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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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Telecom Expense Management (TEM) is a set of IT practices that organizations should not ignore; TEM can reduce telecom costs by 10% without affecting telecom service levels. Understand the benefits of optimizing telecom expenses and implement...

Small cost-reduction targets allow enterprises to address relatively pain-free cuts while ignoring the more challenging and tumultuous tactics. However, many enterprises find themselves undergoing a series of cost cuts that tally up over time...

Different enterprises are facing different cost reduction targets and time frames. These realities are influencing which IT service areas are being selected for cuts. Understand the factors driving these decisions and the lessons learned to best...

The most popular areas to reduce IT costs are pretty predictable. However, many IT leaders are missing or avoiding major cost saving opportunities altogether. Move beyond low-hanging fruit and tackle more creative ways to cut the IT budget.

Enterprises are facing different cost reduction targets and timeframes, but that doesn't mean that these enterprises are adopting radically different cost reduction tactics. Understand current common practice to help prepare an informed internal...

Greater participation by IT leadership in decision-making processes has an influence on where enterprises choose to focus IT cost-cutting efforts. Perform a quick peer comparison to prepare for the opportunities and challenges.

Many enterprises are tackling the usual and predictable when it comes to cutting IT costs. However, many significant cost-reduction opportunities are being missed or ignored outright. Move beyond the low-hanging fruit and scrutinize in-house...

It would make sense that bigger enterprises would target different areas than smaller enterprises when it comes to reducing IT costs. However, measures of organization size, such as number of staff, revenue and budget, have little impact when IT...

Cost reduction opportunities are everywhere, yet many remain overlooked and unexploited. Know what these opportunities are and add them to the IT department's cost management priority list.

An Info-Tech survey has revealed the IT service areas under closest scrutiny for cost reduction. Use this information as a reality check to gauge in-house decisions and actions, and to reassess the overall cost-reduction plan.

Few IT shops fully understand their true energy costs, but as electricity prices continue to rise and environmental concerns mount, energy measurement will be critical in developing an accurate picture. Understand why energy expenses have IT...

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This note provides techniques for cost reduction within the end-user support services area. These techniques are categorized according to time frame and are accompanied by potential pitfalls. IT should determine time frames, and in accordance to...

Shave up to 10% from ERP projects without lay offs. Focus on discretionary spend, project costs, and ongoing support costs.

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This downloadable Excel tool is designed to help you assess which focus areas your organization should examine closely for potential cost reduction activities. Based on your answers to a series of questions about your environment and needs, the...

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Special Alert: Financial Crisis – Essential Reading for IT Leaders Executives around the globe are asking themselves how they should prepare for tough times. IT leaders are no exception. Read this report to develop a fundamental framework...