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IT Infrastructure


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Four benefits of standardizing your IT infrastructure Purchases:
  • Make it easier for IT to manage the diverse set of devices or software that is deployed in your organization
  • You can buy in quantity and get better deals
  • Avoid wasted efforts on compatibility issues between different systems
  • Reduce support calls as employees become collectively more familiar with features and with solving problems

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Hi, in this video we will explore the benefits of standardizing your IT infrastructure purchases. Information technology is providing competitive advantage for businesses across all industries as connectivity, data and intelligence come together to unleash great opportunities. With the changing business demands companies are continuously in need of updating their IT infrastructure to keep up with constant shifts in business requirements and IT trends.
So here are four benefits of standardizing your IT infrastructure and purchases:
  • Make it easier for IT to manage the diverse set of devices or software that is deployed in your organization.
  • You can buy in quantity and get better deals.
  • Avoid wasted efforts on compatibility issues between different systems.
  • Reduce support calls as employees become collectively more familiar with features and with solving problems.
IT managers these days are playing a key role in innovation and service delivery with in all businesses. The more CIOs and IT managers can simplify their operations the more they can focus on supporting the business and standardizing infrastructure is a step in that direction.

CIOs can no longer afford to sit around simply absorbing the change that filters through their organizations. Instead, CIOs themselves should work to drive change at all levels of the business. How to do it? Understand the steps needed to create change in the first place; factor corporate culture into your plans; pace yourself; and fight to deliver tangible business outcomes. The Wall Street Journal CIO Network.