ENTERPISE PRODUCT SELECTION

Technology Platform Evaluation & Selection
Developing enterprise-wide capabilities and platforms is always a challenge because usually such strategic initiatives can be found where distributed pockets of technology investment have already occurred. Bringing cross-functional constituents to a common decision on platforms can therefore be a lengthy and somewhat arduous process. The only remedy for this is a standard evaluation process and framework which is entirely metrics based and removes ‘gut feel’ and personal opinions from the evaluation and selection process. Cambridge’s product and platform agnostic philosophy along with our finely tuned evaluation framework has resulted in smooth, rapid and accurate platform decision making for many large companies.

IT Organization Structure Optimization
IT functions are now commonly recognized as ‘shared service’ functions in most organizations today, similar to other shared services such as HR or Travel. This means that IT departments usually service a global client base regardless of the organizations centralized or de-centralized structure. Despite this, it is still common to see this global servicing being done in a highly fragmented and geography specific manner, even in some of the largest, well established companies. Cambridge is the right catalyst to transform these distributed IT activities into a global internal service function because we live and breathe this business model as an IT service company every day. Indeed, our engagements to assist companies in globalizing their IT structures have quite often also resulted in significant cost savings and productivity improvement.