The Tools to Transform IT

Kevin Kern serves as Innotas' President and CEO, leveraging his 20 years of operational experience with high-growth software companies. Innotas is a leading provider of Cloud Solutions for IT Management.

  Decision Making   Governance   Leadership   Portfolio Management   ProjectsAtWork  

IT governance solutions help IT departments move from cost centers to strategic business assets that support change and drive innovation. The key is providing the context within which every project can be weighed and assessed based on the needs of the business.

A recent Gartner study found that enterprises spend only one-third of their IT budgets on strategic projects, with the majority being spent on sustaining activities. This situation often stems from a combination of factors: limited visibility into all project work; sporadic alignment with business goals; inadequate project prioritization and minimal executive sponsorship. 

To transform itself into a strategic organization, IT must gain visibility into and control over the myriad operations under its purview — projects, applications, assets and service requests. To make this strategic change, IT organizations need a new focus on: 1) Increasing the return on  both current and new IT investments, and 2) using technology and IT best practices to help increase value to shareholders and stakeholders

The tools are available to bring visibility, planning, analysis and informed decision-making into IT operations. IT governance solutions, such as project portfolio management (PPM) and application portfolio management (APM), deliver these critical management capabilities. IT governance places the needs …

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