Independent Consulting Solutions

Independent Consulting Solutions Limited was founded in 1991 and is one of the oldest IT consulting companies in Bermuda serving businesses across a variety of market sectors including insurance, reinsurance, captive management, financial services, retail, tourism and utilities companies. It is a privately-owned, local Bermuda company that has a transatlantic reach. With representative offices in London, UK and Ontario, Canada and with strategically close ties with key partners in the UK and the US - www.fifthstep.com - Independent Consulting Solutions Limited is uniquely placed to assist both local and international companies with a range of IT services. Today Independent Consulting Solutions Limited is focused on providing three clear lines of business; Client-side Technical Consultants, Hardware Procurement and Global Licensing Strategies and Procurement. It is also home to eVolution - www.evolution.bm - a pay-as-you-go, pay-per-user, Cloud solution that provides all the latest Microsoft Office applications (and can be tailored, subject to terms, to manage industry, specific, vertical applications) so ideal for growing businesses who want predictable IT costs or established, international companies looking to streamline operations. It is also a founding member of Fifth Step Bermuda. Headquarted in the City of London, Fifth Step Limited provides services to executive and senior management to enhance their business' IT processes and capabilities, and reduce risks from organizational change. This is delivered using best practice approaches, in a collaborative way, without the need to increase headcount. Fifth Step Bermuda is anchored by former CIO and ACE Group Senior Vice President of IT Pete Ramsdale - www.peteramsdale.com. He works alongside the Independent Consulting Solutions Limited team to help clients surface IT and business alignment issues in the areas of governance, audit and project management. As a Microsoft Partner, housing Bermuda's only Exchange Most Valued Professional (MVP), plus a dedicated, full-time Microsoft licensing specialist with 17+ years experience, Independent Consulting Solutions Limited's team has delivered many complex projects and centralized, global licensing strategies. The company is also responsible for the successful implementation with Hewlett Packard (HP) of a number of SAN installations, including 3PAR, to Bermuda's business sector. A major differentiator in the Bermuda market is our people and skills brokerage. Via Independent Consulting Solutions Limited, clients of all sizes, have a single touch-point to access over 100 consultants to flex-up and build specialist teams to deliver specific projects. Independent Consulting Solutions Limited has invested heavily in these relationships and all of our partners have experience of delivering projects in the Bermuda market. They share our passion for integrity and safe-guarding our collective corporate reputations by delivering best-practices work and client relationship management and communications. Independent Consulting Solutions Limited currently has 80 active clients in Bermuda, London, Canada and the US across a number of sectors.