Changing the Cost Structure of IT
ADD
Thursday, 13 November 2008
08:30-09:30
PS16_41H.pdf
Speaker: Andy Rowsell-Jones
Location: Session Room H
Session Type: Gartner Session
Track: BMIT
Virtual: VTO
Job Roles: CIO & Business Management , Infrastructure & Operations, BI & IM: Business Intelligence & Information Management, Sourcing & Vendor Management, Enterprise Architects, Applications, Business Process Improvement, Security & Risk Management, Program & Portfolio Management

Andy Rowsell-JonesIT is under relentless pressure to improve its cost effectiveness. In response, leading CIOs are substituting IT’s fixed costs for variable costs to achieve radical improvement in the cost effectiveness. What is involved in shifting IT to a variable cost model? What lessons can be learned from the way leading CIOs are restructuring their IT organizations and supply arrangements? How can these lessons be applied by all enterprises to shift the cost-point of IT?
Key Issues:
  • Why should organizations change the cost structure of IT?
  • What’s involved in shifting IT to a variable cost model?
  • What are the implications of changing the cost structure of IT?