add, change and eliminate IT operations thru an effective design and implementation of a structured IT Infrastructure for both networks and data centers |
Integration of IT technology with business operations |
Ability to implement and operate on a 7 by 24 basis for all application, application support, network, and processing operations. This included having integrated Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Plans implemented |
Compliance with mandated security and financial reporting requirements |
Defined policies, procedures, and processes which quickly and efficiently support business operations without hindering to overall effectiveness of the processes that are put in place to support them |
Maintain an ROI which is supports the long-term objectives of the business |
Metrics that are tied to the Critical Success Factors (CSFs) the enterprise and are supported by defined Service Level Agreements (SLAs) |
Janco's principals have consulted since 1982. Our clients primarily consist of Fortune 500 corporations.
Specialized areas of Janco's practice include
- Electronic Books - Create network ready electronic books to eliminate paper.
Improve accuracy, ease of use, and turnaround time. Reduce infrastructure costs
and training.
- Outsourcing Reviews - Analyzing, planning, and managing the migration to
third party providers of operations, network and application services
- Information Systems Reporting - Developing and implementing methods
to focus management's attention on critical data processing operational issues.
- Information Systems for Competitive Advantage - Assisting organizations
in using computer systems and information delivery as tools to generate
business and capture market share.
- Information Systems Planning and Development - Defining direction for
the management of planning, developing, and implementing automated
business systems that complement a firm's strategic needs.
- Internet and Intranet Web Site Design, Implementation and Management -
Create Web sites for corporations and e-commerce.
- Data Network and Communication Planning - Developing architectures
to support the use of decentralized data processing structures, including
point-of-sale networks and multiple-site data entry and retrieval networks
- Competitive Compensation Analysis - Surveying the marketplace of
compensation for data processing professionals, and assessing the
alignment of compensation programs between competing organizations.
Projects have included:
- Salary Surveys
- Browser Market Share Studies
- Operating System Market Share Studies
- Strategic Technology Planning
- Competitive Advantage Definition
- Competitive Analysis
- User Procedures Development and Documentation
- Information Systems Assessment and Planning Disaster Recovery Planning
- MIS Performance Metrics and Reporting
- Compensation Analysis
- Telecommunication Cost Reduction/Containment Skills
- Requirements Definition Project Management
- Risk Assessment
- Systems Development
- Critical Success Factor Analysis
- Outsourcing Negotiations and Implementation
- Balanced Score Card
- Metrics Definition
- Metrics Implementation
- SLA Implementation
More About Janco
Sensitive Information Policy Template released by Janco
The Sensitive Information Policy Template (Version 2.4) has just been released by Janco. This policy applies to the entire enterprise, its vendors, its suppliers (including outsourcers), co-location providers, and facilities regardless of the methods used to store and retrieve sensitive information (e.g. online processing, outsourced to a third party, Internet, Intranet or swipe terminals).
New with this version are updates that specifically define the mandates of most recent federal (Gramm-Leach-Bliley) and state (Massachusetts and California).
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Which skills are in high demand and low demand
IT salaries are determined by the skills that are required. Janco has determined the following are the skills in high demand and low demand.
Skills with a high demand
- Project Management - especially large projects with short time frame for delivery
- Security - focus on mandated compliance issues
- Network Administration - wireless and cloud administration
- Virtualization (Cloud) - new applications and management of the IT infrastructure
- Business and Operational Analysis - focus on business change
- Productivity Improvement Analysis - metrics and operational analysis
- Web 2 - interactive applications that add value
- Database Management - applications that leverage enterprise assets
- System Administration - Windows and UNIX management
- Desktop Support - standardization and change management
Skills with a declining demand
- COBOL
- HTML
- System Network Architecture - SNA
- Siebel
- Rapid Application Development - RAD
- ColdFusion
- Wireless Application Protocol - WAP
- Visual J++
- Novell NetWare
- Asynchronous Transfer Mode - ATM
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IBM outsourcing cost 2,000 US jobs
After shrinking its U.S. workforce by as many as 10,000 employees last year, IBM may be on its way to cutting another 2,000 workers.
As of last October, IBM employed 105,000 workers in the U.S., compared to 115,000 in 2008. In 2007, IBM had 121,000 U.S. employees. It employs about 400,000 globally.
IBM isn't commenting on its latest round of cuts and information about it comes from the Alliance union which gathers its data directly from IBM employees.
"IBM is clearly offshoring things where they can," said one IBM employee who received his notice and spoke on the condition of anonymity because he didn't want to jeopardize his severance. A 10-year veteran and UNIX administrator, this employee said his customer support team once had 15 U.S.-based workers. That staff was reduced over time to just three workers in the U.S., with other members of the customer support team now in Brazil, Argentina and India.
The employee said he was not given a good reason for his layoff. "Higher ups made a decision that a certain percentage had to be cut - it was not performance-based at all," he said. Although the employee said he's uncertain about the job market, "my sense is that it is not horrendous but I'll have to assume that I'll have to take a cut in pay."
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Practical Guide for IT Outsourcing Released by Janco
Practical Guide for IT Outsourcing Released - Version 3.0 of the Practical Guide for IT Outsourcing has just been released. It includes a sample Outsourcing contract, Service Level Agreement with metrics, Risk Assessment - Business and IT Impact Questionnaire, and much more.
The guide is delivered electronically and is available in MS - Word and industry standard PDF.
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CIOs are looking for more cost savings
The recession is impacting how IT is performing. Budgets for many IT organizations has been frozen for about two years, and CIO have been on this efficiency kick for about the same amount of time. IT organizations have virtualized, consolidated data centers, have cut hiring and outsourced. There is no low-hanging fruit left.
Service level agreements are set however costs need to be reduced.
The only areas where cost savings can be made are in hardware and software maintenance.
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