Report

October 2002

• Today's IT shops are criminally inefficient, running assets at a small fraction of their capacity.
• Firms are eager for the benefits of Organic IT but wonder about where to begin.

• The Organic voyage evolves in three phases: simplify, virtualize, and synthesize.
• Tangible ROI appears at each phase, resulting in a 52% reduction in operational costs over five years.

• Systems integrators should start Organic IT practices.

• IT capital spending takes a dive. Forever.

• Figure 1.  Organic IT Will Overhaul IT Infrastructure Costs And Complexity
• Figure 2.  Firms Should Move To Organic IT In Three Phases
• Figure 3.  Firms Can Prepare Now For Organic IT With Simple Steps
• Figure 4.  Vendors To Watch In Organic IT
• Figure 5.  Model: The Organic IT Voyage ROI

 

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