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Follow on Google News | Micro Focus Advises how to Future-proof IT Systems, Making 2012 the Year of Re-UseIndustry leader Micro Focus urges global corporations to avoid costly failures by modernizing existing IT assets
By: Micro Focus UK As 2012 progresses and the ramifications of the new economic world in 2012 become clear, it is important to look back and learn from the mistakes made in 2011. Gartner predicts in its recent Forecast Alert that IT spend will decline to 3.7 percent in 2012, the challenge for CIOs remains to implement software projects that demonstrate value, return on investment and provide guarantees of future success. Micro Focus (LSE:MCRO.L) “2012 is the year of modernization and re-use for core business systems technology,” By helping organizations re-use what they already have – proven and valuable IT assets – the modernization approach removes risk from IT change, enabling improvements in operational efficiency, time to market and business alignment. With over 35 years’ experience helping customers optimize their technology, Micro Focus offers CIOs four practical tips on how to approach this: 1. Look at the entire IT application landscape and determine key metrics around cost, value, complexity and risk. If the IT department has the ability to understand its current application portfolio, the business can be confident the strategy for modernization proposed by the IT team is accurate. 2. Once the application portfolio has been mapped, review which applications can be exploited to provide additional future value. All applications should be plotted onto a Business Value versus Operational Cost chart. This will prioritize which applications should be modernized. The applications with the highest business value and highest cost have the highest impact and could provide the best business cases. These applications should be first to be modernized because the cost of these applications must be reduced. 3. Determine the appropriate supporting technology to modernize your chosen application subset(s). The use of technology will be driven by the issues discovered during your application portfolio assessment and the modernization activities proposed. a. Taking development off the mainframe and onto Windows, for example, can dramatically expand CPU capacity for each developer, eliminating resource contention and improving delivery times. b. Moving application testing off the mainframe can break down capacity barriers, helping developers meet schedules on time and in budget. c. Moving application workload deployment off the mainframe onto a lower-cost platform can provide very rapid cost savings in terms of mainframe MIPS or software costs, as well as provide much-needed flexibility for the remainder of the mainframe environment. 4. Review and revisit your list of modernization priorities in a regular cycle. As you change elements of your estate, revisiting the portfolio assessment and re-measuring key metrics will be an important facet of IT’s continuous improvement. Cost savings and improvements in capacity through modernization will free up time and resources for IT innovations, such as meeting new mobile demands and giving customers or employees the ability to access business applications via the latest smartphone or tablet consumer device. Ultimately, modernizing IT systems are helping many businesses worldwide, including household names like Bentley and Tesco, maintain their competitive edge. Additional Resources Find out more about modernization strategies from Micro Focus here: http://www.microfocus.com/ Further best-practice advice in modernization: # # # Micro Focus, a member of the FTSE 250, provides innovative software that allows companies to dramatically improve the business value of their enterprise applications. Micro Focus Enterprise Application Modernization, Testing and Management software enables customers’ business applications to respond rapidly to market changes and embrace modern architectures with reduced cost and risk. For additional information please visit www.microfocus.com. Follow Micro Focus on twitter | linkedin | community End
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