Methods and applications of cost reductions in information technologies infrastructure and operations

Parallel to the changes in today's world, compilation of cost elements in accordance with objectives in a fully competitive market environment has made cost control inevitable for companies. In this context, they are able to obtain much more advantages than the business competitors, who calculate the operating costs most accurately, use the systems that enable cost management, and develop a number of applications that increase profitability. In the 21st century market conditions called information and communication age, it cannot be expected that the life span of the enterprises which are behind the technology and cannot process the produced information properly. For this reason, businesses invest information and technology. Information technology investments should be analyzed as well as other investments and should be analyzed and cost / benefit of investments should be calculated. At the optimum level, investing in information technology will initiate a domino effect that affects the other processes of the operating entity positively. Methods to contribute to the realization of information technology investments at the optimum level were researched. When examining the expense items of information technology, it is emphasized what effect these items have on the cost elements. It has taken place in the study in terms of forming techniques and applications for information technology investments made in two separate companies. We aimed to provide positive contributions to the business processes in investment decisions of information technologies.