De-duplication is the process of eliminating copies of data by keeping just one to which all the others point.

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Formalizing these relationships via our firm would streamline the process, reduce duplication of effort and contribute significant value-added to your outcome product.

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Leveraged with existing policy on TechStat and PortfolioStat, agencies will use this strategy to assess the maturity of their IT portfolio management process, make decisions on eliminating duplication, and consolidate commodity IT systems, services, and related contracts in order to maximize the return on IT investments across the portfolio.

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