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it cost cutting 101: IT cost cutting 101Gartner analysts were smoking...something when they came up with these ideas.They are so removed from reality it's laughable. ANY company that would listen to Gartner is sure to be a big loser.RE: IT cost cutting 101By the logic Gartner uses businesses might as well consolidate down to...; Tags: IT cost cutting 101, IT cost, Gartner Inc., information technology; Discussion threads 2008-04-08
it cost cutting 101: It's a sad commentary on IT spending when panel on how to cut your budget results in a packed room. But folks are looking for cost cutting tips and obviously looking to trim expenses. Gartner, which advocated that execs prepare to cut their technology budgets months...; Tags: Information Technology, Gartner Inc., IT Cost, Document Management, Team Management, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Management, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-07
Internet Retailer Cuts it costs, Increases Order Capacity With E-Commerce Solution: Miles Kimball Company offers cards, gifts, and household items through several mail-order and online catalogs. Some of the company's Web sites are the result of mergers and acquisitions, and maintaining the sites' multiple architectures became increasingly cumbersome and expensive. Also, as the sites grew more popular, downtime became a problem...; Tags: Information Technology, Retail Company, Microsoft Corp., IT Cost, E-business, Retail, Web Technology, E-business/E-Commerce, Internet; Case studies 2008-03-01
Gartner: Prep those it cost cutting plans: Gartner: Prep those IT cost cutting plansGood advcie for anyone in businessSorry but the hand writing is on the wall, a recession is unavoidable at this point. I wonder if the $8 million spent every minute in Iraq has anything to do with it?RE: Gartner: Prep those IT cost...; Tags: information technology, OpenOffice, Gartner Inc., IT cost; Discussion threads 2008-02-25
Gartner: Prep those it cost cutting plans: Gartner is telling clients to ready their technology cost cutting plans ahead of an economic slowdown. In October at its Symposium conference, Gartner told clients to prep two IT budgets. One assuming business will continue as usual and another assuming the worst--or a recession. It now appears...; Tags: Information Technology, Gartner Inc., IT Cost, Strategy, Management, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-02-25

University Improves Remote Access, Cuts it costs, and Enhances Student Experience: To provide the best educational environment it can, a major public university offers its students access to specialized applications by installing software on student systems and providing remote access over a Virtual Private Network VPN. But deploying the software was costly and labor-intensive, and the expanding VPN connections created security...; Tags: Information Technology, University, IT Cost, Remote Access, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, VPNs, Telecommunications, Microsoft Windows, Network Security, Security, Networking, Operating Systems, Software; Case studies 2008-02-01
New research: it cost overruns, delays and contract terminations: A report from the European Services Strategy Unit, an independent watchdog agency, summarizes the scope of major public sector IT failures over the last decade. The report is titled, Cost Overruns, delays and terminations in 105 outsourced public sector ICT contracts. Key findings presented in the...; Tags: Project, Termination, Information Technology, IT Cost, Strategy, Workforce Management, Software Development, Management, Human Resources, Software/Web Development, Michael Krigsman; Blog posts 2008-01-10
Anahuac University Network Unifies Operations, Integrates Applications and Reduces it costs: The Anahuac University Network wanted to unify systems to achieve a single database capable of handling high volumes of information and integrate the network's eight national and international universities' academic and administrative systems. The challenge was to guarantee database dependability by restricting access to unauthorized personnel and provide professors and...; Tags: Oracle Corp., Network, Information Technology, IT Cost, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; Case studies 2007-11-01
Education Center Upgrades Software to Improve Service and Lower it costs: The Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center SVHEC provides adult-learning opportunities to this rural corner of the state through partnership with eight colleges and universities. It also provides conference and business support services. Because SVHEC prides itself on being the technology epicenter for southwest Virginia, the IT staff deployed the Windows...; Tags: Education, Partnership, Information Technology, Microsoft Windows Vista, IT Cost, Computer, Desktop Computer, Productivity, Business Structures, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Desktops, Finance, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware; Case studies 2007-06-01
Gist Limited Improves Content Management and Reduces it costs: Gist, a leading supply chain specialist, moves £10 (US$19.9 billion) billion of merchandise every year. Communication is, therefore, an essential business tool at Gist, helping to ensure the company gets the right things to the right place at the right time. With key business processes relying on effective internal communication,...; Tags: Oracle Corp., Information Technology, Communication, IT Cost, Intranet, Gist, Content Management, Web Technology, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Software, Software; Case studies 2007-05-01
