Privacy Policy for ITUniversum LLC
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At https://ituniversum.com/, accessible from https://ituniversum.com/, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that is collected and recorded by https://ituniversum.com/ and how we use it.
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This Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website with regards to the information that they shared and/or collect in https://ituniversum.com/. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.
Consent
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Information we collect
The personal information that you are asked to provide, and the reasons why you are asked to provide it, will be made clear to you at the point we ask you to provide your personal information.
If you contact us directly, we may receive additional information about you such as your name, email address, phone number, the contents of the message and/or attachments you may send us, and any other information you may choose to provide.
When you register for an Account, we may ask for your contact information, including items such as name, company name, address, email address, and telephone number.
How we use your information
We use the information we collect in various ways, including to:
Provide, operate, and maintain our website
Improve, personalize, and expand our website
Understand and analyze how you use our website
Develop new products, services, features, and functionality
Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the website, and for marketing and promotional purposes
Send you emails
Find and prevent fraud
Log Files
https://ituniversum.com/ follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and a part of hosting services' analytics. The information collected by log files include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users' movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.
Cookies and Web Beacons
Like any other website, https://ituniversum.com/ uses 'cookies'. These cookies are used to store information including visitors' preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users' experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors' browser type and/or other information.
Advertising Partners Privacy Policies
You may consult this list to find the Privacy Policy for each of the advertising partners of https://ituniversum.com/.
Third-party ad servers or ad networks uses technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on https://ituniversum.com/, which are sent directly to users' browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit.
Note that https://ituniversum.com/ has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.
Third Party Privacy Policies
https://ituniversum.com/'s Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options.
You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. To know more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be found at the browsers' respective websites.
CCPA Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Personal Information)
Under the CCPA, among other rights, California consumers have the right to:
Request that a business that collects a consumer's personal data disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal data that a business has collected about consumers.
Request that a business delete any personal data about the consumer that a business has collected.
Request that a business that sells a consumer's personal data, not sell the consumer's personal data.
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.
GDPR Data Protection Rights
We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:
The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete the information you believe is incomplete.
The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.
Children's Information
Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity.
https://ituniversum.com/ does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us.
This Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website with regards to the information that they shared and/or collect in https://ituniversum.com/. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.
Consent
By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.
Information we collect
The personal information that you are asked to provide, and the reasons why you are asked to provide it, will be made clear to you at the point we ask you to provide your personal information.
If you contact us directly, we may receive additional information about you such as your name, email address, phone number, the contents of the message and/or attachments you may send us, and any other information you may choose to provide.
When you register for an Account, we may ask for your contact information, including items such as name, company name, address, email address, and telephone number.
How we use your information
We use the information we collect in various ways, including to:
Provide, operate, and maintain our website
Improve, personalize, and expand our website
Understand and analyze how you use our website
Develop new products, services, features, and functionality
Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the website, and for marketing and promotional purposes
Send you emails
Find and prevent fraud
Log Files
https://ituniversum.com/ follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and a part of hosting services' analytics. The information collected by log files include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users' movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.
Cookies and Web Beacons
Like any other website, https://ituniversum.com/ uses 'cookies'. These cookies are used to store information including visitors' preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users' experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors' browser type and/or other information.
Advertising Partners Privacy Policies
You may consult this list to find the Privacy Policy for each of the advertising partners of https://ituniversum.com/.
Third-party ad servers or ad networks uses technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on https://ituniversum.com/, which are sent directly to users' browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit.
Note that https://ituniversum.com/ has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.
Third Party Privacy Policies
https://ituniversum.com/'s Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites. Thus, we are advising you to consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options.
You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. To know more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be found at the browsers' respective websites.
CCPA Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Personal Information)
Under the CCPA, among other rights, California consumers have the right to:
Request that a business that collects a consumer's personal data disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal data that a business has collected about consumers.
Request that a business delete any personal data about the consumer that a business has collected.
Request that a business that sells a consumer's personal data, not sell the consumer's personal data.
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.
GDPR Data Protection Rights
We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:
The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete the information you believe is incomplete.
The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.
Children's Information
Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity.
https://ituniversum.com/ does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
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IT STRATEGY COST EFFICIENCY
What's an Enterprise Software Strategy, and How Does It Save Your Money?
IT STRATEGY COST EFFICIENCY
What's an Enterprise Software Strategy, and How Does It Save Your Money?
