Top 10 Tech Trends: Keeping Pace with Innovations

According to Podesta of Fletcher Allen, there is always a portion of the capital budget to keep the infrastructure running, which he terms “keeping the lights on.” He estimates that just keeping the IT infrastructure current accounts for about 20 percent of the capital budget, and which must be in place before considering new investments. That’s a greater portion of the budget dollars than just a few years ago, and it will continue to take an even greater share in the foreseeable future, he says. But he cautions that organizations that push off making incremental infrastructure investments today run the risk of facing huge expense when something needs a major replacement down the road.