With October being Cybersecurity Awareness Month, ORAM continues to help a wide range of firms operate effectively in a pandemic environment requiring increased remote locations

ORAM Corporate Advisors, a full-service and strategic IT infrastructure solutions company for small- to medium-sized companies, is proud to announce its work with Eventide Asset Management. In spring 2019, Eventide centralized certain operations from the West coast to Boston and continued to grow its employee base. Eventide’s plans included a transition from its prior IT service provider to ORAM as well as a full headquarters build out at One International Place in Boston. In addition to transitioning all IT operations, ORAM helped design and plan Eventide’s physical and logical security environment, including its office configuration. ORAM works closely with Eventide’s senior management team to help meet security standards applied to SEC regulated entities, including considerations for business resiliency in the event of significant business disruptions such as business challenges posed by pandemics or other events.

Last year, ORAM conducted its standard 150-point technology checklist for when companies undergo a comprehensive office relocation, beginning with space and furniture planning, to technology, to high-level move planning, plans for the vacated space, communication, move preparation, moving day and settling in processes, and recommending important vendors.

“When Eventide moved their operation from the West coast to Boston, it was vital that a few key things were accomplished during the transition – privacy of their clients’ information had to remain intact, their Boston-based enterprise IT infrastructure had to be up and running immediately, and it had to be seamless,” said Ryan O’Ramsay Barrett, president, ORAM Corporate Advisors. “Now, about a year after that major move and amid the pandemic, our breadth of experience working with clients in the investment, wealth management and finance space, has proven to be invaluable. We worked with Eventide to ensure privacy, security, and minimal interruption of business operations as more employees transitioned to remote work locations.”

Like any complex process, office moves benefit from organized planning that breaks the process in to manageable phases. ORAM Corporate Advisors applied its expertise working with companies in the same industry as Eventide to make sure everything was planned for and executed using great attention to detail.

“Any move – whether it be a physical office move or a move to remote work locations – can be an overwhelming process for businesses, but it can also be a window of opportunity to reevaluate IT standards that have less efficient, stale, or less secure systems. Changes in physical locations can present cost efficiencies for upgrades,” added O’Ramsay Barrett.

Eventide viewed its office move as an opportunity to plan, modernize and enhance IT systems and practices by partnering with ORAM. Using ORAM’s evaluation process examining everything from inventory of all office technology assets, including evaluations of WIFI network coverage, to evaluation of cybersecurity like multifactor implementation and password synchronization, and enforcement for Office 365 and Google Suite, Eventide took advantage of the right timing to improve and upgrade.

“ORAM has been a key business partner to Eventide. ORAM’s experience was invaluable during the transition of roles and IT support from the West coast while Eventide was continuing to grow its staff and design new office space in Boston,” said Peter Luiso, Chief Compliance Officer and General Counsel of Eventide. “We collaborated to incorporate ‘security by design’ into our new office buildout, positioning cloud-based video cameras and ensuring physical separation and monitored access controls between investment research workspace and conference rooms used with visitors.” ORAM has continued to work proactively with Eventide to support business changes and increased remote access during the pandemic. These services required execution without business interruptions given Eventide’s duties to advisory clients and the regulatory environment governing the financial industry.

About ORAM Corporate Advisors

Founded in 2005 and based in Newton, Mass., ORAM has helped hundreds of businesses of all types and sizes manage their networks by planning, implementing, and maintaining their enterprise IT infrastructure. With scheduled onsite hours or on-call support as needed, ORAM can build, monitor and manage your entire information technology infrastructure, helping you to assess its health and performance, as well as aid in long-term growth and scalability by ensuring your IT and business objectives are perfectly aligned. With over 30 years of combined IT support expertise, ORAM Corporate Advisors has just the strategic outsourcing solution you need to power your business. For more information, please visit: www.oramca.com or call 617-933-5060.

About Eventide Asset Management, LLC

Eventide Asset Management, LLC is a Boston-based registered investment adviser pursuing “investing that makes the world rejoice®.” Founded in 2008, Eventide’s vision is to serve individuals, financial advisors and institutions by providing high-performance investments that create compelling value for the global common good.