5 best practices for simplifying it
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IT Simplified in an Increasingly Complex World
5 best practices for simplifying IT
An increasingly complex world
The world of technology is changing at a rapid pace. For enterprises, trying to keep up with the introduction of new technologies is becoming an increasingly difficult task.
An increasingly complex world
The world of technology is changing at a rapid pace. For enterprises, trying to keep up with the introduction of new technologies is becoming an increasingly difficult task. End-to-end IT management and the responsibility of the CIO is a more complex assignment than ever before.
The IT Complexity Challenge and the CIO Cloud Conundrum research reports examined how CIOs view their current IT environment and the factors that are contributing to the overwhelming complexity they face.
The IT Complexity Challenge Report
The CIO Cloud Conundrum Report
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One thing in particular is clear throughout the research – organisations are craving simplicity. Here are 5 best practices and potential solutions to help your organisation simplify the biggest challenges currently in IT…
Challenge #1 – Application modernisation
of CIOs say that modernising applicationsis slowing their journey to the cloud 68%
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Application modernisation
Best Practice: Evaluate your application’s cloud readiness with an in-depth assessment
• Determine the readiness of existing applications for migrating to the cloud
• Identify opportunities for modernisation
• Assess compatibility of applications with cloud platforms e.g. Microsoft Azure
Application modernisation
Trustmarque Solution:
Cloud Application Consultancy Services Trustmarque’s application and cloud specialists will evaluate existing applications in use across your organisation. Then assess the current state environment and help to answer the following questions: • What applications should I move to the cloud and in what order of priority?
• Which applications simply need modernising and which need replacing?
• How can the cloud-based application be integrated with other systems?
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Challenge #2 – Meeting the challenges of productivity vs. security
of CIOs find it a challenge balancing the productivity needs of employees against potential security threats.79%
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Best Practice:
Understand the applications being used
Discover which cloud applications are being used in your IT environment. For higher risk applications, particularly those you don’t procure and administer, you will need to take steps to evaluate how these are being used in your organisation.
Meeting the challenges of productivity vs. security
Best Practice:
Understand the applications being used
You have to assess the application’s risk and consider:
• How they are used
• Do they deal with sensitive data?
• If they are dealing with sensitive data you may need to place limits on sharing activities or select lower risk options for the business.
Meeting the challenges of productivity vs. security
Trustmarque Solution:
Cloud Usage & Risk Analysis The Cloud Usage & Risk Analysis service gives you real-time insights on how every cloud application is being used and smart policy enforcement for safe cloud application practice. • Discover: Uncover all the cloud apps running in your environment.
• Visibility & Analysis: Explore in-depth cloud app usage information providing a comprehensive audit trail.
• Policy Enforcement: Enforce smart, personalised, granular policies that protect your organisation in real-time on an enterprise scale.
Meeting the challenges of productivity vs. security
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Challenge #3 – Simplifying legacy IT
of CIOs state simplifying legacyIT is their biggest priority 1/3
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Simplifying legacy IT
Best Practice: Invest in converged infrastructure and private cloud to simplify your infrastructure.Whilst taking an application centric view of how to modernise your IT estate and looking to the public cloud to innovate and create flexibility.
Simplifying legacy IT
Best Practice: At the same time it’s becoming more important than ever to align your IT strategy to the goals of your business in order to understand where the most value will come from and ensure your IT strategy will be supported by the lines of business.
Trustmarque Solution:
Professional services Trustmarques Professional Services are designed to help organisations create a roadmap for their IT strategy. By working together, we assess your current situation and understand your unique business challenges, allowing us to implement technology solutions to fit your desired business outcome.
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Simplifying legacy IT
Challenge #4 – Balancing legacy estates with the need to innovate
of CIOs say they find simplifying legacy IT while simultaneously driving innovation a challenge 89%
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Best Practice:
Taking a Bimodal approach to your IT estate
One approach for taking on this challenge is the idea of Bimodal IT. This involves two modes of IT to meet the modern challenges – a fast IT approach to deliver innovation and agility and a slower approach for the maintenance and support of exisiting infrastructure.
Balancing legacy estates with the need to innovate
Trustmarque Solution:
Business Transformation Services We help organisations manage the challenge of legacy IT by working collaboratively with teams to develop practical solutions to unique issues. We never make a recommendation that doesn’t come backed up with a fully-costed implementation plan. Our consultancy work is practical, pragmatic and proven.
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Balancing legacy estates with the need to innovate
Challenge #5 – How best to implement cloud
of CIOs don’t know how best to implement cloud services 81%
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Cloud implementation
Best Practice: Small shifts, big gains Many CIOs find themselves grappling with 10 year IT roadmaps and, as a result, are missing out on the potential ‘quick wins’ a hybrid approach could deliver. By taking a tactical, incremental approach, small shifts to cloud can be taken that will deliver immediate benefits and a much more manageable roadmap.
Cloud implementation
Best Practice: Small shifts, big gains Adopting cloud in incremental stages helps businesses move away from the challenges of traditional infrastructure and deliver agile, cost effective services. It likewise ensures that the right cloud is used for the right workload, giving businesses the benefits ofcloud with a reduction of risk.
Cloud implementation
Trustmarque Solution:
Cloud consultancy services
We empower organisations to explore the adoption of cloud services through clear expert recommendations and planning evaluations – providing a clear, bespoke roadmap for cloud migration aligned to your business needs. From analysis of your existing estate to the delivery of a Virtual Machine migration into the cloud, or a migration of your email data to Office 365, we can provide the technical, strategic and delivery expertise to assist you through the full life-cycle of cloud adoption.
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Are you ready to simplify your IT?
Our dedicated experts collaborate with organisations at every stage of the simplification journey - advising, implementing and deploying innovative solutions to deliver successful outcomes.
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