These days, the drive for optimal achievement is indeed everywhere: in cost-cutting, in operations, in sales-force deployment and behavior, in pricing, purchasing, positioning, negotiating, and more. Companies are looking to their business-technology leaders not only to help them do more, but also to do more of the right things -- often with less: fewer people, less spending, less time, less margin for error. Business Technology Optimization (BTO), is an enterprise software product category focused on helping businesses ensure that every dollar invested in information technology, every resource allocated, and every application in development or production meets business goals. BTO is part of an emerging business philosophy to manage IT resources as a business rather than as a service bureau.

Unlike software offerings and methodologies that focus on internal IT processes, BTO optimizes the strategic functions between technology and business. The depth and breadth of BTO software allows technology executives to better manage a wide range of strategic IT functions that directly impact business results. Effective project and portfolio management, testing new SAP deployments, or reducing the mean time to repair custom J2EE applications are just a few examples. Effective Technology Optimization spans numerous disciplines and affects countless processes. They include:

IT Governance Project Portfolio Management Change Management Application Quality, Performance, and Availability Application Management

Systems Management Datacenter Management Business Service Management and Automation IT Service Management Identity and Access Management