Independent IT Advisory · Atlanta, Georgia
IQ4hire runs a structured, vendor-neutral selection process for enterprises navigating complex technology decisions — at no cost to you.
How it works
The same rigorous methodology that delivered $100M+ in enterprise savings — rebuilt for today's IT landscape.
We analyze your current IT spend to identify value leakage and prioritize the highest-impact procurement opportunities.
We build a structured, rigorous vendor selection framework — drawing on deep market intelligence and pre-qualified vendor relationships.
We manage responses, run apples-to-apples scoring, and facilitate vendor presentations on your behalf.
We deliver a clear, documented recommendation — and help negotiate terms and manage transition. You own the outcome.
"I'm willing to pay an extra 4 percent to ensure I get a good provider. It's cheap insurance."
// SVP of MIS, Fortune 500 client · CIO Magazine · With IQ4hire, it's now free.
Represent one product. Commission-biased. No independent validation. You're a quota, not a client.
Expensive and slow. Deep process knowledge, but weak vendor-market intelligence — and they bill you for it.
Vendor-neutral. Human expert curation. Structured selection process. Multi-vendor. Free to the client. $100M+ proven.
What we advise on
We run structured, vendor-neutral selection processes — not vendor introductions — across the technologies that matter most to enterprise operations and security.
Security procurement is uniquely complex — buyers must evaluate managed security providers, technology vendors, and consulting firms simultaneously. IQ4hire has run full selection processes spanning all three components, with structured scoring across detection capability, SLA terms, and TCO. This is where a bad decision has board-level consequences.
Free to clientEnterprises are actively replacing legacy phone and contact center infrastructure. The vendor landscape is wide — and the right choice depends on integration requirements, seat count, and support SLAs that only a structured evaluation can surface. IQ4hire advises across the full UCaaS and CCaaS market with a carrier-agnostic, independent process.
Free to clientEvaluating MSPs requires comparing service delivery models, NOC capabilities, SLA structures, and contract terms that vary wildly across providers. Most enterprises sign multi-year agreements with inadequate competitive analysis. IQ4hire's structured process brings discipline to MSP selection and protects clients from costly long-term lock-in.
Free to clientEnterprises face enormous pressure to adopt AI but lack a structured procurement framework to evaluate vendors, compare capability claims, and assess integration complexity. IQ4hire is building the first selection-process-based AI advisory practice — bringing the same rigor applied to $600M infrastructure decisions to the AI buying process.
Free to clientFull carrier-agnostic connectivity evaluation across all major providers — SD-WAN, MPLS, dark fiber, and next-generation 5G enterprise solutions. Structured procurement for single-site and multi-site enterprise environments.
Free to clientB2B-focused digital commerce implementations for enterprises ready to modernize their buyer experience. Full-stack advisory from platform selection through integration and launch — with specialist system integrators matched to your specific requirements and existing infrastructure.
Free to clientEnterprise data center procurement is high-stakes and long-term. IQ4hire runs structured, vendor-neutral selection processes across every layer of the infrastructure stack — from colocation facility selection to hybrid cloud architecture to virtualization platform migration.
Access to Tier 3 and Tier 4 data centers, providing space, power, cooling, and network connectivity tailored to enterprise SLA requirements.
Solutions enabling customers to connect on-premises environments with private or public clouds (AWS, Azure) in a unified, governed architecture.
Fully managed server, storage, and operating system support within secure data centers — with SLA accountability and clear escalation paths.
Smaller, distributed data centers tailored for latency-sensitive applications — evaluated against workload requirements and geographic footprint.
Professional services to move legacy systems to colocation or cloud environments, with structured vendor selection for migration partners.
Platform evaluation and selection across VMware and modern alternatives — including migration planning, licensing analysis, and total cost modeling.
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Direct involvement in landmark enterprise IT procurement engagements — spanning Fortune 500 clients, multi-hundred-million-dollar selections, and complex multi-vendor evaluations. Sorted by financial impact and scope.
| Client | Scope of Engagement | Category | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tier I — Flagship Engagements | |||
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Large Quick Service Restaurant Chain 12,000+ U.S. Locations |
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Data Center · ERP · POS |
$70M+
Documented savings on $1B+ project |
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Global Financial Services Institution Global IT Sourcing Program |
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IT Sourcing · Strategy · Governance |
$4B+
Annual IT spend under management |
| Tier II — Major Cost Reduction Engagements | |||
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National Insurance Carrier Enterprise DR & Data Center |
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Data Center · DR · Outsourcing |
$27M
Savings · 5× app coverage delivered |
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National Insurance & Financial Group Application Outsourcing |
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Outsourcing · Legacy Apps | $30M Documented savings |
| Tier III — Strategic Advisory Engagements | |||
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Global Relocation Services Company |
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DR · Data Center · Middleware |
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Multi-system consolidation |
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National For-Profit Education Provider |
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Disaster Recovery |
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DR program design |
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National Hardware Cooperative |
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Disaster Recovery |
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DR program design |
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Specialty Camera Reseller |
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ERP · eCommerce · Security · SI |
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Full-stack modernization |
Our story
IQ4hire was founded on a simple premise: businesses making expensive technology decisions deserve independent, expert guidance — not vendor pitches, not generic consultants, and not search results.
The original IQ4hire, launched in the early 2000s and featured in CIO Magazine, pioneered structured services procurement for Fortune 500 companies. That methodology — rigorous vendor selection, apples-to-apples evaluation, documented outcomes — delivered over $100 million in client savings, including $70 million on a single supply chain engagement.
Today, under the leadership of David LaRue, IQ4hire brings that same institutional rigor to the modern enterprise IT landscape — Security, UCaaS, CCaaS, Managed Services, Data Center, and AI — backed by deep partnerships with the nation's leading technology solution providers.
The business model is unchanged in spirit: the client pays nothing. IQ4hire is compensated by the winning vendor, which means every recommendation is staked on reputation, not commission. Our only incentive is the right fit.
"CIOs want to be able to tell the board why they're using a particular solution — and they want that information to come from an independent source."
// IQ4hire founder · CIO Magazine, 2000
Founded by the original IQ4hire team, including Andersen Consulting and Gartner alumni. Featured in CIO Magazine as a pioneer of enterprise services procurement.
Delivered $70M savings on a single Fortune 500 supply chain engagement. Completed $600M+ in procurement engagements. Patent-pending procurement methodology developed.
Brings the original methodology to the modern IT advisory market — Security, UCaaS, AI, Data Center, and B2B eCommerce — with deep technology partner backing.
Complex security engagement spanning MSP, MSSP, and consulting components completed for an enterprise client — validating the relaunched model.
IQ4hire begins building the first structured AI procurement advisory practice for enterprise clients.
Enterprise IT advisor with hands-on experience running complex vendor selection engagements across security, managed services, communications infrastructure, and data center. Built on the IQ4hire methodology — now backed by deep technology partner relationships across every major IT category.
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No commitment, no cost, no vendor agenda. Tell us where you're feeling the most pain in your IT procurement — and we'll show you what a structured process looks like.