Higher Education Chief Information Officers Face Persistent Pressure to Control Costs
Cost Control for Higher Education Chief Information Officers
Higher education CIOs are under pressure. Information technology operating costs naturally increase based on factors every year (e.g., salaries, benefits and technology price escalation), often before taking into account institutional growth and operational change. Even with diverse demands for new capabilities, ranging from nifty application features to transformative next-generation technology, many CIOs are still asked to “hold the line” on enterprise IT operating costs.
Key Areas of Focus for Higher Education CIOs Include:
- Reappraise IT services
- Revisit reference architecture
- Review sourcing strategies
- Reset IT governance
- Realign IT organization and culture
- Reforecast IT operating costs
How A&M Can Help
A&M’s higher education team is made up of C-level operators with decades of IT leadership experience. We have worked with hundreds of IT leaders to align services with new realities with an eye toward cost control. Our team is poised to work side-by-side with CIOs to re-baseline IT strategies and operations from the ground-up.
Connect with Managing Directors Erin Covington and John Jibilian to learn how we can help institutions adopt an efficiency mindset and achieve cost control, ensuring funds are preserved for essential and transformative initiatives.
