Independent technology advisory & procurement

Everyone Wants to Sell You Technology. Let’s Explore a Better Way.

Your advocate in the technology market.

EITS helps multi-location and growing organizations bring scattered services, agreements and renewals into one coordinated plan. We compare providers, negotiate agreements, and coordinate implementation and renewals. We work alongside your team.

The Challenge

Technology Shouldn’t Get More Complicated As You Grow.

As locations, technologies, providers and agreements multiply, it becomes harder to keep decisions connected. Individually sensible purchases can become an environment nobody intentionally designed.

Most organizations don’t need more vendors. They need a clearer path forward.

Before the next renewal or new location, who is looking across all of these decisions?

A shared view of services, agreements and upcoming decisions gives your team a better place to start.

What That Means for You

Reduce Cost. Save Time. Create Control.

Reduce Cost

Review spend and agreements, identify unnecessary charges, and compare commercial options. Put your budget behind what the business actually needs, including resilience when it is worth the investment.

Save Time

Bring sourcing, provider coordination and renewal planning into a defined working relationship, so your team spends less time restarting searches and chasing updates.

Create Control

Connect service inventory, documented agreements, decision ownership and renewal dates. Use consistent standards with intentional exceptions where locations need them.

Different Paths. The EITS Journey in Practice.

St. Vincent de PaulA 50+ location assessment leading to a 34-location standardization initiative.
Hoffman ConstructionA multi-year relationship coordinating technology decisions across offices, jobsites and changing project timelines.

Why Exploring IT Solutions

Independent Perspective. A Clearer Path Forward.

Experience inside major providers helps us see how pricing, agreements and support models differ. EITS applies that market knowledge to your requirements, so your team can compare relevant options with clearer trade-offs.

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A Better Way to Move Forward

Understand. Explore. Execute.

01 · Understand

Start With the Business

Align priorities, stakeholders, requirements and relevant risks. Review the current environment before choosing solutions.

02 · Explore

Compare the Right Paths

Evaluate suitable providers, commercial options and trade-offs against agreed decision criteria.

03 · Execute

Carry the Decision Forward

Source, negotiate and coordinate authorized orders, implementation and agreed lifecycle support.

Client Perspectives

Trusted Across Complex Organizations and Environments

Blake and Exploring IT Solutions have been a trusted partner across numerous projects, helping us identify and evaluate the right providers, secure competitive pricing, and navigate complex technology decisions. Responsive, proactive, and dependable throughout every engagement.”

Corey Krosting
IT Manager, Hoffman Construction

Exploring IT Solutions helped us negotiate with providers and standardize technology services across multiple locations, creating a more consistent approach while making things easier for our operations and finance teams. They are responsive, dependable, and consistently follow through.

Jennifer Winstead
Owner, Mary Jane’s House of Glass

Blake and his team have been an essential technology resource for Lloyd Center tenants, helping businesses evaluate solutions based on their operational needs, lease structures, and growth plans. Their ability to understand different business models and connect tenants with the right solutions has been invaluable to our tenant community.

Lloyd Center Management

Meet Blake Patterson, Founder of EITS.

Experience inside major providers. A business built around helping clients navigate beyond any one of them.

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How the Relationship Works

Professional Work. Transparent Compensation.

Providers may compensate EITS; advisory fees may also apply. We evaluate options against your agreed requirements, explain the compensation structure and trade-offs, and leave provider approval with your team.

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YOUR NEXT STEP WITH EITS

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Start a conversation, define a project, or visit your client workspace.

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Just want to get in touch? Share a few basic details about your organization and what is on your mind. Blake will follow up directly.

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Have a project in mind or want help exploring options? Choose service areas and build a scope at your own pace.

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BASE CAMP

Client Portal

Your dedicated EITS client workspace for services, locations, agreements, renewals and requests.

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