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sovranAdmin2026-10-13 13:38:142026-10-13 14:14:57Sovran’s Roman Postle Earns Certified AI Transformation Leader CredentialWhat Is Managed Intelligence?
Managed Intelligence is an ongoing approach to using technology more effectively across your organization.
Instead of treating AI, cybersecurity, cloud services, data, and IT as separate initiatives, Sovran helps connect them into a coordinated strategy. We look at how your employees work, how your information is protected, which tools you use, and where technology can create meaningful improvements.
That includes helping your organization answer questions such as:
- Which AI tools should employees be using?
- How should company information be protected when using AI?
- Where can AI improve everyday workflows?
- Is your cloud environment ready to support new technology?
- What security risks come with AI adoption?
- How should employees be trained?
- How can leadership measure adoption and results?
- What technology investments should come next?
Managed Intelligence gives your organization an ongoing framework for answering those questions as technology continues to change.
Why Work With A Managed Intelligence Provider?
Technology decisions affect more than the IT department. They influence security, productivity, compliance, customer service, operations, and long-term planning. Businesses need a partner who can look across those areas instead of focusing on one tool at a time.
Sovran combines technology expertise with an understanding of how businesses operate. We help organizations evaluate new opportunities, establish practical standards, manage risk, and create a technology roadmap that supports their goals.
The result is a more deliberate approach to technology without requiring your team to manage every new development on its own.
Managed Intelligence Packages
Sovran’s Managed Intelligence packages give organizations an ongoing structure for adopting, governing, securing, and improving their use of AI.
MIP Essentials
Best For: Organizations that want a practical foundation for secure and responsible AI use.
MIP Essentials establishes clear expectations for how AI should be used within your organization. Employees receive guidance, training, and approved resources while leadership gains greater visibility into adoption.
MIP Professional
Best For: Organizations ready to expand AI adoption across departments and business processes.
MIP Professional goes beyond establishing policies. Sovran works with your teams to identify practical ways AI can improve everyday work and provides ongoing guidance as your organization expands its use of the technology.
MIP Compliance
Best For: Organizations with advanced governance, security, regulatory, or reporting requirements.
MIP Compliance provides additional oversight for organizations that need greater control over how AI interacts with sensitive information, regulated environments, and internal business processes.
Compare Managed Intelligence Packages
| Compare MIP Package Features | MIP Essentials | MIP Professional | MIP Compliance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price (Per User / Mo.) | $20-$25 | $35-$50 | $60-$100 |
| Best For | Practical AI Use Foundation | Expanding AI Adoption | Advanced Compliance Requirements |
| AI governance policy | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| AI Detection & Response | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Approved AI tool list | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| User training | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Prompt library | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Monthly office hours | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| AI adoption reporting | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Microsoft Copilot deployment | – | ✔ | ✔ |
| Department-specific prompts | – | ✔ | ✔ |
| Quarterly AI roadmap | – | ✔ | ✔ |
| AI champions program | – | ✔ | ✔ |
| AI business reviews | – | ✔ | ✔ |
| AI security monitoring | – | ✔ | ✔ |
| Advanced AI governance | – | – | ✔ |
| AI risk assessments | – | – | ✔ |
| Compliance reviews | – | – | ✔ |
| CMMC AI controls | – | – | ✔ |
| HIPAA AI controls | – | – | ✔ |
| Secure prompt repositories | – | – | ✔ |
| AI audit reports | – | – | ✔ |
| Executive reporting | – | – | ✔ |
| AI Agent Development | Available Upon Request | Available Upon Request | Available Upon Request |
Managed Intelligence FAQs
What Is Managed Intelligence?
Managed Intelligence is Sovran’s approach to helping organizations adopt, manage, secure, and improve the use of artificial intelligence over time.
Rather than treating AI as a one-time software purchase or consulting project, Sovran brings together AI strategy, governance, cybersecurity, employee training, Microsoft Copilot, workflows, reporting, and ongoing technology guidance.
What Is a Managed Intelligence Provider?
A Managed Intelligence Provider helps an organization manage AI as an ongoing part of its technology environment.
Sovran works with businesses to establish AI policies, evaluate tools, protect company information, train employees, identify useful applications, measure adoption, and adjust the AI strategy as technology and business needs change.
How Is Managed Intelligence Different From AI Consulting?
Traditional AI consulting is often centered on a specific project, implementation, or strategy engagement.
Managed Intelligence is designed to be ongoing. Sovran helps organizations establish the foundation for responsible AI use and then continues working with leadership and employees as new tools, risks, workflows, and opportunities emerge.
Can Sovran Help Us Create an AI Policy?
Yes. Sovran helps organizations establish AI governance that defines how employees can use artificial intelligence safely and responsibly.
This can include identifying approved AI tools, establishing expectations for handling company or customer information, defining acceptable uses, and giving employees clear guidance on when and how AI should be used.
Can Sovran Help With Microsoft Copilot?
Yes. Sovran can help organizations evaluate, deploy, secure, and support Microsoft Copilot.
That can include preparing the Microsoft environment, managing licensing and access, addressing security and data concerns, training employees, and identifying practical ways different departments can use Copilot in their everyday work.
How Can We Keep Company Data Safe When Employees Use AI?
Safe AI adoption requires both technical safeguards and clear employee guidance.
Sovran helps organizations evaluate which AI tools are appropriate, set policies for sensitive information, configure security controls, train employees on responsible use, and monitor AI adoption across the organization.
Can Sovran Train Employees to Use AI?
Yes. Employee training is an important part of Sovran’s Managed Intelligence approach.
Training can help employees understand approved tools, responsible AI use, security risks, prompt development, and practical ways AI can support their work. The goal is to help employees use AI effectively without creating unnecessary risk.
Can Sovran Help Different Departments Find Ways to Use AI?
Yes. The most useful AI opportunities often vary by department and job function.
Sovran can work with teams to identify repetitive tasks, information needs, workflows, and other areas where AI may improve productivity. This can include developing department-specific prompts, workflows, or other practical uses based on how employees actually work.
Does Sovran Build AI Agents?
Yes. Sovran can help organizations identify opportunities for AI agents and develop solutions that automate or support specific business processes.
AI agents are most effective when they’re built around a clear business need, appropriate data access, security controls, and defined responsibilities rather than introduced simply because the technology is available.
How Do We Know If Our Business Is Ready for AI?
AI readiness depends on more than whether employees have access to an AI tool.
Organizations should consider data security, governance, employee training, technology infrastructure, business goals, and the specific problems AI is expected to solve. Sovran can help evaluate those areas and create a roadmap for adopting AI at a pace that makes sense for the organization.
How Can We Tell Whether Our AI Investment Is Working?
AI adoption should be evaluated based on how employees are using the technology and whether it’s producing meaningful business results.
Sovran can help organizations review adoption, identify successful use cases, uncover areas where additional training may be needed, and adjust the AI roadmap as business needs and available technology evolve.
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