A merger or acquisition is usually an opportunity for rationalizing software assets to drive savings. Combine two organizations together, and there are bound to be opportunities to eliminate unnecessary duplication and overlap. That’s very much the case with software. Why buy new software licenses if what is required is lying unused elsewhere in the combined…
When companies merge, combining their IT estates can be riddled with pitfalls: here’s where to start It’s a fact that many mergers and acquisitions fail to deliver in full on their objectives. Synergies don’t happen, savings aren’t made, and rationalization doesn’t occur. In trying to address this, boards of directors and chief executives have long…
Trustworthy data is vital for IT Finance and Procurement to be able to manage and control costs. In order for IT Asset Managers to identify opportunities for rationalization and improved planning, an IT Asset baseline is critical – but one more granular than is generally available. Many organizations rely on out-of-date CMDBs and spreadsheets to…
Throughout this blog series, we have discussed the importance of planning and management before, during and after cloud migration. It’s an ongoing process that takes into account many different aspects of cloud computing, from reducing costs and achieving greater control to understanding the optimal cloud environment for your organization and supporting those business needs. Scalable’s…
While every organization knows that cloud computing is the way forward, industry research shows that many managers are still fearful that they’re paying over the odds for cloud and are not convinced that they’re making the most of their opportunities. How to Reduce Cloud Costs A proper audit and thorough assessment of an enterprise estate…
Whether you have already made the decision to put some (or all) of your infrastructure in the cloud, or if your organization is still considering the benefits and cost implications of cloud migration, it’s clear that cloud computing is the way forward. The importance of moving to the cloud in a planned and considered way…
Every business decision comes with an element of risk. A consideration of the pros and cons and a plan for how to effectively monitor and adapt to change. Cloud migration is commonplace in the modern business environment. Not only for core operations but across a diverse portfolio of services. We have already discussed in this…
In the space of just a few years, enterprise cloud services have become more prevalent, more embedded in core operations, and more diverse. The initial cloud computing risks of security, privacy, and sovereignty have largely been addressed. Instead, they have been replaced with new challenges related to business value realization as enterprises start measuring the…
More than half of large enterprises, 57 percent, are worried about cloud costs on a daily basis, according to a survey from 451 Research. A whopping 80 percent of these companies thought that poor management of their cloud deployments was proving to be a financial drain. These are not the type of statistics you expect…
In recent EMA research, 89% of survey respondents said they experienced one or more unexpected challenges with their organization’s public cloud. From effective asset intelligence and accountability across hybrid IT and multi-cloud environments to organizational issues and shadow IT (to name a few challenges), there is no doubt that the move to the public cloud…
Current EMA research shows that more than 40% of today’s production application workloads are running in the cloud. The age of hybrid cloud and multi-cloud is here to stay. And yet many IT organizations continue to struggle with their cloud migration. Join us for an on-demand EMA analyst webinar, Cloud Migration Checklist: A Better Way…
This article is part of an ongoing series about the pros and cons of the cloud, cloud migration, cloud costs and cost control. Here we explore the importance of establishing a cost baseline as the first step of any cloud migration project. The basic financial drivers for a cloud migration of an existing business system…
