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This is a collection of published Info-Tech research specifically designed to help IT identify areas for IT cost-cutting, along with tactics on how to achieve cost reduction targets.

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Business and IT leaders have come under increasing pressure to cut costs, in part due to hype surrounding the cost-cutting potential of outsourcing.

Organize IT's financial, technical, and human resources around business strategy in order to deliver maximum business value.

Finding cost-reduction opportunities should be a regular process, carried out monthly, rather than a process that is carried out only when management asks for cost reductions.

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Organizations must continue efforts to reduce the high proportion of their IT budget spent (typically 70%) on continuing operations, to provide room for new initiatives that management expects IT to deploy.

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Managing telecom expense is a challenge when bills are not managed centrally or consolidated in a single file. Identifying cost-savings and synergy opportunities are also difficult if your telecom bills and information regarding telecom services...

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Capturing and assembling site-by-site voice and data connectivity in a central repository will put the enterprise in the best position to review overall capacity and identify any costly exceptions. Use this template to get a start on information...

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Use the Contract Management Tool to track location, status, and expiry dates of ongoing contracts. The tool provides advance warning of checkpoint dates for timely contract renewal decisions.

Knowledge is power. Go into your vendor negotiations with these tips and tools in your back pocket.

Do you need to make a difference this week? This month? Take a look at these tactics and tools to build your guerilla plan.

Stretch your resource dollar by optimizing your IT processes and functions. Learn how with our clear advice and tools.

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Printer consolidation implementation is often hindered by an absence of a baseline inventory and the necessary related usage data that can be used to determine cost-saving opportunities. Leverage Info-Tech's tool to track your print environment...

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Staffing costs comprise the biggest piece of the IT budget. To really cut costs, staff must be a target, but cutting staff is painful and hard to do objectively.

When IT cost reductions are required, many organizations avoid cutting staff. Read this Info-Tech case study to learn about the effort it takes to not touch headcount when cutting IT costs in the supply chain management industry.

Leaders in unionized IT shops have limited options when it comes to making mandated staff reductions. Read this Info-Tech case study to understand the challenges and opportunities in this type of environment.

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The lean conditions created by the economic downturn will persist for years to come. While cutting IT staff is admittedly unpleasant, at the very least the process should be as objective as possible.

In staff downsizing, as with most things in life, being prepared is a key to success. Read this case study for a description of how one IT leader created an agile workforce in preparation for a layoff scenario.

Deciding who stays and who goes during downsizing is painful, but at least you get to decide who to keep. Or do you? Read this Info-Tech case study to find out how to prevent key staff from defecting after layoffs.

Many IT leaders experienced in staff downsizing say it's best to make cuts both early and deep to avoid prolonging employees' agony. This Info-Tech case study shows how one IT Director started to make mandated staffing cuts his first day on the job.

There is a significant cost reduction opportunity in consolidating smaller SQL databases while upgrading to Microsoft SQL Server 2008. Over time, smaller databases have proliferated within many enterprises (serving departmental or line of...

(22-Feb-10) Market research firms predict that small businesses in the U.S. will start buying computers, peripherals and network gear again this year. While this might be good news for small business technology vendors, there are others who...

(11-Dec-09) Cost both motivates and prohibits the use of video collaboration tools in the enterprise, according to unified communications provider Mitel Networks Corp. Mitel recently commissioned market research firm Harris/Decima to conduct...

(4-Dec-09) In the race between plummeting costs per terabyte and exploding amounts of data in need of storage, the latter perpetually seems miles ahead. In 2007, IDC estimated that the “digital universe” would grow from 161 exabytes in 2006 to...

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Mitigating the impact of help desk staffing reductions is difficult. If staff reductions are imminent, use these techniques and methods to lessen the pain. Make life for the remaining staff better and more productive.

Cost Reduction is always top of mind for the IT department. This series of videos looks at four key areas for effective cost reductions in IT.

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Storage is a rapidly growing cost driver for many of today's IT organizations. With storage demand increasing at the annual rate of 20% and higher, IT needs to better understand how to manage this important service. In this videocast, we will...

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Vendor management plays a critical role in any network related cost reduction efforts. Join this videocast for information and advice on how to reduce your network spend. This videocast covers various topics, including Cisco substitutes, the...

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Telephony savings represent an elusive goal for many IT organizations. This videocast outlines the steps needed to take for reducing telephony cost to serve. Related topics include annual price reviews, invoice reconciliation, PDA fleet...

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Network management systems (NMS) are a requirement for today's IT organizations. Join this videocast to learn how to build a low cost approach for a NMS. Topics discussed include the case for NMS, the dangers of over-provisioning, the $2500 low...

28-Sep-09 It can be a juggling act to curb unnecessary costs on additional software licences while ensuring there are enough licences for all users. IT departments will often procure more seats than they actually require so users don't run...