CIO OPINION
Simplify the landscape
In response to the profound pace of change in the industry , we are seeing businesses being quick to add powerful technology and services to their portfolios , but much slower to fully cut the legacy systems these new tools were meant to replace . This creates a cumbersome technology web that can frustrate your business and slow down innovation .
Why go to great lengths to attract and hire top talent only to tether them to legacy applications that are no longer fit for purpose ? With a simpler landscape , engineers who manage liability and risk are no longer saddled with patching and monitoring a grab-bag of underutilised systems and applications . Shed the weight and invest in the future .
When companies take the opportunity to reduce the number of legacy applications and systems , they can not only save money and increase productivity , but reduce their attack surface and risk profile . Agility is key here . To be agile and give developers the environment they need , we must simplify the landscape .
Empower the team
Leaders need to leverage their employees ’ skills and empower them to help their business grow , while enabling customers to prosper . To foster this growth mindset , it requires up- and cross-skilling employees to be successful on both offense and defence : innovating fast , while controlling costs and complexity .
We need to enable teams to get rid of dead weight and embrace new models to drive efficiency and better secure our businesses . At the same time , we need to reward them for thinking about both the short-term gains and long-term ROI of embracing a cloud-smart operating model . p
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