The IT Investment Crossroad: Fixed vs Flexible

In this short video, Dr. A. Kevin Francis, CEO of CenterBeam shares his perspective on 3 major shifts in IT spending over the past decade, and the infrastructure investment decisions CFOs and CIOs are facing today.

Here's a look at IT spending patterns over the last 10 years:

(1) Expansion - fixed costs - adding people, software, hardware, routers, network capacity and then managing and maintaining the infrastructure in-house.

(2) Contraction - budget cuts - layoffs, not renewing maintenance contracts, not upgrading to the latest software versions, and no hardware refreshes.

(3) Refresh cycle - strategic decision time - return to the high capital investment model or harness the cloud and consume IT services on-demand?

In order to build out a solution that is the best fit for your organization, your provider should offer a broad scope of services with the ability to blend on-premise, cloud and software-as-a-service (SaaS).

Questions?

Whether you're considering a public, private, on-premise or hybrid solution--or you're trying to sort through the slew of acronyms and options--we're available to answer any questions you have about your environment and the best technology choices to support your business.