This diagram represents the integrated nature of our services, and the holistic relationship we offer.

Baseline knowledge - knowing what you have versus what you need in order to achieve operational excellence - is the starting point for making informed decisions. The bottom level of the diagram represents our "Baseline" offerings - the insightful assessments of your IT infrastructure, staff, and processes that are necessary in order to move forward.

The second "Gap Analysis" layer represents forward-looking strategic thinking - mapping what you've got to your business requirements and analyzing what can be improved.

The third "Strategic Plan" layer represents the careful detailed planning that must occur in order to "close the gap" and turn goals and objectives into reality.

The top "Deployment" layer describes the ways in which we can contribute bandwidth and expertise towards executing the plan.

Today's IT leaders are being asked to:

• Make the most of what they have

• Consolidate wherever they can

• Deliver higher levels of support

• Install and maintain more complex systems

• Invest in what is "core" to their business

• consider outsourcing what is "context", and

• Wherever spending is required, assure that every dollar is justified and spent wisely

Since 1989, Taos has provided professional IT consulting services to more than 1,000 companies in more than 5,000 successful engagements. We leverage this experience into service offerings that are built across a deep and broad matrix of technologies and applications. We specialize in the areas of systems, network, and database administration as well as web development and we work in Windows, Unix, and Linux environments. Our suite of services is geared toward helping executives, managers, and staff "close the gap" between what they have and what they need in order to achieve and sustain operational excellence.

The Taos approach to partnering with our clients is to empower them through a flexible , holistic relationship in which we constantly ask ourselves "how can we provide more value?" Whatever a client's particular needs, we have the breadth and depth of experience to get the job done. And, since we are independent of any hardware or software vendors, our clients can be assured we remain objective .