On a recent engagement, I focussed on business consolidation and rationalisation. I noticed that the technology stacks simply followed across, and the decision making became much easier. To put it plainly, it is very difficult to choose between potatoes and onions. But, once you know what the end goal is, your decision becomes much easier.
However, many organisations are driven bottom-up rather than the top-down approach used above. In that case, your technology consolidation might end up driving business consolidation. Good luck, in that case! If you don't end up with any business consolidation, I see no business benefits from technology consolidation. IT, in this case, is a white elephant needing to be sorted on its own, or thrown out!
Technology roadmaps from vendors or suppliers are very helpful to understand the cost/benefits of remaining with any particular technology. Throw out any technology which continues to increase in annual costs, without any corresponding increase in business benefits.
Evaluate from a business perspective, whether it might be worthwhile outsourcing, if your business finds it very difficult to make IT decisions. But, the key to successful outsourcing is in having a business partnership, rather than a pure technology supplier relationship. A totally different topic... :-)
Explore the potential of the cloud... another topic on its own! But, something to be considered, if you are evaluating your options. Get a cost-analysis done, and present to your business owners, rather than to IT. This option is best suitable for startups, or organisations going through a radical overhaul. Sounds like yours might be one!
Best regards,
Joseph
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On Jul 12, 11:29 pm, ramesh appat
> Hello,
> Do any of you have a process or methodology that you have used/executed in
> your company or with a client to help them arrive at technology
> consolidation? Any material pertaining to this will be helpful.
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