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Independent by design.
TNGR Consulting & Advisory gives organisations a senior technology lead without the full-time hire, and without a vendor’s sales target behind the advice.
Who we are
Advice first. Projects done properly.
Most technology advice comes from someone with something to sell. The company quoting your new network is usually the one that decided you needed it. We sit on your side of the table instead.
We work as a virtual CTO (chief technology officer): setting direction, reviewing quotes and contracts, writing policy, briefing boards, and scoping and running projects through to handover.
TNGR Consulting & Advisory is the trading name of The Nick Group Pty Ltd, a Queensland company established in 2013. We’ve been building and looking after websites since 2009.
Our independence, in writing
We take no commissions or referral fees from any vendor.
We don’t promote products or keep a list of preferred vendors. Every recommendation starts from what suits you, and we’ll explain why.
Why TNGR
Three things we hold to.
01
Independent
No commissions or referral fees. When we recommend something, it’s because it suits you. We’re here for your business, not to create sales for someone else.
02
Experienced
Websites since 2009, plus infrastructure, policy and project work across education, not-for-profit, corporate, medical, retail and media.
03
Responsive
We know how time-critical your technology operations can be. You deal with the person doing the work, not a ticket queue.
Security
Security-minded, not a security firm.
Security isn’t a separate service here. It runs through everything we do: how a network is designed, how a tenancy is set up, what a policy says, what a contract commits a supplier to.
- Built in from the start. Every scope, design and review considers security.
- Kept current. We attend security conferences and keep up with what’s changing.
- Honest about limits. When you need a specialist security firm, we’ll say so and help you brief them.
How we work
Scoped properly. Built once.
01
Start with a conversation
Tell us what you’re planning, reviewing or stuck on.
02
We scope it
What’s needed, what it should cost and what could go wrong.
03
We deliver or oversee
Hands-on where it helps, or keeping your vendors on track.
04
Handover
Documented, explained and yours to keep.
Where we work
Sunshine Coast based. Happy to travel.
Based on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland. On site across South East Queensland, with Australia-wide and international travel on request. Most advice and reviews work just as well remotely.
Who we work with
From classrooms to boardrooms.
Schools and training organisations, not-for-profits, corporate offices, medical practices, retailers and media businesses.
Start with a conversation.
Tell us what you’re planning, reviewing or stuck on. We’ll tell you honestly whether we can help.