IT cost reduction areas
  • software licence costs
  • hardware & server licences
  • data traffic costs
  • telephony costs
  • hosting fees
  • internal IT personnel costs

examples
  • moving from client-based software to browser-based applications makes it possible to migrate to Ubuntu desktop.
  • where existing applications use a licence-based relational database, this can be replaced by an open source alternative like MySQL or PostgressSQL.

    • Seeas service areas

    we can help reduce your IT costs

    Professionally implemented open source software not only reduces your ICT costs, it also improves overall system & data integration

    Application Types
    		 
    Savings Achieved
  • customer service/ operational applications
  • accounting systems
  • server software, OS, tools, etc
  • relational databases
  • security: anti-virus/spam
  • desktop OS
  • desktop office applications
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    1. free or lower cost software licences
    2. efficiency savings through standardisation & integration of IT systems:
  • open source software provides long term benefits by improving standardisation & integration accross IT environments. For example avoiding having to maintain different OS versions because legacy operational applications are incompatible with a newer OS.
  • IT environments are often impacted by software applications which are not forward compatible. For example, if Microsoft CRM is integrated with MS Office you may be forced to upgrade your CRM whenever you upgrade MS Office.
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    Seeas methodology
    1. Inventorise your IT environment: using questionnaires & interviews to determine which applications are used, by whom, why, how often. Assess the importance of your key applications to your business & processes.

    2. Subit recommendations based on: quick wins / medium-term wins / long term wins

    3. Advise you on how to move to a more efficient IT environment based on licence free & open standard software; providing you with a clear idea of the costs, timescale & complexity involved.

    4. The Seeas approach to information management allows significant (cost & efficiency) savings to be made in gathering and reporting operational information.