Hibernating ICT Infrastructure During Rainy Days

With the abundance of ready resources during economy surplus, many SMEs are embarking on massive but glaring capital expenditure. However, during the stormy period, the hostility of the traditional calm greenfield becomes a battlefield between various departments competing for the available scarce. With the industry inundated with so many techno evangelists promoting various enablers and inhibitors targeted mainly for larger network, the challenge of having the right balance scorecard for competitive barebones infrastructure specification have made SMEs rotting. The ITIL, TOGAF and FEA framework developed in 1980s are more enterprise focus, much generalized and it is not focused on Malaysia’s SME under unstable economic conditions. The creation of a new specialised framework in this research will therefore help to address the deficiency in the coordination of available resource, benchmark ICT specification to make better decision in uncertain times and energize SMEs competitiveness.