> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.lacaribenanews.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Guyanese consultancy takes IBM partner designation, aiming at firms still running on paper - URL: https://www.lacaribenanews.com/eiccio-advisors-ibm-partner-plus-guyana-2026/ - Published: 2026-10-23T17:09:28.000Z - Updated: 2026-11-01T05:20:01.000Z - Description: EICCIO Advisors, a corporate compliance and brand visibility consultancy working from La Grange on the West Bank of Demerara, said on 23 October 2026 that it has been accepted into IBM Partner Plus. It has named four areas of focus. - Author: Theon Alleyne - Tags: Technology, Guyana, Business **Quick summary:** EICCIO Advisors, a corporate compliance and brand visibility consultancy working from La Grange on the West Bank of Demerara, said on 23 October 2026 that it has been accepted into IBM Partner Plus. The firm has named four areas of focus, among them paper-based operations and the security of payments. By LCN Business Desk ## What has EICCIO Advisors joined? IBM's programme for its business partners, through its Guyana office. **GEORGETOWN, GUYANA.** A Guyanese [corporate compliance](https://www.lacaribenanews.com/guyana-corporate-compliance-beyond-tax-nis/) and brand visibility consultancy has been admitted to IBM's business partner programme, in a move pitched at the local companies least likely ever to have taken a call from an enterprise technology vendor. EICCIO Advisors, which works from La Grange on the West Bank of Demerara, said on 23 October it had been accepted into IBM Partner Plus. The arrangement sits with its Guyana office and spans advisory work, implementation and ongoing managed services. ## What does the programme provide? Training, certification and technical enablement. The programme opens access to IBM training, certification and technical enablement. What changes for a client is who answers the telephone locally for work that has long been contracted overseas. ## What is the partnership directed at? Four areas, and a set of working conditions common in growing Guyanese firms. The consultancy has named four areas of focus: paper-based and disconnected operations, practical uses of [artificial intelligence](https://www.lacaribenanews.com/ai-pacing-plan-caribbean-china-guyana-2026/), putting business tooling within reach of smaller firms, and the [security of online and financial transactions](https://www.lacaribenanews.com/zeemoney-barbados-shutdown-central-bank/). The underlying condition will be familiar to anyone who has looked inside a growing Guyanese company. Inventory tallied by hand. Authorisations granted over WhatsApp and recorded nowhere. A bookkeeping package that was never joined up to the till, leaving someone to key in the day's figures each evening while two rival versions of the same total circulate. ## Why has this market been served from abroad? On prices and support hours written for larger markets. "Technology reaches this region late and arrives wearing a price written for somewhere else, and the firms that carry it in are rarely answerable here," said Theon Alleyne, the firm's founder, in a statement issued with the announcement. Vendors have tended to serve this market at arm's length, through intermediaries headquartered abroad whose prices and support hours were set for somewhere larger. [Smaller enterprises](https://www.lacaribenanews.com/caribbean-sme-finance-gap-explained/), which account for most employment in the country, have seldom been a commercial priority for them. ## What does the consultancy already sell? Its own software, written in-house. The consultancy also [writes its own software](https://www.lacaribenanews.com/local-content-act-software-gap-sercel-whiptail-guyana-2026/). Three products are described as in service: a salon management platform, a customer booking application, and an installable storefront and payment tool built for small traders. A learning platform is also running, and a customer-acquisition service for Guyanese businesses is described as still in development. Its client base extends beyond Guyana into the wider region. ### The entities - **EICCIO Advisors** is a corporate compliance and brand visibility consultancy registered in Guyana, working from La Grange on the West Bank of Demerara. - **IBM Partner Plus** is IBM's programme for its business partners, through which training, certification and technical enablement are made available. - **Theon Alleyne** is the founder of EICCIO Advisors. ### What the title card shows Every data point on the article's title card, in text. - **4.** Areas the partnership is said to be directed at. Source: EICCIO Advisors' announcement of 23 October 2026. - **3.** Software products the firm says are already in service. Source: as above. - **La Grange, West Bank Demerara.** Where the consultancy works from. - **The four areas, as named:** businesses still working on paper and disconnected systems (digital migration); uses of artificial intelligence that change daily work (applied AI); putting business tools within reach of smaller firms (access); security of payments made online and through banks (payment security). - **Panel note:** the agreement is registered to the firm's Guyana practice and covers advisory work, implementation and ongoing managed services. ## Frequently Asked Questions What has EICCIO Advisors been admitted to? IBM Partner Plus, IBM's programme for its business partners. The firm said on 23 October 2026 that it had been accepted. What does IBM Partner Plus provide? Access to IBM training, certification and technical enablement. Which office does the arrangement sit with? The firm's Guyana practice. It covers advisory work, implementation and ongoing managed services. What four areas has the consultancy named? Paper-based and disconnected operations, practical uses of artificial intelligence, putting business tooling within reach of smaller firms, and the security of online and financial transactions. Does the firm sell its own software? Yes. Three products are described as in service: a salon management platform, a customer booking application, and an installable storefront and payment tool for small traders. A learning platform is running and a customer-acquisition service is described as still in development. \--- *Disclosure: EICCIO Advisors shares ownership with this newspaper.*