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CIO insights from IBM: IT Optimization to Meet Business Goals
The need for IT optimization is nothing new. But as CIOs are increasingly called upon to drive business strategy, they need to take a new look at their IT optimization goals. They still need to boost efficiency and cut costs but those efforts must be balanced with the organizations need for innovative, powerful computing services. The money saved through IT optimization needs to be reinvested into new projects, designed to deliver the resources organizations need to realize their strategic goals. This executive summary has the insights and the solutions CIOs need to streamline and strengthen their IT to meet the needs of their businesses.  
Effective optimization of the information technology (IT) infrastructure has never been more important than it is in today’s age of fast-paced business, intense competition and a growing services-based economy. In fact, the ability to optimize the IT infrastructure, including the IT management system — while balancing cost control with the need for increased business functionality — can be a key definition of success for an organization.

The desired outcome of IT optimization has evolved toward a dynamic, flexible infrastructure that can support changing business needs. The developing role of IT has directly affected chief information officers (CIOs), in that chief executive officers (CEOs) now expect CIOs to leverage technology to help drive business innovation and ignite the integration of business and technology in order to support business goals.

CEOs today also view innovation as the lifeblood of successful companies. Increasing competition has dictated that companies constantly differentiate themselves. Company longevity heavily depends on top-line growth, which CEOs view as directly attributable to innovation.

As IT has become a major resource for fueling business innovation, and with IT optimization necessary to achieve the level of innovation demanded by CEOs, CIOs today have more responsibility than ever to lead their organizations toward the next technological innovations. Their organizations rely on them not only to understand new technologies, but, perhaps more importantly, to understand how those technologies can be applied to support innovative business strategies.

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