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Augment your cloud computing strategy with a sound security approach. This whitepaper guides you through the security and privacy concerns of your unique cloud initiative. We also help to identify and prioritize cloud computing scenarios for your specific security requirements and business needs. To read more, click the link below...

Enterprises looking to adopt a new software solution often have a difficult time deciding between building and buying. Business and IT decision-makers should conduct a cost-driven analysis to arrive at the right strategy for the enterprise.

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) can be an effective solution for managing end client assets and the client experience. Just like any other solution, VDI must also make financial sense to be a viable alternative. To avoid surprises in the boardroom set the right expectations: minimal short-term savings and substantial long term savings.

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An enterprise-wide push to reduce operating costs may lead to
mandated budget reductions for IT. For some enterprises, this meansreviewing the Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) and putting IT security expenses under a cost management lens. Learn how to reduce the Cost-to-Serve of IT risk management services without putting the business in jeopardy.

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 server and storage services costs and employ strategies recommended in this note to avoid potential challenges.

IT professionals are constantly under pressure to reduce costs. However, sometimes a vendor just won't budge when asked to reduce the price during a contract negotiation. Cut costs for the organization by preparing a successful backup plan and making a smooth vendor transition.

Learn from a case study showing how an IT consultant helped prepare a successful plan B to switch vendors and get the price reduction that the organization needed. To read more, click the link below...

It is possible to achieve price reductions during contract negotiations; however, you often need to respond to vendor opposition in order to get the pricing that they desire. Info-Tech highlights several arguments that vendors commonly use to avoid reducing their prices during a contract negotiation and provides advice on how to counter these claims to achieve a successful price reduction.

Achieve price reductions for the organization by learning how to deflect the claims that vendors commonly use to avoid reducing their prices. To read more, click the link below...

Enterprises buckling down on spending will target projects and freeze hiring, but for many IT departments the cuts won't stop there. To avoid debilitating hatchet-like cuts, IT must learn to manage service levels and communicate the consequences of IT budget decreases on business services.

The implementation of a just-in-time (JIT) budget gives companies flexibility in volatile economic conditions. With unstable revenue streams, making a long term (8 months+) IT budget is almost impossible and distracts management. A JIT budget process provides companies with a clear and functional budget.

By implementing the JIT process, IT managers will be able to use budgets that can be altered quickly in response to negative changes in the external environment. To read more, click the link below...