12 min read
12 min read
Enterprise software strategy overlaps with IT strategy and overall corporate strategy and plays an important role in improving efficiency, maximizing ROI, and navigating technological advances. Join us as we uncover critical insights for CEOs and business owners. Knowledge of these insights will enable you to make strategic decisions that promote progressive and harmonious growth for your company.
Table of Contents
Where to start?
Analyzing generation leaps
Conclusion
Analyzing generation leaps
- Quantitative leap: dramatic shifts in software usage
- Qualitative leap: positive transformations and hidden challenges
- Combined leap type
Life cycle patterns in corporate software evolution
- Pattern #1: quantitative leap N times.
- Pattern #2: quantitative leap N times - qualitative.
- Pattern #3: quantitative leap - qualitative leap.
- Pattern #4: quantitative leap - qualitative - qualitative.
- The most effective patterns
Conclusion
Where to Start?
Our journey begins by recognizing that companies, often after multiple growth phases, grapple with a substantial array of software. Designed for local tasks, these elements are frequently isolated or loosely connected, leading us to question why businesses discover their daily-use systems, portals, programs, and applications have become so numerous.
Moving beyond providing a ready-made list of reasons, we focus on comprehending the practical aspects of how this proliferation occurs. To grasp the details of your enterprise software array, we recommend a sequential approach— the methodology employed in our business analysis projects:
Moving beyond providing a ready-made list of reasons, we focus on comprehending the practical aspects of how this proliferation occurs. To grasp the details of your enterprise software array, we recommend a sequential approach— the methodology employed in our business analysis projects:
- Develop a lifecycle for the company's digital resources:
- Identify generation spikes, marking significant changes in the software fleet.
- Determine whether each leap is quantitative, qualitative, or a combination.
- Clarify the reasons behind each leap.
- Model a branch of development with a different type of leap.
Analyzing Generation Leaps
In the software development journey, companies undergo generation leaps, whether quantitative or qualitative.
Quantitative leap: dramatic shifts in software usage
A quantitative leap means a significant shift in the software utilized, increase or decrease. Typically, such shifts arise from the incorporation of new business processes. Social factors like introducing a new specialist can also spark automation, software revisions, or updates, leading to a quantitative leap.
Quantitative leaps are invariably costly, and the benefits for the company are often intricate and contentious. They encompass purchases, development, implementation, training, and business process reorganization, adding to the strain on staff and the company's budget.
Furthermore, a quantitative leap results in process disruptions, but it also lays the groundwork for the subsequent qualitative leap.
Quantitative leaps are invariably costly, and the benefits for the company are often intricate and contentious. They encompass purchases, development, implementation, training, and business process reorganization, adding to the strain on staff and the company's budget.
Furthermore, a quantitative leap results in process disruptions, but it also lays the groundwork for the subsequent qualitative leap.
The resources needed to facilitate a qualitative leap are generated as a response to coping with the aftermath of a substantial change in the company's software volume.
The resources needed to facilitate a qualitative leap are generated as a response to coping with the aftermath of a substantial change in the company's software volume.
Qualitative leap: positive transformations and hidden challenges
A qualitative leap signifies a positive transformation in a company's business processes, enhancing overall efficiency. It evolves as a consequence of one or more preceding quantitative leaps. However, the positivity of a qualitative leap is nuanced; hidden negative aspects may surface after some time.
These negative aspects can be diverse. For instance, a qualitative leap might necessitate higher personnel qualifications. Consider a scenario where you previously managed finances manually in Excel but transitioned to automation. While this accelerates processes and minimizes errors, it increases reliance on staff qualifications, demanding training, and a more intricate hiring process—especially if an industry-standard product isn't in place.
These negative aspects can be diverse. For instance, a qualitative leap might necessitate higher personnel qualifications. Consider a scenario where you previously managed finances manually in Excel but transitioned to automation. While this accelerates processes and minimizes errors, it increases reliance on staff qualifications, demanding training, and a more intricate hiring process—especially if an industry-standard product isn't in place.
Combined leap type
Another noteworthy enterprise software development type is quantitative-qualitative, which is preferable if planned and calculated in advance. Its advantage lies in instant result evaluation. Consider a scenario where everyone in your company counted manually, even though they knew how to work in Excel. Later, they switched to Excel, which accelerated the work dramatically and significantly. This is a real-life illustration.
