Solution Set

The current financial climate is an area of concern for business leaders. While many cost saving strategies have been pursued already, there are still opportunities in this area for applications. The top tactics for cutting costs are zero-based...

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The current financial climate is an area of concern for business leaders. While many cost saving strategies have been pursued already, there are still opportunities in this area for applications. Focus on zero-based budgeting and eliminating...

Case Study

Outsourcing can be a viable option for enterprises looking to control costs and add value to an area where they might not have in-house expertise.

Video

This video introduces some of Info-Tech's new research on controlling application related costs in IT. Applications typically account for about 40% of the enterprise IT budget, therefore it faces a lot of scrutiny from senior management.

IT must decide where technology standards are appropriate, where flexibility is needed, and how to govern compliance and exceptions to standards.

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Many organizations initiate application consolidation projects with an ambitious outlook, only to have them abort or fail because they didn't assess the feasibility of consolidating the particular applications.

Video

Many organizations initiate applications consolidation projects with an ambitious outlook, only to have them abort or fail because they didn't assess the feasibility of consolidating the particular applications.

Tool

The Applications Review Work Plan Costing Tool allows IT leaders to forecast in detail the staffing and resource costing logistics for the application review project team prior to a consolidation initiative.

Template/Policy

IT infrastructures are ever-changing. Every decision to bring technology into the enterprise should be guided by a documented standard of what is and is not to be introduced into the IT environment. Use this template to help draft an...

As economic conditions worsen, the tech world is abuzz with two new concepts: virtualization and the cloud. Combining these two concepts is driving vendors and analysts into climaxes of utopic speculation. The whole thing sounds very 1999, but...

On May 12, 2008, HP announced its intentions to acquire EDS. At $25 per share, the deal is worth $14 billion. In many ways, the deal makes sense. It's about industry consolidation. It's about shifting to services and improved margin. It's about...

Modernizing applications and streamlining the delivery of IT services in energy companies is a long and arduous path. Adopting an IT strategy to reduce complexity and redundancy will result in a sustainable and cost-efficient IT environment.