4 Tips to Maximize Savings on Your Next IT Renewal
Do you have a catalog of licenses that have been purchased over a period of years? The systems they support have been growing and changing and it is no longer...
Determining Fair Market Value: 5 Factors to Consider
Overpaying for enterprise software, cloud infrastructure, hardware, and IT services happens a lot. Inconsistencies in market pricing make it difficult for buyers to determine whether a vendor’s pricing is within fair...
12 IT budget tricks to reduce costs post-COVID
The pandemic has seen more weight thrust on IT’s shoulders, but often not the bump in budget to support it. Here are a dozen tips on trimming costs in response...
How IT must adapt to the emerging hybrid workplace
User support, the relationship with HR, and front-office technologies will require a rethink as distributed digital work becomes the new reality. n spring 2020, tens of millions of people worldwide...
10 future trends and how CIOs can keep ahead in 2021
After a year disrupted by a global pandemic, the next normal is starting to take shape. Here’s a look at what’s ahead for IT organizations. As the COVID-19 pandemic has...
Cut jobs or cut software spending?
With little or no growth in IT budgets, IT chiefs will be tasked with cutting costs in 2021. Improving IT asset management can help to avoid job cuts. New research...
Economic slowdown will force CIOs to redress SaaS pricing
Businesses will need to work more efficiently and spend less, which means CIOs will need to forge new value-based partnerships with IT suppliers. Many businesses will struggle to recover economically,...
11 ways to cut hidden fat from your IT budget
As the economy takes a turn and IT budget forecasts slip downward, it’s time to tighten up your technical stack — before the CFO comes calling. When times are good,...
Mobile security forces difficult questions
As governments consider COVID-19 contact tracing and its privacy implications, it’s not a bad idea for companies to take the opportunity to look more closely at their mobile agreements with...
Cisco spotlights new IT roles you’ve never heard of
A Cisco report on IT trends says new jobs to address changing IT needs include business translator, network guardian and network detective. The future of IT networking jobs is being...