Dwindling Budgets Prompt IT Rationalization
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With money tight, IT departments in all sorts of organizations are looking for efficiencies and making systematic efforts to reduce non-productive redundancies. In addition to saving money, a hoped for byproduct is that a successful rationalization exercise will also remove disincentives and barriers to shared services, find reasonable levels of sourcing, improve the interoperability of applications, and optimize the delivery of services. Sounds like a tall order… What does it take to get IT rationalization done the first time and then keep at it? Is this a fundamental change, or will things go back to business as usual, once the economy improves? Guest 1: Charlie McMahon, Vice President of IT and Chief Technology Officer, Tulane University Guest Bio: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/contributor/charlie-mcmahon/ Guest 2: Martin J. Gomberg, Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer, A&E Television Networks Guest Bio: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/contributor/martin-gomberg/ More on this Episode: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/dwindling-budgets-prompt-it-rationalization/ More on Innovation: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/topics/innovation/ Visit CIO Talk Network Website: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/ Subscribe to our Newsletter: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/subscribe/ Nominate Guests or Sponsor: https://www.ciotalknetwork.com/contact/