Maximise Your IT Investment: Where Efficiency Meets Innovation

fahd.zafar • November 19, 2024

Businesses face a critical challenge: maintaining competitive advantage while managing IT costs. 

Drawing from our decade of experience partnering with financial services, public sector, and enterprise clients, we've observed that the most successful organisations aren't just cutting costs—they're strategically reallocating resources to drive innovation.
 
 

The Hidden Value in Your IT Estate

Many organisations are sitting on untapped potential within their existing IT investments. Our assessment work across hundreds of deployments reveals that the average enterprise can redirect 15-20% of their IT spend through strategic optimisation. This isn't about reduction—it's about redirection towards growth.
 
 

Common Areas of Opportunity

  • Underutilised cloud resources across multiple platforms
  • Overlapping security tools and solutions
  • Excess license capacity
  • Legacy systems maintaining outdated processes
  • Fragmented identity management solutions
     
     

Multi-Cloud Complexity: A Massive Challenge

As organisations embrace hybrid and multi-cloud environments, complexity increases exponentially. Key challenges we regularly encounter include:

Infrastructure Sprawl

  • Disconnected cloud services across departments
  • Shadow IT initiatives
  • Redundant resources across platforms
  • Inconsistent governance models

Security and Access Management

  • Multiple identity systems
  • Inconsistent access controls
  • Duplicate security tools
  • Fragmented audit trails
     
     

The Altiatech Approach: Strategic Resource Optimisation

Our methodology focuses on a few core areas:

1. Cloud Resource Optimisation

Our cloud experts specialise in:

  • Detailed visibility into multi-cloud deployments
  • Multi-cloud cost management
  • Resource right-sizing
  • Automated scaling solutions


2. Identity and Access Management

Through our altIAM division, we help organisations:

  • Consolidate identity systems
  • Implement Zero Trust security models
  • Automate access governance
  • Reduce security tool overlap


3. License Optimisation

  • Microsoft 365 license usage analysis
  • User profile optimisation
  • Duplicate license identification
  • Access right-sizing


4. Strategic Innovation Planning

We partner with you to:

  • Technology roadmap development
  • Build practical transformation roadmaps
  • Design pilot programmes
  • Measure and demonstrate value


Turning Efficiency into Innovation

Real examples from our client portfolio demonstrate how optimisation enables innovation:

Financial Services Client

  • Reduced cloud spend by 23%
  • Redirected savings to AI initiatives
  • Launched three new digital services
  • Achieved positive ROI within 8 months
     

Public Sector Organisation

  • Consolidated five identity systems into one
  • Reduced license costs by 31%
  • Improved security posture
  • Funded digital citizen services programme
     
     

Making It Happen: Your Next Steps

  1. Assessment: Let us analyse your current IT estate and identify opportunities
  2. Strategy: Develop a tailored optimisation and innovation roadmap
  3. Implementation: Execute changes with our expert support
  4. Innovation: Deploy freed resources into strategic initiatives
     
     

Start Your Journey

Ready to transform your IT investment strategy? Our team of experts is here to help you identify opportunities and create a practical roadmap for change.

Contact us to arrange a no-obligation discussion about your technology estate:



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Whether you’re planning a cloud change, security uplift, cost governance initiative or a digital delivery programme, we can help you shape the scope and the right route to market.


Email: innovate@altiatech.com or call 0330 332 5842 (Mon–Fri, 9am–5:30pm).


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