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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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Despite early resistance, consumer technology is infiltrating the enterprise and has taken a firm hold. The proliferation of employee-purchased smartphones, tablets, and netbooks has organizations looking beyond the pocket to the desktop.

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IT Asset Management (ITAM) benefits are most readily available with the use of automated tools. The ITAM Vendor Landscape will help you choose the tool that is right for your organization.

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Tracking IT hardware and software assets via spreadsheets and manual processes quickly becomes inefficient and ineffective when enterprises grow beyond 250 users. Selecting and making use of an enterprise IT asset management solution can net...

(22-Oct-10) Servers are the bedrock of a professional data center, so it’s vital that IT hardware buyers know what to look for and how to make wise purchasing decisions. The primary role of the server in a consolidated infrastructure is to...

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Collecting stakeholder feedback on IT's day-to-day performance is essential for meeting stakeholder expectations. Conduct regular business stakeholder satisfaction surveys to measure IT's performance, and understand where improvement is needed.

(26-Feb-10) These days, there aren’t many companies where email is not considered mission-critical. So it takes a great deal of mettle to rock the boat. Possibly even more so than other functions, it’s important to know what you’re getting into...

(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...

(19-Feb-10) In a move that perhaps seemed inevitable as the one-time strong partners began to butt competitive heads more and more in the data centre, Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) and Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) have ended the last vestiges of...

(19-Feb-10) Three months after Hewlett Packard Development Company LP announced a friendly merger agreement with 3Com Corp. and a year after Cisco Systems Inc. entered the server space, Cisco said it will not renew HP’s systems integrator...

(11-Feb-10) Nortel Networks Corp. has said Thursday it has raised $2 billion from selling business units to other vendors and is still figuring out what do to with its numerous patents. “My feeling is that that the value of their patents...

Holding onto old equipment in the data center may appear to reduce IT spend, but can actually cost more in the long run. While there may be a gradual accumulation of costs associated with maintaining older systems, these costs can add up to a...

(4-Dec-09) Humans are the weakest link in any security scheme. Security professionals can do their best to protect systems with layers of anti-malware, personal and network firewalls, biometric login authentication, and even data encryption, but...

The light at the end of the tunnel for Advanced Micro Devices Inc. may very well be emanating from Markham, Ont. Over the past 3½ years, the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based microchip design company has racked up losses totalling more than...

The remarkable ascendancy of Dell from a one-man college dorm room venture to a powerhouse computer vendor has been well documented. The world pays close attention to significant announcements such as Dell's intention to buy Perot Systems, a...

21-Sep-09 Dell Inc. appears to be ramping up its push for government and health care customers after announcing its US $3.9 billion acquisition of Plano, Tx.-based IT services firmPerot Systems Corp. While both companies stressed the...

The current economic climate has spurred many medical facilities to find new ways to reduce costs. Some hospitals are turning to voice technology to meet this need. Evaluate digital dictation and other applications to see if voice-based...

11-Sep-09 Nothing is perfect. Much as we like to tout the robust hardware and rampant failover measures implemented in data centers, systems go down occasionally. That's why the industry measures reliability in "nines" rather than making absurd...

(28-Aug-09) A novice buyer might expect that nothing could be easier than sourcing new IT equipment. It's like buying a new car-just purchase it, turn it on, and everything works fine. Of course, the reality of data centers is that few things...

(Network World) - Sunnyvale, Calif.-based chipmaker AMD Inc. rounded out its Istanbul portfolio with the release on Monday of two six-core processors, for power-constrained and power-hungry data centre environments. "We are continuing the...

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This tool is designed to help organizations determine top tactics for cost reduction within the server and storage service area. After the questions have been completed, the tool will generate guidance on which cost-saving actions to take, the...

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This tool is designed to help organizations determine top tactics for cost reduction within the network and telephony service area. After the questions have been completed, the tool will generate guidance on which cost-saving actions to take,...

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8:20 minutes - Listen to this podcast to discover tactics that drastically reduce server costs.

A variety of electronics recycling laws, across many jurisdictions, have come into effect recently. Understand why these laws are being enacted; learn about the impact on the IT department, and how producer responsibility programs and consumer...

Desktop virtualization is a game changing technology that can reduce IT operational costs while increasing efficiency and agility in desktop management, says Info-Tech Research Group. 30% of IT leaders have plans to implement a Desktop...

Cost containment initiatives and budget cuts are forcing companies to re-evaluate criteria for assigning laptops to employees. Follow these recommendations to identify and recall unnecessary laptops.

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Enterprises are dependent on vendors to obtain IT hardware, software and services. The Vendor Management process includes the identification, selection, contracting with, and ongoing management of vendors or suppliers, and is an essential part...

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11:02 minutes - Desktop hardware expenditures are unavoidable, but they don't have to be painful.

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Enterprises looking to reduce costs in the network and telephony services area can make significant headway in reducing expenses without reducing quality of service. First, determine which areas have potential for cost savings, then assess how...

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Servers and storage infrastructure make up a significant portion of the budget for most IT organizations. When faced with a mandate to control costs, IT managers must take steps to manage these expenses. Start with these techniques to optimize...