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Ways to trim your IT budget (Part 2)

#6: Consider selective deployment of open source software
Open source software is often available free of charge, but may also come without warranties, formal training programs, or technical support. Updates may or may not occur. Some organizations have deployed open source operating systems and applications, only to return to commercial software due to these problems. Another [...]

A few tips that can save the year

Developing aggressive, but achievable, budgets is easier than you might think. It requires that you anticipate surprises and build in buffers to offset them. Here are the items you can’t afford to leave out of your budget.
Salary and benefits are key
In most IT organizations, staff payroll expenses make up about 70 percent of the budget. [...]

Tips: Avoid common budget missteps

When midyear arrives and you’re trying to figure out how you can already be over budget, you can rest assured that you aren’t the only IT manager who has no hope of rectifying the budget by year-end. For a number of reasons, IT managers often fail to hit their budgets, but it doesn’t have to [...]

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