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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.

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...

Use these notes to apply cost-savings across your department. Discover cost savings in every aspect of your cost-to-serve expenses, and use the guidance and tools below to start reducing costs today.

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

Be kind to the environment and your company's bank account. Learn ways to save while going green.

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.

Solution Set

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.

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While cutting IT staff is admittedly unpleasant, it is very possible to minimize the pain of downsizing while maximizing the efficiency of your reorganized IT department. Use this storyboard to help you understand downsizing factors, apply...

One way that IT professionals can attempt to cut costs is by negotiating for lower pricing from vendors. On the surface it might appear difficult to negotiate for a lower price with a vendor that is IT's top pick, however this process doesn't...

A recent Info-Tech survey found that it is possible to reduce IT costs by outsourcing application development, provided that the outsourcing relationship is carefully managed. Application outsourcing can also be used as a strategy to minimize...