Stop wasting money on Information Technology
We help cut IT spending through expert consulting and fully managed open-source services, without compromising on quality, security, or reliability.
Why the obvious choice might cost you more.
Most businesses stick with what's familiar, a local shop, a freelancer, or someone internal. Here's what that decision is actually costing you.
In-house IT works, until it doesn't. And when it breaks, it breaks at the worst possible moment: a deadline, a client presentation, an audit. There's no plan, no backup, and suddenly the person who 'handles IT' is also the person who handles everything else. Fires get fought. Problems get patched. Nothing gets fixed.Security gaps don't announce themselves. A local IT shop fixes what you report. A freelancer solves the ticket in front of them. Neither is proactively looking for what you haven't noticed yet. In Japan, where legacy systems are still widespread and cyber threats are rising, the most dangerous vulnerabilities are the invisible ones.Proprietary systems. Bundled licenses. Renewal fees buried in the small print. Most IT providers make their margin in the complexity. If you've ever approved an invoice without fully understanding what you paid for, you've already experienced this. Transparency isn't standard in this industry, it's the exception.Every local shop and freelancer promises long-term support. What you actually get is a setup, a handover document nobody reads, and a response time that gets longer every month. When something breaks six months later, you're starting from scratch with someone who doesn't remember your system. Long-term partnership is easy to promise. Almost nobody delivers it.No local IT shop. No freelancer. No in-house team will put their fees on the line and offer a full refund if they don't deliver. Because guaranteeing results means being accountable for them.What changes when IT finally works for you.
Not a list of features. Not a brochure. Here is what your business looks and feels like when IT is no longer the thing slowing you down.
You get your time back and stop being the IT department.
Every hour you or your team spend firefighting IT problems is an hour not spent on clients, growth, or the work you actually started this business to do. When IT is handled by someone who owns it completely, your calendar looks different. Problems get solved before you notice them. You stop being the person everyone calls when the system goes down.
Your IT bill drops by 30 to 70%.
IT costs are often a black box, invoices in Japanese, bundled fees, proprietary licenses nobody questioned. For Japanese SMEs, legacy systems silently drain budgets every month. Open-source, right-sized solutions replace the bloat with infrastructure that costs less and performs better. And every yen saved goes back into your business, not your vendor's margin.
Stop worrying about IT.
Peace of mind is not a soft benefit. It's the difference between a founder who sleeps well and one who wonders at 2am whether the backup actually ran. When you have a trusted partner who knows your systems, monitors what matters, and tells you the truth, that low-level anxiety disappears. For expats navigating Japan's tech landscape especially, having one person who bridges the language, culture, and complexity is worth more than any single technical fix.
Your IT grows with you.
The systems that work for a team of 5 break at 20 and collapse at 50. Most IT setups are built for today with no thought for tomorrow, and when growth comes, the infrastructure becomes the bottleneck. Every solution I build is designed to scale with you: no costly rebuilds, no locked-in vendors, no starting from scratch. Your IT moves with your ambition, not against it.
Why PIERINI Delivers Results Others Can't
These 9 differences separate Us from the rest
You deal with a person.
When you reach out, you reach me directly, someone who already knows your setup, your goals, and your history. No call centres, no queues, no starting over every time.
Explain it in your own language.
You shouldn't have to fight your second language just to describe a technical problem. Speak in English, French, or Italian, and be understood the first time, exactly the way you'd explain it to a colleague back home.
Your problems get solved.
30 years across mainframes, the internet, cloud, and now AI means most issues aren't new to me, they're familiar. You get fixes that come from experience, not guesswork, and warnings about problems before they ever reach you.
Leave legacy systems behind, without the chaos.
Japan's '2025 Digital Cliff' is real, and outdated systems are quietly draining budgets everywhere. You move to modern, open-source alternatives at a fraction of the cost, with minimal disruption and full support the entire way.
You always speak to the top, first time.
No first-line, second-line, third-line chain to climb before someone can actually fix it. Every call already reaches the most senior level there is, so your problem gets solved, not escalated.
Transparent pricing. No surprises, ever.
If something doesn't need fixing, I'll tell you. If there's a cheaper solution, you'll hear about it first. Every cost is pre-approved, every invoice is exactly what we agreed. In a market where trust is everything, your word is the contract.
Security that protects what you've built.
Your data, your clients' data, your business continuity, these aren't abstract concepts. I treat your security with the same seriousness I'd apply to my own, with practical, cost-effective measures that don't require an enterprise budget.
You're never left alone after the fix.
I don't resolve a crisis and disappear. As your systems and goals evolve, you get a partner who already knows your setup, not a stranger starting from zero. And over time, you understand your own technology well enough to depend on me less, not more.
The guarantee nobody else in IT has ever offered.
Other providers lock you in and hope you never check the math. We stake our own fees on the result instead, something no other IT consultancy we know of has ever done. That's not marketing. That's confidence.
30+ Years of IT Experience, At Your Service
I'm Pier Alberto Pierini, an independent IT consultant based in Japan. I work directly with business owners — no account managers, no support tickets, no middle layer. Every recommendation I make is the one I would follow myself.
Our GUARANTEE
100% satisfied or refunded. Still on the fence? If after 6 months we haven't delivered 30 to 70% savings on your IT - or the service simply isn't the right fit - we refund our fees. 100%. Every cent. No questions asked. The business in Japan is new. The expertise is not. 30 years of IT experience stand behind every engagement. What we earn, we guarantee. 100%.
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