Realizing the full potential of outsourcing and strategic supplier partnerships requires the ability to balance the many process and cultural influences involved. This comes only through experience – which is why Andy has been so successful in turning these partnerships into tangible advantages. For example, he led a first-generation infrastructure and applications IT outsourcing project for a major healthcare provider that yielded over 30% cost savings relative to the baseline, while delivering significantly higher service levels.
Cloud-computing usage at large companies is measured in millions of records a day, making it ‘humanly impossible’ to keep track of costs
One of the best things about the cloud is also one of the worst things about the cloud. Automation is necessary for the myriad and seemingly infinite number of variables introduced into the cloud-cost equation.