Strategic Partnerships

  • Strategic Partnerships enable business access to best-of-breed services fm various facets of the biz structure. Partners should always work together when creating solutions. If your orgn is not directly communicating with your partner when making decisions, you risk several problems, including:
    1) duplication of efforts
    2) misinformation errors
    3) system conflicts
    4) security breaches
  • Nature of agreements
  • What both needs to know fm each other
  • How to get that info - whether mtd with which u r exchanging info is both optimal and secure and worth it?
    Weigh risks vs rewards of the sys and act accordingly.
  • How your plan could be adapted to expansion anything to address?
  • Whether your current sys will still work if changes are made. A proactive mtd of handling such issues is always best.
  • By understanding the particular needs of your customers, u will have a firm grip on the current state of your relationships and be able to make proper decisions in the planning process for how to deal with your customers in a cost-effective and biz-effective manner.
  • Identifying key factors in your company that influence the way strategy is developed is key in any successful biz.
    -> ustdg coy's current biz priorities is a starting point for determining wat your future plans should include --> evaluate what works / needs improvement.
    -> projected growth and growth strategy
    - look at past patterns and compare to future goals.
    Proactive -> ahead of the game rather than having to react as new challenges greet your orgn --> concise and procedural plan in place.
    -> relevant laws and regulations
  • It's critical in situations such as this to weigh weigh all your options when considering the proper encryption solution.
TCO (Total Cost of Ownership / Operation) Analysis
-> whole idea ==> expose hidden costs of a pdt over its projected life cycle.
1) equipment costs
2) setup costs
3) operating costs
4) 5-yr cycle costs - allow better insight for the real ROI / value
5) Ave monthly expenses - long-term feasibility of the strategy?

  • Although cost is unmistakably a critical component of any IT investment, your coy's integrity is obviously no less impt. Hence the dilemma, spend > on IT that gtees good security, or cut back on security spending to help meet the bottom line. Obviously there's a lot of middle ground tt will likely become the place where your solution ends up.
  • MS is meeting these needs through the ongoing MS win client strategy --> deliver to  customers a complete range of client solutions that address the core problems facing them today: how to reduce TCO and increase the return on investment. MS will do this by providing solutions tt take advantage of the win operating sys as it exists today and as it evolves in the future, with special emphasis on options and functionality that addr customer needs for maximising their computing investments.
  1. A coy's very survival requires it to use I.T. to create competitive advantages as well as operational efficiencies. Consequently, IT staffers should be integrally involved in spearheading coy biz objectives regarding network security. As in all scenarios of biz, a hierarchy will exist in the decision-making process, but having biz-savvy IT staff involved in the process is a huge plus.
  2. Orgns are increasingly taking on biz decisions in addition to the traditional technology decisions that have defined their position. Driven by internet advances, globalisation, and corporate downsizing, progressive companies within the technology industry - and even a few outside it - are hiring individuals who can connect various biz units to IT know-how.
  3. Trends driving the reliance on technical staff in tech-savvy orgns include the need to ctrl costs while promoting a global presence and the need to keep up with devts in technology. As orgns become > geographically dispersed in order to compete globally, technical infrastructure grows increasingly complex, forcing a greater commitment of IT resources. But simultaneously, the pressure to streamline operations demands that coys keep a careful eye on those soaring IT costs. The most successful coys today hv a biz-school apph to managing their units.
  4. Businesses stand to gain on all fronts fm the emergence of strong technical staff tt ustd their biz objectives. Within the orgn, a coy will be able to move pdts to mkt > efficiently by allowing staff to connect the biz units to IT resources.