Technology Consulting

Transforming
and Optimising
Enterprise IT

Jakata brings senior CIO-level expertise to operational improvement, cost efficiency and large-scale transformation — delivered with independence, precision and accountability.

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25+ Years in Technology Leadership
6+ Industry Sectors Served
360° CIO Advisory Coverage

What We Do

Three ways Jakata
adds value

Services

Whether analysing current IT effectiveness or driving transformation to a defined goal, Jakata delivers structured, measurable improvement across your technology operation.

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Sectors

Sector-agnostic but never sector-ignorant. We apply deep expertise across financial services, media, high-tech and regulated industries — respecting each sector's unique constraints.

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Engagement

Flexible to your needs — short or long term, full- or part-time. Jakata can begin with an informal NDA-protected discussion at no cost and no obligation, and scale from there.

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About Jakata

Senior expertise,
delivered directly

Jakata is operated by Karl Keyte — a technology leader whose career spans spacecraft control systems, Reuters, Philips, the European Space Agency and beyond.

From software development to senior executive management, Karl brings a rare combination of technical depth and commercial experience to every engagement.

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Technology operations

What We Offer

Consulting
Services

Jakata specialises in pre-transaction IT due-diligence, transformation and service improvement — helping CIOs achieve more with what they have.

Consulting services

Core Focus

A consultative,
analytic approach

A consultative and analytic approach is used throughout, with a focus on optimising cost efficiencies, bridging the gap between business needs and technology, and improving IT agility and time to market.

Jakata also drives innovation and transition, optimises sourcing and use of outsourcing, offshoring and third-party vendors, and provides an independent, trusted-advisor role to organisations embarking on major bids and programmes.

The consulting services are tailored to the specific needs of the organisation. Experience has shown, however, that there are common themes around which improvement can be consistently achieved.

Service Areas

Common themes of
improvement

IT Organisation Structure

  • Effectiveness — perception and reality
  • Divisions of responsibility
  • Size, scale and distribution of staff
  • Provision for future change or transformation
  • ITIL, DevOps and Agile interoperation

Sourcing Strategy

  • Optimal use of partners and offshoring
  • Effectiveness of partner relationships
  • Management of skills and attrition

Infrastructure Management

  • Management of assets and cost base
  • In-house, cloud and hybrid strategies
  • Planning for future developments

Service Management

  • Effectiveness of SLAs
  • Process and workflow
  • Customer satisfaction
  • Establishment of meaningful dashboards

Information Security

  • Compliance and audits
  • Establishment of security operations
  • Assessing existing exposures
  • Security incident management

Business Continuity

  • Risk-assessment
  • Effective business continuity planning
  • Disaster recovery

The Outcome

Structured analysis.
Sustained delivery.

An established set of scorecards may be used in order to assess current, interim and future performance, permitting continual corrective action to ensure focus and direction are maintained. Jakata can engage for short, occasional reviews over a longer period of time in order to provide this level of tracking.

It is frequently the case that organisations' IT functions do perform — but not at the levels that can be achieved. Using a structured analysis of objectives, issues, metrics and operational processes, the review process identifies both short- and long-term opportunities.

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Where We Work

Business
Sectors

Sector-agnostic but never sector-ignorant — Jakata applies experience across financial services, media, high-tech, retail and consulting.

Sector Expertise

Experience that
travels across
industries

Jakata has deep experience in the financial services and FinTech sector as well as media, high-tech, retail and consulting. Our services apply largely to any industry sector, whilst deploying special techniques to those requiring specific attention.

This includes those operating within highly-regulated environments, highly transactional businesses, those with ultra high-availability needs or particularly sensitive customer data.

Businesses are operating increasingly in an expanding world view. Where global operations used to be the domain of very large enterprises, public cloud infrastructure means even smaller organisations must now take measures to ensure compliance with local and customer needs.

Information security needs are growing at a very significant rate. Too little exposure is both real and high-risk. Too much, and the complexity and costs of implementation, audit, compliance and operation can spiral. Jakata helps you find the right balance.

Financial Services FinTech Media High-Tech Retail Consulting Aerospace Not-for-Profit
Business sectors

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Working Together

Working with
Jakata

Flexible, friendly and without obligation. Engaging with Jakata is designed to be straightforward from first contact to ongoing collaboration.

How It Works

Four simple steps
to get started

01

Make Contact

Simply reach out using the contact link. Provide your name, a contact number and a brief outline of the service area you'd like to discuss.

02

Initial Meeting

An informal, no-cost meeting to establish the broad outline of your objectives. Conducted under NDA if preferred, with no expectation of how the relationship might evolve.

03

Scope & Plan

Together we define the engagement scope — short- or long-term, full- or part-time — shaped entirely around your requirements and priorities.

04

Deliver & Review

Ongoing engagement with periodic health checks against defined scorecards, ensuring continued focus, progress and delivery of value over time.

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Flexibility

Shaped around
your needs

Jakata can support you in the short- or long-term, and full-time or part-time. We can additionally support you in working with other vendors, providing an independent view.

Jakata can take on due-diligence activities, monitoring and project or programme oversight. With extensive commercial and contractual expertise, Jakata can also assist during ITT/RFP and bid evaluation processes.

In a nutshell — it is quick, easy and flexible to engage in discussions with us.

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Who We Are

About
Jakata

A technology advisory and support consultancy operated by its founder — Karl Keyte.

Founder

Karl Keyte

Jakata is a technology advice and support consultancy operated by its founder, Karl Keyte. It is primarily focused on supporting organisations' CIOs with operational improvement, optimisation and transition & transformation activities.

Karl's professional life started in software development, spending a number of years designing and building spacecraft control systems. Since then, his work has spanned applications and infrastructure solutions consulting, service management and IT Operations in senior executive management positions.

He has worked with a variety of organisations including Reuters, Philips and The European Space Agency. He has a practical understanding of delivery methods that work, extensive experience with in- and outsourcing models, infrastructure management and optimisation, and service management.

His industry sector background includes financial services, media, data analytics, aerospace and not-for-profit.

Karl has built and nurtured relationships with technology service organisations and individuals around the world and is able to draw on this associate support where necessary.

Organisations Worked With

Reuters Philips European Space Agency FinTech Sector Media & Broadcasting Data Analytics

Ready to talk?

To engage in an initial discussion about your possible needs and how Jakata may be able to support your organisation, please use the contact link below.

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Contact
Jakata

Whether you have a specific requirement or simply want to explore what's possible — Jakata is ready to listen.

Direct Contact

Let's start
a conversation

The easiest way to engage is to send a short email with your name, a contact number, and a brief outline of the service area you'd like to discuss. Jakata will respond promptly.

There is no obligation and the initial discussion can be conducted under NDA at no cost.

Website

www.jakata.net

Quick Enquiry

Send an email with your name, contact number and a brief outline of your requirements. Jakata will respond quickly and discreetly.

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