Posted by Futurestate IT on Jan 17, 2013 in Whitepapers | Comments Off
Application bloat, sprawl and decay. We can’t see it, but we know it’s there. And, we know it drives huge operational costs, impedes our ability to adapt to new technology platforms, causes downtime and hinders business productivity. According to a survey by Harris Interactive, 82% of organizations polled said that monetary losses due to sprawled, unused, unresponsive or crashed applications cost their business anywhere from $10k – $20 million per year.
Why aren’t we doing something about it?
We know we should. Competing priorities. In a recent Futurestate IT survey,...
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Posted by Futurestate IT on Nov 5, 2012 in Whitepapers | Comments Off
In order to better understand how organizations are addressing the need for application rationalization, Futurestate IT conducted a survey of IT professionals. The objective of the study was to determine the state of application portfolios, current practices for rationalizing them and how IT professionals believe they should be managed.
Key Findings:
Application Portfolios are out of date and bloated
Current rationalization practices are costly and labor-intensive
Rationalization is critical to accelerate Windows 7 migration projects
Ongoing application rationalization drives down...
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Posted by Futurestate IT on Oct 16, 2012 in Whitepapers | Comments Off
As organizations continue to add new applications, and application vendors continue to upgrade to keep in step with the newest operating systems, IT departments are faced with serious application sprawl and a growing backlog of out-of-date and often unsupported applications. This issue is further exacerbated for organizations that have undergone any number of mergers and acquisitions over the last decade. By rationalizing the portfolio, IT can identify unused, redundant and out of date applications and trim down the portfolio through application elimination, consolidation and...
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Posted by Futurestate IT on Sep 10, 2012 in Whitepapers | Comments Off
Rationalization is a critical first step for migrating applications – be it to Windows 7/8, Server 2008/12 or virtual platforms. By rationalizing the portfolio, IT and application owners can identify unused, redundant, and out of date applications and trim down the portfolio through application elimination, consolidation, and modernization. Migration project costs and duration can be significantly reduced as a result.
Download your copy of the Reduce the Scope of Applications for Windows 7/8 Migration.
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Posted by Futurestate IT on Aug 2, 2012 in Whitepapers | Comments Off
AppRx automates the rationalization process and assists organizations in identifying applications that present an opportunity for consolidation, modernization or elimination. Automated compatability testing can reduce cost, effort and duration as compared to a manual approach.
Request for your copy of the whitepaper to learn how to rationalize you portfolio and rapidly trim down the scope of applications that requires testing and remediation for Windows 7.
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Posted by Futurestate IT on Jun 22, 2012 in Whitepapers | Comments Off
IT departments are realizing the need to implement new processes to ensure that application portfolio health is maintained on an ongoing basis to avoid costly portfolio migration projects in the future.
Request for your copy of the whitepaper to learn how to accelerate migrations and maintain application portfolio health.
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