IT Consolidation and Cost Reduction

Many companies are looking for ways to reduce operational overhead and IT support costs. After deploying systems and solutions in response to changing business needs and competitive pressures, companies often have multiple systems performing the same function and infrastructure duplication across business units or departments. When companies grow through mergers or acquisitions these problems are compounded. Companies that have experienced organic infrastructure growth are looking for ways to control and reduce costs. IT decisions have always been driven by return on investment, and ROI is the result of the GSS IT Cost Reduction Service.

IT cost reduction often involves infrastructure consolidation, technology replacement, reducing software license and support requirements, revising purchasing policies, outsourcing, centralizing server workloads and storage, as well as many other factors. GSS has been providing technology strategy and IT architecture services to customers around the world since 1994. The GSS IT Cost Reduction Service is a cost cutting shortcut that gives IT management valuable new cost reduction strategies designed with immediate results in mind. IT Cost Reduction may involve:

Technology Cost Analysis
The first step in IT cost reduction is performing a technology/cost analysis. This process involves a review of factors such as:

These factors and the dependencies between them are often complex, and sometimes problematic. GSS brings years of business and IT experience to bear when working with customers to examine each of these areas and to create a roadmap for cost reduction: the GSS IT Cost Reduction Analysis Report.

The technology/cost analysis process helps identify inefficiencies and expenses that can be solved through technological and methodological changes. The benefits add up on the bottom line. Customers are the best benchmark of GSS services. GSS has helped some of the largest companies in the world, as well as vertical industry leaders in complex and challenging situations. Time and again GSS has helped customers plot a course to success.

Roadmap to Success
Success means establishing and maintaining service levels while reducing technology cost, complexity, and operational overhead. At the same time, technology strategy, growth trends, capacity, and competitive business factors have to be considered. GSS helps customers navigate the issues and priorities necessary to realize lower IT costs. Projects like server consolidation, functional standardization, and migration of multiple systems to more efficient configurations can result in short and near term ROI and overall cost savings. GSS helps customers develop the business cases technology plans they need in order to successfully reduce overall IT expenditures, without impacting users or compromising service levels.

Experience Superior Value
With GSS customers always know what they will receive, how much they should invest, and how long it will take to achieve their goals. Over the years GSS has proven its value by helping customers successfully meet the most demanding IT challenges. GSS has relationships with major vendors that involve training and certification of GSS staff, but the certification that GSS points out most frequently is customer loyalty. GSS is successful because GSS customers are successful.