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The Impact of Business Technology Optimisation on Organisations in the Financial Sector
1. Introduction
This report will examine how Business Technology Optimisation (BTO) can have an impact on organisational IT operations in the financial services sector. The report will consist of descriptions of what BTO is, how the technology can impact an organisation at various levels and how it can prove vital to the criticality of the financial services sector.
This report will represent BTO technology from the viewpoint of Mercury BTO Enterprise software. However Mercury was recently bought out by Hewlett Packard (HP) who are currently re-branding the product but with all the same capabilities and processes.
A) Description of Technology: Business Technology Optimisation (BTO)
Business Technology Optimisation is a technology that acts to bring IT into alignment with business operations by automating and integrating the strategic functions of a business and its IT infrastructure. The ability to optimise performance, quality and problem resolution of Information Technologies makes it an invaluable tool for IT mangers implementing new IT systems or infrastructures on an organisational wide basis.
BTO technology acts to deliver high quality and performance IT systems through each stage of the implementation stages and HP state that this is a process ‘from requirements management through planning, scheduling and running tests to defect tracking, in one, browser-based software product'. A huge advantage of BTO technology is its ability to aid the management in pre and post productions phases to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of IT operations.
The aim of BTO is to centralise and standardise the testing capabilities vital in new IT system deployment. It enables managers to manage risk, resources, project team communications, shared project progress and overall the...
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