Many firms are labouring under the burden of an installed IT base that is overly complex, as a result of successive waves of IT development (for example, ERP, eBusiness,) as well as a history of acquisitions and restructuring.

The typical IT organization is spending 60-70 per cent of its entire budget on maintenance of this legacy code, including software upgrades and security patches. Though many are threatening to be overwhelmed by this burden, they have usually not mentioned this problem to business management. It is time to change this and tell the truth about a situation that could have serious consequences for the business.

This project will create a practical approach to simplifying and standardizing IT in the typical firm.