EVOLUTION IN THE ICT WORLD

For some years accredited ICT advisory groups have been leading thorough assessments of costs behind the IT infrastructure. We all know for sure that the ongoing evolution of IT first implied an hardware Downsizing (lean infrastructure), then software and hardware platforms to manage e_business processes, Virtualization of the IT environment and today an orientation towards Cloud Computing.

This evolution is not following the traditional rule to adapt hardware to software and  Operating Systems, but it’s moving into the opposite way.

Tablets are a clear evidence that corporate users are finding those products appropriate to the customer relationship and sales management.

As a result new Operating Systems are reengineered for a possible mobile use (like Windows 7 and 8) or to be mobile oriented only (like iOS, Android …etc.) while complementary applications are aimed at supporting their users.

Therefore a new scenario is taking shape: “Desktop at office, Tablet in mobility”.

In a such complicated context, every Chief Information Officer (CIO) knows that the search for innovation within the enterprise needs to develop an up-to-date, flexible, economically sustainable and easy to maintain IT infrastructure.

According to a long list of studies major costs come from the on-the-job training to get final users acquainted with new hardware and software applications as well as new operating procedures constantly implemented within the companies.

On this basis cost savings and efficiency improvements can be possible if companies are able to:

In the end these considerations point out that hardware updating doesn’t slow down any process listed above. Therefore its cost must be put under control and correctly allocated over the time.

For BLT Enterprise, the Operating Lease is a definitive answer to all these issues.