1. Four Areas toReduceIT ProjectSpend By Up to 50% Chris Hamilton Business Development Executive Calgary, Alberta 403-476-1473
2. The Four Areas for Cost Savings Global Delivery Network: Offshore up to 100% of IT projects – 50% or greater savings Hardware/Software Savings: Accenture’s Proquire Service – Savings up to 20% on brand names Reusable IP:10% + savings Scientific Research Experimental Development (SRED) Credit:30% to 42% tax credit on eligible items
3. Typical IT Project: Budget: $2 M $400Kfor Hardware and Software $1.6M Labor All work done by local workforce/contractors Combination of hardware and software required
4. Scenario 1 Original Budget: $2M 50% onshore / 50% offshore - $400K savings 10% hardware/software - $40K savings 10% Reusable IP total project - $200K savings Microsoft Financing for 3 years at 8% New Project Costs: $1.36M Savings: $640K 32% project savings Monthly costs: $42,618 4
5. Scenario 2 Original Budget: $2M 50% onshore w/ SRED - 50% offshore - $640K savings 10% hardware/software - $40K savings 10% Reusable IP total project - $200K savings Microsoft Financing for 3 years at 8% New Project Costs: $1.12M Savings: $880K 44% project savings Monthly costs: $35,097 5
6. Scenario 3 Original Budget: $2M 10% onshore w/ SRED / 90% offshore - $768K savings 10% hardware/software - $40K savings 10% Reusable IP total project - $200K savings Microsoft Financing for 3 years at 8% New Project Costs: $992K Savings: $1.008M 50% project savings Monthly costs: $31,086 6
7. Other Areas to Drive Savings: Hosted Services: BPOS Virtualization: Servers Desktop Applications Application Rationalization – up to $500 in hard cost savings CRM: 5% increase in client retention can increase profitability by up to 95% - Revenue increases up to 41% IRAP Program from the Government of Canada – Up to $250K in funding depending on your project 7
8. Benefits to Using Avanade Access to a Global Delivery Network to reduce IT Project Costs Access to bulk discounts, regardless of size, on hardware and software through Accenture’s Proquire Division Readily available reusable IP to help drive project costs lower Global work force with offices in a multitude of different countries Access to our parent companies, Microsoft and Accenture, to bring know-how to IT Projects 8
9. Contact Please feel free to reach Chris Hamilton @: Chris.hamilton@avanade.com Or via Linked In @: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/chrishamiltonca 9