Over the past 20 years IT has moved from being a specialized business unit to becoming a ubiquitous part of your enterprise. In fact many organizations have seen IT investments grow to represent their largest operating expense after salaries. Many executives have begun to question whether the level of investment is justified by the amount of value being provided. Using industrial age financial metrics to gauge their investments, many have found themselves coming up short.

Although IT failure has often been considered a technology failure, it has become more and more clear that the failure lies at the feet of the business in the form of outdated management techniques and the measurements by which IT’s performance is gauged.

As we enter the intangible economy, in which a company’s value is more and more reliant on intangible assets, such as collaboration; knowledge, engagement, and time; business will be more and more reliant on IT. Organizations that excel at managing IT investments can increase their advantage in these areas to the detriment of their competition.

Trend Informatica Solutions has helped a number of organizations overcome industrial age management techniques to maximize the benefits provided by their IT investments.