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Public Council Teleconference: Application Rationalization — Hidden Costs and Smart Decisions
November 17 at 11:00 am US/Eastern (GMT-5)
Join Honorio Padrón, of The Hackett Group, who will share the drivers for companies to tackle application rationalization and the results of research that define the hidden cost of complexity. Additionally, we will discuss key decision milestones—to start or not, holding the course steady and fulfilling expectations.
Virtual Desktop Cost-Benefit Analysis — Michael Jacobs, Catlin Group
The analysis contained in this presentation measures the cost of everything from the machines and licenses to the infrastructure for virtual vs. traditional desktop environments.
Honor your best senior team members - Apply for the CIO Ones to Watch Award
Get well-earned public recognition for your top up-and-coming team members, your IT organization and your enterprise. Award winners will be announced, publicized and feted in May 2010, great timing to help attract new IT recruits to your company.
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Best Practices to Help Simplify Your Computing Environment
Best Practices 1. Make Your PCs "PC." Minimize the number of supported PC and server configurations and components like processors, ...
September 01, 2001 — CIO —
Best Practices
1. Make Your PCs "PC." Minimize the number of supported PC and server configurations and components like processors, memory and storage. Set standards for users’ computers and servers in terms of the number of different vendor brands and models you purchase.
2. Minimize the number of applications?office suites, tools and e-mail packages?that you support. Results from the Hackett study found that companies that supported fewer business applications had lower costs and lower complexity. For example, financial organizations that supported fewer than 10 business applications per 1,000 users lowered their per-transaction processing costs.
3. In many cases, CIOs inherit multiple computing platforms and applications from mergers. Roth suggests that CIOs involved in mergers determine the value proposition of merging the two different IT organizations. "CIOs need to identify their competitive advantage and then make a long-term plan that addresses what needs to be standardized and when," Roth says.
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