Wanna beat the recession and still keep IT running?
Recession.. difficult times.. reduced cash flow.. credit hard to come by.. on and on and on..
Let us face it. These are unfortunate events but are reality.. but should we just sit and keep worrying about it or do something to beat it. We anyway need to have the business running.. Key executives are looking for ways to weather the storm by cutting down costs. Invariably, eyes roll towards the Enterprise IT of the company.. trying to optimize, consolidate or even retire some of the IT assets. Most easist and the fastest thing to achieve quick wins is to cut down on 'labor' as an asset class.
Hope you are familiar with 'Outsourcing' unless you have been living in Amazon or in the north of north pole. Assuming you are already outsourcing your IT operations, either discretionary or non-discretionary work or both, one of the ways to ensure business-as-usual and to 'Keep-the-lights-on' and still cut down costs, is to look at IT Shared Services delivery model as an alternative.
Global IT Shared Support Services Delivery Model involves bringing together of IT services that are common to multiple organizations or business units to be delivered through a single entity comprising of a pool of consultants. This is a framework where standard support models are utilized to leverage expertise & share costs, thus delivering value to customers.
Interesting!!!! Watch out for more on this..
