eBook

ROI Strategies for IT Executives

Read this eBook to learn about additional challenges that organizations struggle with and suggest solutions on how to overcome them.

Introduction

In the 1996 movie Jerry Maguire, the character Rod Tidwell, played by Cuba Gooding Jr., was always challenging Jerry to “Show me the money!” That line is the modern day mantra of most CIO’s and C-level executives when dealing with IT staff, vendors, and suppliers as they constantly look for ways to increase their return on investment.

In the IT world, ROI can come in many different shapes and forms such as:

  • Paying less for hardware, software, and IT services through tough contract negotiations
  • Delaying purchases through more effective use of existing resources
  • Increasing operational efficiency with better tools
  • Maximizing the use of the existing infrastructure and not wasting unused capacity
  • Ensuring that service level agreements (SLAs) are achieved so that critical IT services are delivered to customers as expected in order to protect the business

Putting contract negotiations aside for the purpose of this eBook, let’s look at some ways that organizations can get a better return on investment within their existing IT infrastructures.