Before IT executives can make a concerted shift towards higher value initiatives, they must first ensure the routine O&M services are ‘keeping the lights on’ while the organization refocuses on their unique business or mission objectives.

1901 Group LLC formed to provide IT executives with specific services involving the design, implementation, and sustainment of information technology that increases performance, enhances situational awareness, and reduces O&M costs. The 1901 Group business model infuses leverage into process discipline within a continuous improvement platform that is built on three interrelated practices:

1. Agile operations generate information that feeds analytics,

2. Analytics creates knowledge or actionable intelligence, and

3. Intelligence provides insights to refine and sustain agile operations.

This vertically-integrated management of technology information, rather than simply managing device technology, is the foundation for reducing IT O&M costs by 30 percent, which acts as a catalyst for the reallocation of resources to more strategic initiatives.