27/01/2010
The Society of IT Management has shown in its report that in 2008/09 organisations looked to increase their spending on IT by up to 5%. But after the worst recession in living memory, local authorities may now have to tighten their belts and look very critically at new investments. IT spend is predicted to be cut by up to 11% in 2009/10.
So organisations face a dilemma - less to invest to make improvements to systems, paired with an increase in demand for their services. How can you balance the two?
There has been a trend not to question how much IT needs to cost. In our experience a lot of organisations accept, without enough probing questions, huge annual maintenance bills and inflexible systems.
New systems should be able to integrate into existing systems, saving time and money. Flexibility is key to any business system; if your business process changes - your IT system should be able to follow suit.
Suppliers will need to listen and learn. And the buyers in these organsiations need to ensure that they get value for mney.
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