Short version. A CTO owns what you build, the product, the engineering, the technology you sell or that sells for you. A CIO owns how you run, the internal systems, the data, the security, the tools your staff use every day. If your technology is the product, you need a CTO first
A fractional CIO runs the technology that runs your business, part-time. The systems your staff use, the data that moves between them, security, suppliers, and the risk and compliance that sit underneath. Most mid-sized businesses have outgrown the IT manager but cannot justify a
Law firms, accountancy practices, consultancies and advisers run on technology they did not choose carefully and cannot afford to get wrong. Client data, billing, document management, now AI tools that staff adopted without asking. Most firms of 20 to 200 people have an IT provid
How to get strategic technology leadership without hiring a full-time CTO. The options compared, what each costs in the UK, when each fits, and how to choose.
The best fractional CTO and CIO services for UK fintech and financial services firms, the difference between the two roles, what regulated firms should look for, and where ScaleAround fits.
How fractional CTO and CIO leadership works for businesses across South Wales, from Cardiff to Swansea and Newport, and where ScaleAround fits.
When a Cardiff founder should bring in a fractional CTO rather than hire full-time, what the local market offers, and where ScaleAround fits as a Cardiff-based partner.
Why fractional CTO and CIO leadership suits Welsh scale-ups, how it fits the funding and ecosystem here, and where ScaleAround fits as a Wales-based partner.
How a UK SME finds the best fractional CTO: the types of provider, what to look for, what it costs, the IR35 and R&D angles, and where ScaleAround fits.