Talisen works with its clients in the A lignment of IT & Business. “ Organizations generating supranormal returns . . . frequently have activist IT, meaning an IT organization that both challenges and works hand in hand with the business to do amazing things in impossible time frames.” “ THE ETERNAL QUEST FOR IT-BUSINESS ALIGNMENT” by Thornton May Talisen teams with your IT and business leadership to create “ business- minded IT” And deliver short term, “early-win” initiatives of clear business value in the areas of IT & Business Process Management Security management Managed Services

“ Organizations generating supranormal returns . . . frequently have activist IT, meaning an IT organization that both challenges and works hand in hand with the business to do amazing things in impossible time frames.”

“ THE ETERNAL QUEST FOR IT-BUSINESS ALIGNMENT” by Thornton May

Talisen teams with your IT and business leadership to create

“ business- minded IT”

And deliver short term, “early-win” initiatives of clear business value in the areas of

IT & Business Process Management

Security management

Managed Services

CIO magazine found a correlation between organizations where the IT and business were thought to be “aligned” and the organization’s success in creating new revenues and competitive advantage: “ CIOs who said they were aligned with the business reported that IT had enabled a new revenue stream more than twice as often as those CIOs who said they were not aligned (24 percent versus 11 percent).” CIO Magazine, January 2007 “ More aligned CIOs said they had used IT to create a competitive advantage for the company than unaligned CIOs (38 percent versus 23 percent).” CIO Magazine, January 2007 “ If you match what you are doing in the IT department to the goals of your business . . . .you will most assuredly, increase your chances for success as a CIO.” CIO Magazine, January 2007 CIO Magazine Report: 2007 Annual Survey:

“ CIOs who said they were aligned with the business reported that IT had enabled a new revenue stream more than twice as often as those CIOs who said they were not aligned (24 percent versus 11 percent).”

CIO Magazine, January 2007

“ More aligned CIOs said they had used IT to create a competitive advantage for the company than unaligned CIOs (38 percent versus 23 percent).”

CIO Magazine, January 2007 “

If you match what you are doing in the IT department to the goals of your business . . . .you will most assuredly, increase your chances for success as a CIO.”

CIO Magazine, January 2007

Gartner Report: Creating Enterprise Leverage: The 2007 CIO Agenda According to Gartner, “There is a clear difference between the business executive's expectations of IT and what CIOs are focused on in the near term.” (See table below). CIOs will need to reprioritize their work to meet near-term business expectations. 2007 Business and CIO Priorities Source: Gartner February 14, 2007 5. Building business skills in IT 5. Grow revenue 4. Demonstrating the business value of IT 4. Improve workforce effectiveness 3. Improve the link between business and IT 3. Attracting, retaining and growing customers 2. Improving IT governance 2. Control enterprise cost structure 1. Improve the quality of IT services 1. Improve business process CIO Near-Term Strategies for IT Business Near-Term Expectations of IT

Gartner Report:

Creating Enterprise Leverage: The 2007 CIO Agenda

According to Gartner, “There is a clear difference between the business executive's expectations of IT and what CIOs are focused on in the near term.” (See table below).

CIOs will need to reprioritize their work to meet near-term business expectations.

According to Gartner’s 2007 Survey: The business’s No. 1 priority in 2007 is business process management (BPM) or improving business processes. No. 1

Talisen’s offerings are business -involved, business - minded : Supply Chain Collaboration & Extranets Business Process Management IT Process Management Identity & Access Management IT Infrastructure Management While network security guys used to “own” access, today business and IT managers create role-based, application-level access rules. Business opportunities drive demand for sharing systems with non-employees & creating externally facing applications. With the right tools, business managers can participate more fully with IT in the design of automated process solutions. ITIL-based processes and tools help managers run IT like a service-oriented business . Instead of “overhead,” IT infrastructure components are tied to the specific business processes they enable; thereby allowing for more strategic IT investments. Security Management Services Managed Infrastructure Services IT & Business Process Management

Today’s IT Operational Challenges -- constant change challenges IT and business alignment IT environments are in a state of constant change Changes must be made rapidly Adapting to changes is mission critical IT environments are distributed Impractical to require manual changes Impractical to redeploy for config/security changes IT environments are continuous Changes can’t require restarts Requirements for 24x7 are most common Operational Aspects Now Take “Center Stage” Security, Monitoring, Diagnostics, Configuration Require Process Redesign or Re-architecting is not an option Change requires process

IT environments are in a state of constant change

Changes must be made rapidly

Adapting to changes is mission critical

IT environments are distributed

Impractical to require manual changes

Impractical to redeploy for config/security changes

IT environments are continuous

Changes can’t require restarts

Requirements for 24x7 are most common

Operational Aspects Now Take “Center Stage”

Security, Monitoring, Diagnostics, Configuration

Require Process

Redesign or Re-architecting is not an option

Let’s discuss your IT & business challenges . . . . Contact us today at St. Louis U.S. headquarters 314-317-7700 [email_address] Change requires process Security Management Services Managed Infrastructure Services IT & Business Process Management

Contact us today at

St. Louis U.S. headquarters

314-317-7700

[email_address]