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IT Cost Optimisation: Slicing Through the Application Landscape

Overview In the current climate financial climate, companies are not willing to make the substantial sustained investment required to realise these savings. However, LogicaCMG has a proven track record in achieving cost savings through the optimisation of IT. For example at Norwich Union an IT operations transformation and rationalisation project saved £12 million for an investment of £2.3 million. This whitepaper explores LogicaCMG’s proven approach to solving this dilemma and the role of Outsourcing as a mechanism to enable the investment.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	Logica	File Format	PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5
Date Published	December 2003	Downloads	33
Format	White Papers
Topics	Outsourcing

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