AI is already loose in your company. Who's keeping track?

Simpolar, a Phoenix, Arizona based technology consulting and managed services firm, helps companies see and govern the AI tools, agents and automations spreading across their business alongside the classic systems they still depend on. We combine classical IT discipline with newer, automated approaches through our Simpolar Scan, and we work inside your environment as it is today.

The new sprawl sits on top of the old one

Copilot agents, Power Platform flows, AI chat accounts, browser extensions, vendor features switched on by default, and automations running under someone's credentials. Most of it arrived quietly, built by people trying to get work done. Underneath sit the systems that have run the business for years: the ERP, the on premises database, the file shares, the line of business app nobody wants to touch. The two are now connected, often in ways nobody has written down.

New: AI tools, agents and automations

  • Copilot agents
  • Power Platform flows
  • AI chat accounts
  • Browser extensions
  • Vendor features switched on by default
  • Automations running under someone's credentials

Underneath: the systems that run the business

  • The ERP
  • The on premises database
  • The file shares
  • The line of business app nobody wants to touch

The questions most companies can't answer yet

  • What AI is running in the business today, and who turned it on?
  • What data can each one reach?
  • Whose identity and permissions does each one act under?
  • Who owns it, and what happens when that person leaves?
  • Which older systems are they reading from or writing to?

Classical discipline, new tools, one picture

Classical approaches

  • Inventory of systems, accounts and integrations
  • Access reviews and least privilege
  • Ownership and documentation
  • Change control from development to production

New, hybrid approaches

  • Automated discovery through the Simpolar Scan
  • Mapping how people, process and technology connect
  • Tracking AI tools, agents, connectors and service accounts as they appear
  • AI assisted analysis to rank what matters first

Neither approach is enough on its own. Older systems need the discipline. AI needs the speed. We use both.

We adapt to your environment, not ours

Many providers arrive with a preferred stack and ask your business to fit it. Our working premise runs the other way. Wherever you are starting from, whatever systems and tools you use today, we connect to what you already run and build the picture from there. The security foundation we manage stays consistent. Everything around it is shaped to how your business actually works.

What you get

  • Visibility.

    A current map of the AI in your business and the classic systems it touches.

  • Control without slowing people down.

    Clear owners, sensible permissions and a path for new AI tools, so useful work keeps moving.

  • Less risk from the person who built it.

    AI tools, automations and integrations documented, so they survive when someone changes roles.

  • Old and new working together.

    Legacy systems kept stable while AI is added around them, not bolted on blind.

  • A plan, not a panic.

    A ranked list of what to fix first, tied to how the business operates.

AI is changing the work.Your people still run it.

Who this is for

  • Companies where AI use grew faster than anyone's view of it
  • Teams on Microsoft 365 with Copilot, Power Platform or third party AI tools in play
  • Businesses running older core systems they can't replace yet
  • Leaders who want to say yes to AI with their eyes open

Questions about AI in your business

What counts as AI here?

Anything that reads or acts on your data with some independence: Copilot and other AI assistants, AI agents, Power Platform flows, AI features inside the software you already pay for, and automations running under a user or service account. The form keeps changing. The questions stay the same: what is running, what can it reach, and who owns it.

Do we have to replace our current tools?

No. Our approach is to work with the systems and tools you already use and connect to them where they are.

Can you work with older, on premises systems?

Yes. Classic systems are often where the most important data lives, so they are part of the map from the start.

Is this part of managed services or a project?

Both are possible. Clients on a managed plan get this view as part of how we run their environment, and it is also available as a standalone engagement starting with the Simpolar Scan.

Does this mean blocking AI?

Not as a starting point. The goal is to know what is running, who owns it and what it can reach, so useful AI keeps working and risky AI gets addressed.

Simpolar Insights covers people, process and technology, drawn from real Simpolar engagements.

See what's running.

Start with a baseline view of the AI in your business and the systems underneath it.