H.F. Sherwood & Associates S.A., based in Fribourg, Switzerland, offers management consulting in information technology (I.T.) in various European countries, with a special emphasis on Italy. Our multinational staff can work in English, Italian, French and German.

Sherwood's activities are in the following areas:

• Consulting. High-level support for management in the areas of: establishing corporate strategies for I.T.; auditing of I.T. installations; benchmarking of I.T. costs; strategic and tactical systems planning; technology selection and sizing; personnel evaluations; assistance in outsourcing decisions; market research; systems integration; project management; innovative technological solutions, including Internet/intranet use; etc.
  Being entirely independent of hardware and software suppliers, and having decades of experience to draw on, Sherwood is in a position to give sound, impartial and commonsense advice.
  For further information regarding our client list and recently-completed projects, we invite inquiries by e-mail.
  
  
• Education. Technology-related courses and seminars at an introductory or advanced level for everyone from Top Management to new clerks, emphasising the potential (but also the limitations and risks) of I.T.; training for I.T. personnel in business awareness and technological updating; training in analysis and programming for new hires, or as part of a program of personnel reconversion.
  
  
• The Information Technology Service. A vehicle for training and technological updating of I.T. and business managers, sponsored by a group of major European industrial and service companies. An annual integrated program of visits to U.S. companies, all dedicated to current I.T. themes, offers an opportunity for comparing and exchanging views, learning from the experience of other professionals, and broadening the individual manager's horizons in many ways.