TRANSCENDING THE TECHNOLOGY CONSTRAINTS TO RAPID BUSINESS GROWTH: How Emerging and Midsize Companies Use Integrated Internet Business Systems to Improve Profits and Manage Change While Reducing the Costs and Risks of Expansion

Its a myth that the information technology (IT) requirements of emerging and midsize businesses are simpler than those of large enterprises. Virtually every day, we interact with the technology and business leaders of midsize companies whose IT demands not only rival the requirements of much larger companies, but in many cases exceed them. Fortunately, emerging and midsize businesses can resolve the dilemma of updating their outmoded IT infrastructure without massive one-time investments in technology. New technologies, such as Microsoft® .NET, enable companies to leverage previous investments in technology while step-by-step integrating their business systems to enable an efficient, cost-effective, and flexible solution to driving and managing growth. Learn More http://www.verndale.com/News/WhitePapers.asp -or- Request the Following White Paper: http://www.verndale.com/News/WhitePapers.asp?functype=whitepaperform&WhitePaperID=1

(PRWEB) June 24, 2004 -- Its a myth that the information technology (IT) requirements of emerging and midsize businesses are simpler than those of large enterprises. Virtually every day, we interact with the technology and business leaders of midsize companies whose IT demands not only rival the requirements of much larger companies, but in many cases exceed them. The primary reason: many emerging and midsize businesses get their competitive edge from unique business models that frequently are a poor fit for standardized software such as the enterprise resource planning (ERP), accounting, and customer relationship management (CRM) systems commonly used in Global 2000 companies.

Unfortunately, in addition to their complex IT needs, emerging and midsize companies grapple with another challenge that larger enterprises worry much less about: limited financial and staff resources to invest in the strategic technology they need to support their growth. As a result, they continue to rely on outdated legacy applications, add staff to handle growth, and postpone even desperately needed IT investments in the hope that profits needed to fund IT improvements eventually will catch up to revenue growth.

This creates a risky and potentially devastating trap that can lead to:

Tremendous organizational stress caused by overworked staff operating without adequate technical and informational tools

Duplicate data entry

Increased customer service complaints

Spiraling costs for maintaining and scaling legacy business applications

Increased headcount costs for non-value-adding work that could be reduced or eliminated with a technical infrastructure that supports more sophisticated and automated business processes

Limited management visibility into business operations -- and a potentially disastrous lag time in information about problem areas of the business

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Transcending the Technology Constraints of Rapid Growth:

How Emerging and Midsize Companies Use Integrated Internet Business Systems to Improve Profits and Manage Change While Reducing the Costs and Risks of Expansion By Joe Zarrett & Christopher Pisapia

White Paper Contents

Executive Summary: Transcending the Technology Constraints

of Rapid Growth

Background: The True Cost of an Outdated Technology Infrastructure

Business Solution: Technology as Strategic Enabler of Rapid Growth

Technology: An Evolutionary Path to a More Responsive

IT Infrastructure

Case Study: PI Worldwide Modernizes A Global IT Infrastructure