Processes to Get More Use & ROI from New Apps

Although the digital age has brought us many marvels, including software technologies that provide new levels of efficiency and effectiveness, it still requires that companies implement these technologies in a thoughtful and deliberate manner to fully reap the benefits.

More precisely, to maximize the ROI you get form new software applications, companies should follow a handful of best practices to leverage technology's immense power. That's why we've created a mini-guide for you:

New software applications must follow a cadence that includes proper planning and training, as well as creating and adhering to that processes that integrate the technology into the business.

To make the process as effective as possible, we're sharing four tips that can significantly increase the speed of your development, improve the effectiveness of your software, enhance ongoing application improvements, and maximize the long-term value and impact of the application itself.

These benefits together will take your application from simply serving a function in your business, to becoming a true business asset. Anything short of this is simply impeding your company's (especially your IT's) potential.

Think Small to Win Big

Part of our Series on Software and Data Management

Technology teams are overloaded. Back in 2010, Gartner estimated "IT debt" at $500 billion, rising to $1 trillion in 2015. Although there have been increases in IT spending since then, even large enterprises are overwhelmed by trying to keep up with the maintenance backlog while integrating new technologies critical to digital transformation.

It takes a healthy network of companies large and small to build a complex piece of machinery

Bringing in external resources helps these enterprises meet their technical and business goals, as long as they're well matched to their partners. Think a small business technology partner isn't up to the challenge? Working with small business technology partners is the right choice for big business for these reasons:

Part of our series on Software and Data Management

Did you know one-third of IT projects linger in backlog?

Today's information technology (IT) is pervasive and critical. Not only do you rely on back-end systems to process accounting and payroll, IT helps design products, manage supply chains, monitor manufacturing operations, deliver services and collect data from connected devices to inform management decisions.