Doug White

Introduction Every company faces the challenge of maximizing return on investment in IT applications. However, the speed of technology advancements and rapid pace of today’s business environment often force companies to rely on an application long after it has ceased to provide maximum value. Such an application becomes increasingly costly to operate and impedes IT productivity because of its complexity and constant support requirements. Add costly non-core technology, redundant applications inherited from mergers and acquisitions and underutilized packaged solutions that most medium sized companies invest in, and it becomes clear how application portfolios can quickly – and quietly – drain IT resources and corporate bottom lines.   Although IT application portfolios are, as a whole, immensely valuable assets, they universally contain a mixture of high, low and m... (more)