An IT Consulting Firm for Defined Projects, Not Open-Ended Retainers
Project-based IT consulting exists for a specific decision or a specific outcome: a migration that has to happen, an audit you have to pass, an acquisition closing in ninety days, or an environment nobody has honestly assessed in years. LayerLogix runs that work as defined engagements with a written scope, a fixed set of deliverables, a timeline, and an end date. Typical projects include IT assessments and infrastructure audits, Microsoft 365 and Azure migrations, security posture reviews with remediation planning, HIPAA and CMMC and PCI readiness, vendor and software selection, M&A due diligence and post-merger integration, office moves and network design, and disaster recovery planning. What you own at the end is the point: current-state documentation, a risk register, a prioritized roadmap with costs attached, and a recommendation you can defend to a board, an insurer, or an auditor. Implementation is available and is always a separate decision.
What We Offer
Comprehensive solutions tailored for Houston-area businesses
IT Assessment and Infrastructure Audit
A structured review of what you actually have: network, servers, endpoints, identity, licensing, backups, and vendor contracts. We document current state, measure it against where the business is heading, and score every gap by risk and cost to fix. You finish the engagement with an asset inventory, network diagrams, a written findings report, and a prioritized roadmap that separates what to do in the next 90 days from what belongs in next fiscal year.
Cloud Migration Planning and Execution
Microsoft 365 and Azure migrations, on-premises server retirement, file shares moved to SharePoint or OneDrive, and tenant consolidation after an acquisition. We inventory workloads, map dependencies, confirm the destination fits your licensing position, and build a cutover plan with a pilot group and documented rollback steps. Execution is scheduled around your business calendar, so finance is not migrating mailboxes during close week and the warehouse is not offline during a shipping peak.
Security Assessment and Remediation Planning
An evidence-based posture review covering identity and MFA coverage, privileged access, endpoint protection, patch levels, email security, network segmentation, logging, and whether backups can actually be restored. Findings go into a risk register with likelihood, impact, and a named owner rather than a vague letter grade. The deliverable is a sequenced remediation plan that distinguishes the items to fix this month from the ones that need a budget cycle and a project of their own.
Compliance Readiness Projects
HIPAA, CMMC and NIST 800-171, PCI DSS, and the FTC Safeguards Rule. We scope which systems fall inside the boundary and which can be carved out, run a control-by-control gap analysis, and produce the artifacts auditors and prime contractors ask for: written policies, a System Security Plan, a POA&M with dates and owners, and evidence that the technical controls exist. The result is a defensible position and a realistic timeline instead of a checkbox exercise.
Vendor and Software Selection
ERP and line-of-business applications, phone systems, internet circuits, backup platforms, and security tooling. We write the requirements with the people who will use the system, build a scored shortlist, run structured demos against your real scenarios, and check references that the vendor did not hand you. We also review contract terms, auto-renewal language, data ownership, and exit clauses before signature. Recommendations are vendor-neutral and scored against written criteria you keep.
M&A IT Due Diligence and Post-Merger Integration
Before the deal closes: what the target actually runs, what it owes in licensing, what technical debt and security exposure the buyer inherits, and what integration will realistically cost. After it closes: domain and tenant consolidation, identity merges, application rationalization, and a retirement plan for duplicate systems. Deal teams get a written diligence report they can price risk against, and integration work sequenced so day-one operations for both companies keep running.
Office Moves, Network Design, and Buildouts
A new suite, a second location, or a warehouse coming online. We design the network and wireless coverage for the actual floor plan, specify cabling and rack layout, coordinate circuits with carriers so connectivity is live and tested before the furniture arrives, and plan the physical move of servers, phones, and workstations. Everything runs to a dated cutover plan with a defined point of no return and a fallback that has been tested, not assumed.
Disaster Recovery and Continuity Planning
We set recovery time and recovery point objectives with the people who own each business process, then test whether your current backups can actually meet them. Frequently they cannot, and nobody knew. The engagement produces a written recovery runbook, a real restore test with documented results and timings, a continuity plan that covers people and facilities alongside systems, and a gap list showing exactly what must change to hit the objectives you agreed to.
Why Choose LayerLogix?
Serving businesses throughout the Greater Houston area including Houston, The Woodlands, Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, Sugar Land.
A Defined Scope and a Real End Date
Every engagement starts with a written statement of work: the question being answered, the deliverables, the timeline, and the price, all agreed before anyone touches a system. You are buying a finished piece of work, not an open-ended retainer that quietly renews.
You Own Everything We Produce
The documentation, network diagrams, asset inventory, risk register, roadmap, and written recommendations are yours to keep. They stay useful whether you implement with us, with your internal team, or with a provider you already have. Nothing is held hostage in a portal you lose access to.
Advice From People Who Operate Systems
With 20+ years of experience and 100% Texas-based support, the recommendations come from the same people who design, build, and run production environments. That tends to produce plans that survive contact with a real migration weekend rather than plans that only work on a slide.
No Obligation to Buy the Implementation
A consulting engagement is complete when the deliverable is delivered. If you want us to execute the roadmap, we can. If you want to hand it to your internal team or take it out to bid, the documentation is written so somebody else can pick it up and run with it.
Decisions You Can Defend
Boards, lenders, insurers, auditors, and prime contractors all ask the same question: how do you know. A written assessment with evidence, scoring, and a dated plan answers it. That matters at cyber insurance renewal, in a compliance audit, and in any conversation where a capital request needs justification.
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Contact LayerLogix today for a free consultation. We serve businesses throughout Houston, The Woodlands, Dallas, and the surrounding Greater Houston area.