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Understand how personal and unmanaged devices (PUDs) could impact your budget. Use this tool decide how much the potential fixes will cost you to implement, and what savings are available by leveraging PUDs to re-design your infrastructure.

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New mobility technologies, and the "cloud" create new risks to the security and privacy of data managed by IT.

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The cost of delivering the same ongoing services typically consumes 85% of IT budgets, leaving little capacity for enhancements to business value.

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This prevents IT from being a true business partner and from delivering projects and driving processes that create real business value.

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Many organizations are still leery of the cloud and hesitate to consider it as a serious option for IT applications or infrastructure.

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Info-Tech's analysis of IT budgets across North America reveals a strong upward trend since 2009. Organizations are benefiting from the economic recovery and the effects of government incentive programs such as the American Recovery and...

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It is essential for IT to have a clear understanding of current costs, projected costs, and possible contingencies required for the budget cycle. Use this tool to elicit information from business units, develop individual project budgets,...

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In order to obtain budgeting success, IT leaders must first calculate current costs, build accurate estimates, consider potential changes to expenses, project costs by line item, create a budget proposal, and successfully negotiate gaps imposed...

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Address your concerns about budget preparation by understanding what works and what doesn't.

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IT budget negotiations usually result in fewer dollars than IT leaders think they need. Preparation for negotiations is essential: a well-informed IT leader with valid reasons for budget requests is more likely to get what they need.

Cutting costs can be an overwhelming and painful task, but knowing where to focus your efforts can make it easier. Take a look at our top ten favorite strategies. It doesn't have to be as painful as you think, and who knows, you could become the...

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

Many people would intuitively think that small enterprises have different cost-cutting priorities than large enterprise. In general, this is not the case - most enterprises follow a similar cost-cutting path regardless of the number of...

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...

Measures of enterprise size have surprisingly little to do with the IT service areas selected for cost reduction. In fact, most enterprises follow a similar cost-cutting path regardless of the number of employees, size of IT, or company revenue.

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...

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-cutting enterprises can find savings by improving tactical and strategic purchasing practices in the IT department.

A recent Info-Tech survey of enterprise interest in print management suggests the demand for print cost/device management solutions has not yet peaked. Particularly, IT shops focused on cost control are missing a cost-savings opportunity.

Info-Tech predicts a rise in printer management adoption. Enterprises of all investment styles and strategic orientations, especially cost-cutting shops, are missing an opportunity to save IT resources and reduce costs.

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Take a look at Info-Tech's budget template to help you identify line items on your IT department budget.