Autonomic Computing

IT Complexity Transformation

To rid themselves of unnecessary complexity, corporations will need comprehensive self-assessment to create a plan for transforming their systems and making them simpler. Corporations can take immediate steps to untangle most of their unwanted IT complexity by focusing on the following six specific activities, which, taken together, will help them transform the way they use and manage IT, thus making IT organizations leaner and companies better prepared for the end of the downturn:

• Understand and target the root causes of complexity.

• Install self-managing systems, such as autonomic computing.

• Consider consolidation of hardware and software.

• Regenerate the company's IT architecture.

• Plan for outsourcing of certain applications. ...