As global IT spending surpasses $5.74 trillion by the end of 2025, organizations must ensure their investments create maximum strategic value. A well-optimized IT budget typically accounts for about 4% of revenues, with a balance between capital expenditures (CapEx) for innovation and operational expenditures (OpEx) for maintenance.
Ideally, companies allocate 30-40% of their IT budget to drive innovation while maintaining the rest for operational stability. However, factors like IT intensity, organizational change, and competitive gaps can impact this balance.
To address these challenges, organizations need a comprehensive IT spending strategy that optimizes costs, aligns expenditures with business objectives, and leverages scalable technologies to enhance operational efficiency.
CEOs and CFOs must proactively adopt data-driven IT financial governance to ensure that every dollar spent on technology delivers maximum business impact.
In this whitepaper, you’ll discover:
- How to optimize IT spend without sacrificing performance
- Building a cost strategy aligned with business objectives and innovation goals
- Frameworks and methodologies to make data-driven IT investment decisions
- Real-world insights into balancing OpEx and CapEx for long-term impact
About the Author
Darren White is Practice Director, Cloud Advancement at Synoptek. In his 27 years of professional experience, Darren has worked within Health and Public Sector, Resources, Financial Services, CMT, Products, Oil and Gas focusing on digital and cloud transformation.
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