Designing business solutions twenty-five years ago was much easier than it is today. The potential solutions were limited and the short and long-term costs were straightforward to calculate.

As business practices became more sophisticated the demand for timely data soared. More often than not government and industry demands for transaction and information processing exceeded the capabilities of information technology applications. Today just the opposite is true. The capabilities of information technology far exceed the demand of most users.

Many organizations today are faced with streamlining systems to reduce cost and trying to determine which of the new technologies best fit their organization. Selecting a Business Solution is a difficult exercise today and requires a studied approach. Most of the leading technologies can accommodate any business application. However the questions of cost and adaptability to an organization are many and complex.

Consilium has developed an approach to guide an organization through the issues of selecting the right technology. We have structured a business solution analysis to addresses the following issues;

• Short and long-term cost,
• Organizational Culture and new Software Applications and
• Program and Operational issues

Our approach provides the confidence a customer needs to make IT investment decisions.