In administration, data innovation counseling (additionally called IT counseling, PC consultancy, business and innovation administrations, processing consultancy, innovation counseling, and IT warning) as a field of action centers around prompting associations on how best to utilize data innovation (IT) in accomplishing their business destinations. Notwithstanding giving guidance, IT consultancies regularly evaluate, oversee, execute, convey, and control IT frameworks in the interest of their customer associations - a training known as "outsourcing".

Experts give their recommendation to their customers in an assortment of structures. Reports and introductions are frequently utilized. In any case, in some particular fields, the specialist may create tweaked programming or different items for the customer. Contingent upon the idea of the counseling administrations and the desires of the customer, the exhortation from the advisor might be made open, by setting the report or introduction on the web, or the guidance might be kept classified, and just given to the senior administrators of the association paying for the counseling administrations.

The range of areas of expertise covered by the term "consultant" is wide. One of the more common types is the management consultant. Consulting and the means by which the (external) consultant is engaged vary according to industry and local practice. However the principal difference between a consultant and a temp is generally one of direction.