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Why IT departments struggle to innovate and how you can fix it

Considering a recent New York Times article stating that enterprise-wide, I T spending will be $2.68 trillion in 2013 , one would think the IT industry – with all its engineering brain power – would be at the forefront of efficiency and automation. Curiously, this is not the case. If what Gartner reports is true, 80% to 85% of an IT department ’s budget is used simply in “Keeping the Lights On”. This thought-provokingwhite paper from Outsystems explores the issue in depth, concluding with a recommendationfor the adoption of Gartner’s ‘Pace Layer Application Strategy’.

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