SMT Data is a Software Solutions company based in Denmark, that have been helping its clients better manage its IT resource consumption and mapping IT costs to business activity for over 20 years. The flagship product ITBI™ enables organizations with gaining transparency of their technology resource utilization.
BUSINESS VALUE
Identifying unused/underused IT resources and rebalancing application runtime has proven to be able to show significant IT savings of between 10 and 15 % of IT capacity related costs (hardware, software, manpower and utility.)
A couple of examples:
Financial Services / Banking
- Customer for more than 20 years
- Savings over 6 years of EUR 150M on mainframe alone (40,000 MIPS) – in a period where business transactions doubled.
- Right-sizing of mid-range infrastructure (2000 Windows and Linux servers) leads to significant savings in software licenses and outsourcing cost
- ROI less than 3 months
Financial Services / Banking
- Initial reduction 14% of mainframe capacity
- Forecasted YOY mainframe capacity growth for the next 3 years p.a. was 15%. By using ITBI, this was kept flat.
- ROI less than 6 months
THE TECHNOLOGY
ITBI’s collectors gather data from various sources and processes it with a proprietary rule-based ITBI engine. This processed information is then analyzed and presented in a format that enables technology leadership to set the strategic direction, while also enabling tactical and operational decisions to be taken rapidly and effectively across all levels of the IT organization. This process of fact-based decision making allows IT to be aligned with business and consequently helps control costs and reduce the IT cost baseline. This also results in transparency due to the “one version of truth” being accessible at all levels of the organization. Fact-based budgeting due to more accurate forecasting results in managing the IT capacity vs demand ratio and cost avoidance.
OUR APPROACH
SMT Data and Infura Tech work together with you to deliver the service that is of most value to you. We offer a Proof of Value engagement as a consulting service which allows us to very accurately predict the value you will get in the long term from ITBI. Additionally, the Professional Services and Managed services allows you to choose the offering that best suits your needs.