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The services offered by IT consultants can be as simple as creating a database that manages simplistic internal data or as complex as creating information systems that manage data flows that are crucial to sales and marketing process. Because IT consulting covers a broad range of services, it’s best to have an idea about how you want an IT services provider to help you before you begin the consulting process. IT consulting trends are always expanding and changing. Below, we list some current IT consulting trends that are projected to apply to a significant portion of IT consulting projects throughout 2010 and can benefit your company.

Using Social Networks to Sell and Market Products

If you think that Facebook is just a social networking site, think again. More and more companies are creating profiles on social networking sites that contain links back to their homepages, blogs, viral videos, etc. But as with any sales and marketing endeavor, fully leveraging the technology offered by networking sites requires consulting with experts in that technology. In addition to advising you on the most successful social networking campaigns in terms of information gathering and retrieval, IT consultants can also help you sort and manage the information in a manner that applies to your business goals.

Using Consumer Technology in the Enterprise

Blackberries and iPhones have long been essential communication tools for the traveling businessperson. But what if these and other consumer technologies could play a more active role in the selling process by making it possible to access company information without having to pull out a laptop? According to the newest IT consulting trends, now they can. Equipping consumer tech devices for easy access to strategic company information can make it possible to take a boardroom presentation with you wherever you go.

Offshoring

Offshoring is a type of outsourcing where a company in another country does work that was once done in house. The most prominent reason for offshoring is cost effectiveness. But with offshoring comes the issue of how remote companies will communicate and share information as easily as if the work were still being done internally. To solve this problem, IT consultants can create secure, remotely accessible databases where the accumulation and dissemination of project information occurs in real time.

Telework and Virtual Office Capabilities

With more and more employees doing work from home and while on business trips, creating an information system that keeps remote employees as integrated as if they were in the office is essential for maintaining productivity. When you consult with an IT expert, you can develop information systems that allow employees to remain up to date on projects as well as resolve technical issues while in the absence of your home base technical staff.