Life Cycle Patterns in Corporate Software Evolution
Corporate software development follows a sequence of diverse leap types. The perceived development life cycle of "quantitative leap and then qualitative" may seem optimal. However, practical instances might be more intricate. If your software transformation cycle resembles "quantitative, quantitative, quantitative, quantitative, qualitative," it warrants scrutiny. Stop and reflect on your objectives if you've invested four efforts "in the negative" for one "plus."
While other variants exist, these are the most common patterns:
quantitative N times
quantitative - quantitative - qualitative
quantitative N times - qualitative
combined
quantitative - qualitative
quantitative - combined
quantitative - qualitative - qualitative
quantitative - combined - combined
While other variants exist, these are the most common patterns:
quantitative N times
quantitative - quantitative - qualitative
quantitative N times - qualitative
combined
quantitative - qualitative
quantitative - combined
quantitative - qualitative - qualitative
quantitative - combined - combined
Let's progress to a life cycle analysis to comprehend the reasons behind software fleet expansion in a company.
1
Quantitative Leap N Times
This life cycle is a continuous process of introducing new elements and revising the old— the MOST COMMON MODEL. It lacks goal setting and a tactical approach to company development. The initiator—whether the owner or C-executives—raises questions about the general business development paradigm, warranting in-depth analysis. If an IT manager instigates endless quantitative leaps despite being an excellent line performer, they are misplaced as a manager. If these processes stem from business requirements or changing external conditions, refer to the paragraphs above.
2
Quantitative Leap N Times - Qualitative
This pattern is neutral-positive but requires careful analysis due to its potential hazards. Based on experience, it is viable if the iterations of quantitative leaps are limited to three. Attempting a meaningful qualitative leap after four to seven quantitative leaps increases costs and risks excessively. Avoid such situations.
3
Quantitative Leap - Qualitative Leap
At first glance, this pattern seems ideal, but experience and statistics reveal its shortcomings. In most cases, the qualitative leap is insignificant, with the cost of realization often exceeding the results obtained. It may be an investment in the company's brand image, depending on various parallel tasks. More often than not, it results from tactical measures to address immediate issues.
4
Quantitative Leap - Qualitative - Qualitative
This pattern might seem appropriate, but it indicates strategic miscalculation. Be prepared for an impending tipping point in development. It's not catastrophic, but readiness is essential. A separate post will delve into the risks associated with this development model.
The Most Effective Patterns
Now, let's explore the two most intriguing patterns - "quantitative - quantitative - qualitative" and "quantitative – combined."
Both patterns are highly effective and involve related business chains.
Both patterns are highly effective and involve related business chains.
With each qualitative leap, you establish the foundation for developing adjacent business processes, infusing vitality into neighboring branches of your process tree.
Importantly, these models are fully controllable, avoiding the potential pitfalls of simultaneous development in many branches, preventing uncontrolled growth, resource overload, and conditional "DDOS" attacks on your resources and staff from internal information flows. They establish the groundwork for progressive, harmonious business growth.
Strive for these patterns, strategically design them, and resist the temptation to solve all problems simultaneously.
Strive for these patterns, strategically design them, and resist the temptation to solve all problems simultaneously.
Conclusion
As a concluding thought, envision a new specialist entering your company and suggesting, "All this is bad and wrong; let's rewrite/buy new/throw out the old, and everything will work." Acknowledge that abandoning some software constitutes a quantitative leap, irrespective of whether the software has increased or decreased. Consider the pattern that such a suggestion aligns with and its fit within the discussed groups.
By analyzing patterns and seeking strategic designs, businesses can navigate the evolutionary trail of enterprise software, fostering progressive, harmonious growth in their digital endeavors.
By analyzing patterns and seeking strategic designs, businesses can navigate the evolutionary trail of enterprise software, fostering progressive, harmonious growth in their digital endeavors.
Having covered these patterns, analyze your situation's advantages and disadvantages, root causes, and potential short-term and long-term outcomes. Contact us alternatively to collaborate on finding solutions.
Having covered these patterns, analyze your situation's advantages and disadvantages, root causes, and potential short-term and long-term outcomes.
Contact us alternatively to collaborate on finding solutions.
Contact us alternatively to collaborate on finding solutions.
Check out these cards for a concise overview of the key details:
Cards. Successful enterprise software strategy: identify, analyze, and model.
Cards. Successful enterprise software strategy: identify, analyze, and model.
Check out these cards for a concise overview of the key details:
Cards. Successful enterprise software strategy: identify, analyze, and model.
Cards. Successful enterprise software strategy: identify, analyze, and model.
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