ROI Payoff - The 80/80 Rule

Collaborate to Compete

In simple terms, the 80/80 Rule states:
80% of IT spending goes toward solving the same basic problems that nearly all organizations have. There is not a great deal of differentiation when the problems are common to each entity.

80% of these problems have already been solved by other organizations.

Why waste the effort of re-inventing the wheel?

“I joined the CollabWorks because too many companies are solving the same problems related to basic infrastructure and common enterprise functions.”
- Vin Melvin, CIO Arrow Electronics

Following the model set by Open Source, CollabWorks capitalizes on the 80/80 rule to enable members to solve a problem once and share the solution. Elimination of duplicated effort allows organizations to spend more of their resources on IT projects that truly help them compete. CollabWorks matches common interests of different organizations and provides the collaboration infrastructure to allow for sharing the workload in developing solutions.

The Result: Greater IT ROI

Because there is no need to compete on basic IT infrastructure issues CollabWorks provides an effective means of sharing solution development through our projects and thereby enables all our members to benefit from the collected wisdom of our members.