Prime Office performed an analysis of the organically grown IT systems of a service organization. On this basis, potential for optimization was identified and the company was supported in contract negotiations with existing and new suppliers as well as during the transfer of the entire system.
Example of a completed project:
Service organization
Employees
200
IT employees
6
IT systems
challenging and organically developed IT system; various suppliers, software systems and the company’s own data center with approximately 20 servers
Problems
management lacked an overview of the IT systems and associated costs
Priorities
review and summarize overall IT costs; make recommendations for savings
Time frame
8 Wochen
Work carried out
Take inventory of the systems, IT contracts and investments from the past 3 years
Evaluate the systems with regards to efficiency
Negotiate better contracts or cancel/transfer the contracts
Create an investment plan covering 3 years
Savings
15% of the IT costs per year
Contract review
With growth and continual changes, the complexity of the IT infrastructure and services is constantly increasing. In this situation it becomes difficult to maintain an overview of IT costs. Here it’s worthwhile to examine IT costs as a whole because up to 20% of the costs can be saved.
