Insights & Opinion

The mergers & acquisitions challenge – breaking up is not so hard to do – With economic upheaval triggering a flood of acquisitions, divestments and business break-ups, organisations are counting on their IT leaders and partners to ensure that underlying systems and services can be separated, migrated and re-combined – with minimal upheaval and to fixed deadlines. The application of lean IT principles and sound project governance can prove critical in the pursuit of such successful outcomes.

Re-inventing the desktop... in the data centre – Desktop virtualisation is the next wave of IT optimisation. While the centralised delivery of desktop services promises major gains, there are still plenty of pitfalls.

Software as a Service - a faster, cheaper way to fail? – A key selling point of software as a service (SaaS) applications is speed of deployment. But ultra-rapid implementations of five to 20 days need to be set against a uncomfortably high failure rate. What is required is a more iterative approach to SaaS roll outs that repeatedly matches the application capabilities and configuration to the business processes, work practices and information flows they are designed to support.

Outcome-based agreements: from pain to mutual gain – In a fast-changing economic climate, organisations need a new style of supplier engagement targeted at successful outcomes and shared benefit.

Get ready for the next data centre revolution – Consolidation and virtualisation were just the first steps on the journey to the optimised data centre. Private cloud services will drive efficiency and agility even higher.

Can going green keep you out of the red? – Besides helping to halt climate change, the effective use of green IT can boost your  bottom line, enhance the brand – and ensure compliance with emerging legislation