Mitch Kenfield, KPMG LLP Managing Director, CIO Advisory For years, those of us who are leaders in information technology have carried forth the mantra, “run IT as a business.” But, for most of us, that really meant run IT as a cost center—manage your P&L, respond to requests, and keep the engine running. In the [...]
Steve Fortier, Principal, KPMG LLP Stan Lepeak, Global Research Director, KPMG LLP Advisory Organizations have many issues to consider and address as they embrace and expand cloud efforts. Saving money, accessing new software capabilities, and addressing security concerns are typically top on the list. Understanding taxation ramifications are not always top of mind or at [...]
Greg Bell, Principal, KPMG LLP Stan Lepeak, Global Research Director, KPMG LLP As we write this blog cybersecurity, “cyberterrorism,” and “cyberwar” are once again front page news. The US president has declared that the “cyber threat is one of the most serious economic and national security challenges we face as a nation” and that “America’s [...]
If venture capitalists walked through your door with a sack full of cash and asked you to clearly articulate the market value of your IT organization, what would you tell them? Would you talk about uptime, utilization, platforming, and cost savings? Or would you discuss tangible business metrics like market share, margin enhancement, return on capital, customer penetration, and product differentiation?
Steve Salmon, Principal, KPMG in the UK Stan Lepeak, Global Research Director, KPMG LLP Advisory KPMG recently released the 2013 edition of its annual cloud market research study. Among the many findings, several that stood out highlighted that adopting and exploiting the potential of cloud is often not as quick, cheap, or easy as market [...]
By Ron Walker, Principal, KPMG Management Consulting Buyers, providers, advisors, analysts, and market watchers alike know that finance and accounting (F&A) has never been the frontrunner outsourced business process function. Yet, the “2013 State of Outsourcing” study, conducted by HfS Research with support from KPMG, shows that F&A is picking up outsourcing steam. Indeed, the [...]
By Marc Snyder, Managing Director, KPMG Management Consulting, and Amin Qazi, Director, KPMG Management Consulting Think $12.3 billion annual overspend on commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) is a big wallop to U.S. companies’ pocketbooks? KPMG LLP (KPMG) believes the dollar amount may be considerably higher than that estimate, presented in independent research firm Opinion Matters’ “Software Efficiency [...]
David Conroy, Managing Director, CIO Advisory Achieving the right balance among mobile accessibility, user productivity, and enterprise assurance is one of just a few ways in which a CIO can: a) Improve employee productivity through enhanced collaboration and information availability b) Help reduce costs and mitigate security risks c) Enable new business models and platforms d) [...]
Rick Wright, Principal, CIO Advisory and Global Cloud Enablement Program Leader According to a 2012 survey conducted by IDG Research Services for KPMG LLP, the cloud was second only to mobility among business trends where CIOs expected significant benefits. Of course, the cloud is top of mind for most CIOs today. What’s interesting, however, is [...]
Marc E. Snyder, Managing Director, Management Consulting, KPMG LLP In the wake of the 2000-era financial crisis and heightened global competition, organizations are grappling with how to achieve multiple goals including sustainable growth, customer retention, reduced costs, and operational improvements. Many view IT transformation as an essential priority to position them to address these objectives. [...]