If your organization is like many we have spoken to, numerous technologies have been implemented over time to support your Internet Web sites, corporate intranet, extranets, team sites, and now more recently, your mobile and social medial platforms. In many cases, these online assets are supported by multiple software applications, run on extensive infrastructure and require various resources with multiple skill sets. The resulting technology “sprawl” has further led to very high license costs, infrastructure costs and support personnel costs, not to mention, complex integration, difficult change management processes and long timelines to introduce new content and products.
Online Architecture’s Evolution and Today’s Challenge
Common Questions Answered
ICF Ironworks is able to assist your organization in answering the following challenging questions relating to your current online application architecture:
- How can we take control of our current proliferation of sites, supporting technology and infrastructure?
- Is it possible for business non-technical users to gain more control over their Web content and brand management?
- We are challenged by lengthy product and content time-to-market (online channels). What can we do to fix this problem?
- How can we better position our web presence to take advantage of emerging user needs relating to Web2.0, social networking and mobile?
- How can I reduce the total cost of ownership of our online application architecture so I can spend more time on innovation?
- How can we improve the flexibility and agility of our online application architecture to better support the dynamic needs of the business?
Services
ICF Ironworks understands your challenges and the significant potential that Microsoft SharePoint 2010 has to dramatically reduce your current software license, support, and infrastructure costs. If you are considering ways to simplify your online architecture and significantly reduce your total cost of ownership, you may be interested in an offering that we have developed to get the process started. The offering will help you build a business case in support of introducing SharePoint 2010, or expanding your current SharePoint footprint, to the extent that it is capable of supporting a significant portion of your online application architecture. The effort will:
- assess your situation and capture a complete picture of your current state,
- define a logical architecture model that maps SharePoint 2010 functionality to that currently provided by your online architecture and identifies any gaps,
- define a high-level strategy based on your situation,
- and finally, create of a business case that will either support or deny the value proposition of consolidating your online application architecture onto SharePoint 2010.
If you have made your case and are ready to begin your consolidation effort, ICF Ironworks also has a rapid online architecture transformation process that supports the actual consolidation project
What makes us different?
- ICF Ironworks offers a rapid current state review, strategy and business case development model to make your case to organizational leadership.
- We have a repeatable, proven consolidation approach that includes template deliverables for mapping out consolidation strategy, roadmap, site migrations, content migrations, taxonomy, integration points, user access structures and workflows.
- Our approach incorporates a sustainable governance model.
- And our project execution teams are capable of taking on a strategic, complex initiative across numerous technology platforms
ICF Ironworks delivers experience, creativity and know-how to every project. Our teams are staffed with industry experts and consultants who focus only on what they know best. Because we don’t try to be everything to everyone, our experts stay experts and our new clients become lasting clients.
If you would like to be contacted to discuss this or any other related ICF Ironworks service offering, please click on the Contact Us About SharePoint 2010 link at the top of this page.