Do you have far more applications than the Company requires?
Over 50% of CIO’s and key IT players do. A recent report conducted by CapGemini reported a significant increase from last year where just 33% thought so. At a time when along with the BAU function of the IT department, Companies are now looking to IT more and more as a source of business innovation. But, are we drowning in applications that could be retired or consolidated? Over 79% of those who took part in the report believe this to be the case, with an additional 76% believing that application modernisation is important to company objectives.
Good news – some Companies are already ahead of the game. When asked to comment on what strategies CIO’s had already used to increase IT’s value within the business, 60% had introduced new technology and services and a staggering 86% had either rationalised or renovated applications to be more responsive to business needs.
With new or revised applications delivering business value and driving change and efficiency within a business, IT are leading the way in the future success of companies. 56% of those who took part in the report have already deployed cloud, hailing it as the key driver for reducing risk (61%), reducing cost (66%) and reducing time to market (62%).
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Written by Lucy Rawes, Operations Director
