Security News > 2020 > September > Experts discuss ways IT can maximize budget amid COVID-19 shrinkage
As companies begin to recover and prepare for the post-pandemic world, experts spoke to TechRepublic about what organizations are doing to maximize IT spend on a restricted budget.
"The technology spend today is getting more focused, more concentrated and brought to higher level executives. Integrating IT into the flow of business has been a byproduct of the COVID pandemic."
Bryan Martin, chairman and CTO of 8x8, said there are three things that organizations need to prioritize across company goals that IT must play a role in: employee experience, durable technology and leadership.
To maximize budget value, Martin suggested that companies will need to move their focus from overarching and broad office-based technologies to comprehensive, digitally native all-in-one solutions.
While technology infrastructures were forced to take on extra loads during the onset of COVID-19, these allocations need to remain a lasting trend, experts said.