Does the Vista View Include Real ROI?: With the official release of Microsoft Vista many corporations will be getting requests to upgrade, and puzzling over whether it makes fiscal sense. The major question to be answered: Does Vista derive enough savings to make the case for near-term migration, or should the organization take a wait-and-see approach? Frugal...; Tags: Alinean Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, ROI, IT Cost, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software; White papers 2006-12-01
Solution Provider Helps Local Government Cut it costs, Expand Customer Services: To help meet a governmental mandate to cut costs and enhance services, the London Borough of Newham enlisted Microsoft Partner Artemis Corporation to replace an open-source solution with one based on Microsoft technologies. The results: one-third savings in development costs, a tripling of the talent pool for content authoring, administrative...; Tags: Cost, Customer Service, Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., IT Cost, Government, Open Source; Case studies 2006-12-01
Mail Storage Management: How to Effectively Manage the Growing Volumes of Email to Reduce Your it costs: Messaging is the most pervasive technology in use today. Recent research from the Enterprise Storage Group shows that upwards of 70% of business-critical information may be stored in an organization's corporate messaging system. The inflation of email traffic volume and size, the growth of email mailboxes and the surge in...; Tags: Storage Management, Information Technology, Messaging, Computer Associates International Inc., IT Cost, E-mail, Storage, Groupware, Online Communications, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software; White papers 2005-11-01
Reduce it costs Using Citrix Presentation Server 4: Nowadays, IT organizations are looking for ways to cut costs and deliver more value to the enterprise. They are turning to data center and server centralization and consolidation to significantly reduce costs, while at the same time, seeking ways to improve IT systems and infrastructure management to deliver even higher...; Tags: Centralization, Information Technology, Citrix Systems Inc., Server, IT Cost, Strategic Planning, Data Centers, Strategy, Management, Storage, Hardware, Data Management; White papers 2005-10-01
Exceed service goals and control it costs. Find out how!: Drive operational improvements, eliminate information silos, and gain complete visibility across your IT organization. Find out more in this white paper by Enterprise Management Associates, Inc., compliments of BMC Software.; Tags: BMC Software Inc., Information Technology, IT Cost, It Management, It service Management; White papers 2005-09-12
How to cut it costs by 40% while increasing security - Nellis Air Force Base: A 14,000-acre base with a work force of over 9,500, Nellis AFB provides training for every type of aircraft in the U.S. arsenal. ClearCube helped the 99th Information Systems Flight increase security and reliability while cutting IT costs by 40 percent. Download this case study to read about their success.; Tags: Security, Information Technology, ClearCube Technology, IT Cost; Case studies 2005-02-01
20% of it costs is software: Software now claims a fifth of the $960 billion the world spends annually on computer systems, up from one-tenth of a $464 billion pie in 1990, according to IDC, a market researcher. Hardware sales dropped from $460 billion five years ago to an estimated $365 billion this year as hardware...; Tags: software, IT cost, information technology; Blog posts 2004-08-23
Using Active Directory to Reduce it costs: Do you want to find a more cost-effective way to manage the configurations and policies for your desktops, servers, and other devices? Is your directory infrastructure time-consuming and costly to manage and secure? Would you like to find a way to enable end-users to become more self-sufficient? Active Directory gives...; Tags: Information Technology, IT Cost, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory Services, Enterprise Software, Software; Webcasts
Specialized Expands Dealer Sales and Saves $500,000 in Annual it costs: Specialized Bicycle Components Inc. is one of the world's leading manufacturers of technologically advanced bicycles and components. It needed to build a Web site as well and didn't want customers to be distracted from enjoying Specialized products. That's why Specialized uses the caching functionality of Oracle9i Application Server (Oracle9iAS) technology...; Tags: Web, Oracle Corp., Dealer, Information Technology, Oracle9i Application Server, IT Cost, B2B, Sales Strategy, Application Servers, Web Site Development, Channel Management, Middleware, Enterprise Software, E-business/E-Commerce, Internet, Sales, Software, Marketing; Case studies
Black & Veatch Gains Sophisticated Project Management Capabilities, Saves $500,000 in it costs: On an average day, Black & Veatch Corporation, a leading global engineering and construction company, has more than 2,500 projects underway - everything from designing and building power plants and water and wastewater treatment facilities to managing communication networks and transportation hubs. Managing a project-intensive, multinational business like Black &...; Tags: Oracle Corp., Information Technology, IT Cost, Transportation, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Management; Case studies