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IT Governance Wins You the Battle

Arthur D. Little study shows 40% of CEOs and CIOs want to overhaul IT governance

39% of CEOs and 44% of CIOs are not satisfied with their IT governance. This is one of the key findings of the Arthur D. Little IT Governance Study 2009, which shows that many large corporations want to make fundamental changes to the way they organize their business IT. With many having adapted their IT to the economic crisis and with many IT organizations now in hibernation or survival mode, this is the right time for corporations to bring business and IT into alignment and prepare for economic recovery and growth. The Arthur D. Little IT Governance Approach provides a solid basis for optimizing IT governance and, in particular, for improving IT demand management.

Released: July 2010

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Do more IT for less

Best-in-class companies act beyond pure cost-cutting in ICT

Economic downturns force a cost-orientation, especially for "commodities" like Information & Communication Technology (ICT). The pressure on ICT organizations to improve efficiency and effectiveness rises - but best-in-class companies act beyond pure cost-cutting: A holistic performance optimization, maintaining and streamlining the strategic ICT portfolio and addressing all relevant CIO levers for performance results in a higher long-term ICT value and profitability contribution. The Arthur D. Little ICT performance radar contains a well proven set of levers to unveil these improvement potentials.

Released: August 2009

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Evolution of the species

Few IT departments are in good enough shape to meet the challenges arising from the current financial crisis. Their typically complex and inflexible systems generate high costs and hinder business innovation. Optimizing the IT sourcing model can provide a solution. Arthur D. Little proposes a service integrator approach: by outsourcing IT to a service integrator, companies can focus internal resources on core competencies, escape the complexity trap and position IT for a successful future.

Released: March 2009

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Cost Down, Environment Up

Organizations may be tightening their belts in current economic times, but green IT’s global momentum shows no sign of slowing down, according to the Arthur D. Little market survey in January 2009. The CIO must combine Green IT initiatives with cost improvement programs to convince executive management. Savings potentials of Sustainability IT programs are in the range of 6 to 11% of total IT costs.

Released: March 2009

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Mastering IT separation

Corporate restructuring is one aspect important for private equity carve-out strategies to increase the value of a business. De-merger projects that split up a company to increase market visibility or operational flexibility need to consider corporate restructuring, too. Since IT has evolved into a “business enabler” it comes into focus of carve-out and de-merger projects. IT redesign has proven to support corporate restructuring activities. But how to master the complex separation of IT processes and systems needed? This paper shows how IT Separation works.

Released: December 2008

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IT Rightsizing

The credit crisis, increasing energy prices and overheated stock markets are all indicators of a possible economic downturn. After several years of growth, most industries are set to face tougher conditions and will have to apply downward pressure to costs as a result. Like all budgets, IT budgets will be cut, with every IT cost item coming under intense scrutiny as businesses look for possible savings. IT 'rightsizing' is a balanced approach to cost reduction which generates sustainable savings while maintaining the strategic and operational value of IT. From our experience 20% reduction is a realistic target.

Released: March 2008