PHASE 3: Value optimization

Maximizing the value of your existing investments

PHASE
THREE

MAXIMIZE YOUR INVESTMENTS

Where costs can’t be cut or optimized, a key aspect of cost management is ensuring they are fully justified – that every ounce of value is being squeezed out of the investment.

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As illustrated by our own customer data from our 365 Insights, Microsoft 365 subscriptions are often underutilized and even go unused:

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Software Lifecycle Management

Although it is less common in the world of SaaS, how many times has your organization been entitled to use a new version of an application but stuck with its already-deployed version? While deploying new on-premises apps can be challenging, it is likely that the new version has capabilities that will help you enhance productivity and innovation.

Better management of the software lifecycle can be an important contributor to value optimization.

TRAINING

Your employees are perhaps the greatest and most valuable asset in your organization.

With technological advances continually redefining the modern workplace, enabling end users with the skills to fully leverage the technology at their disposal and upskilling your technical workforce to use software in innovative ways both affect your ability to meet your cost management objectives.

SHI has wide array of end user and technical training programs to help you drive successful adoption and enhance productivity.

DIGITAL AGILITY

Being digitally agile means being able to respond quickly to changing market opportunities or rapidly adopt new business models. Successfully doing so is a critical way to demonstrate the value optimization of software investments. But it takes a thorough understanding of the software, the environment, the licensing agreements and the business needs. That’s why SHI created Stratascale in 2020, a consult-first approach to helping SHI’s larger customers find the agility they need to never stand still.