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Business Technology Reduce Costs – Want to know how to do more with less? Print E-mail
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Bottom Line: If you could cut corporate IT costs by as much as 25%-30% while retaining the same quality of services, would you? You don't need to spend more money to save money; no new hardware or software; no new consultants wandering around the office sucking up your coffee. The solution is this simple: Business owners and executives need to change the way the enterprise acquires, uses, and manages the entire technology portfolio of goods & services—from a business perspective—not merely a tech perspective.
"The only truly effective way to reduce tech costs and risks is to change the way you monitor tech life cycles. Buying more software, more hardware, more "stuff" isn't going to help if your business processes aren't effective. And changing those processes won't cost you a penny!"
Alan L. Plastow

We have all made enormous investments in the technologies that we expect will help our companies operate more efficiently. Those investments cover desktop and notebook computers, servers, printers, PDAs, cell phones, copiers, even voice mail systems. Other considerable IT costs include operating systems, software, graphics, fonts—sometimes even video and audio content. And let's not forget Internet connectivity, tech support and consulting. Unfortunately, and statistically, we frequently realize less than $1 in business value for every $14 dollars we spend on tech.

But you have technology budget money to burn, don't you? (Hardly...)

 
You're paying too much for tech assets. Here's what you can do to stop the madness! Print E-mail
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You wanted more ways your company can reduce the costs of software by as much as 25%-30%. Here they are! Use these simple and cost effective software asset management (SAM) or technology asset management (TAM) business processes to do more with the same money you currently allocate to the tech budget. Maybe it's time you looked over the SAM & TAM content at BizTechNet.org.

No matter how large or small your company; no matter what your industry, you can use basic brain power to put a stop to outrageous tech spending and related risk.
Caution: There IS no cost cutting / risk reduction silver bullet technology toy!
Instead, to accomplish a significant boost on your tech return on invested capital, you need only implement a basic technology asset management program. Whether you refer to this concept as TAM; or software asset management - SAM, or enterprise asset management - EAM, it's all about getting more for your money. Ready to start? Read on.
 
Hello? Microsoft Vista team? Is anybody IN there? Print E-mail
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Did we hear someone mention that their Vista PCs either won't boot or that the systems simply keep cycling through the boot sequence without pause? Are the reports of computers from “way back” in December 2007 not working correctly actually true? What if the computer systems that your company relies on for its very survival were—are?!—using this reportedly cutting edge operating system to...well...operate? If you manage tech systems acquisitions and the systems you paid good money for do not work correctly, who do you suppose will take the immediate and job-threatening heat: you or Microsoft?

"I can still hear the MS rep on the phone a couple years ago when she told me, 'We do not take unsolicited suggestions from the public.' And, yes, she specifically told me it was OK to quote her. Does anyone consider customer needs over corporate profits anymore?"

Gregg Keiser's article in ComputerWorld contains the following downright scary quote from Microsoft's Vista program manager, Nick White in the MS Vista blog, "So far, we've been able to determine that this problem only affects a small number of customers in unique circumstances...” (From The Network!: “We sure hope that your company isn't one of those unique companies.”)

White goes on to say: “Microsoft has not yet produced a fix for users whose machines either won't boot or reboot constantly.” (From The Network! “Because, if you are a Vista user with “issues”, you've probably been living with systems that simply refuse to boot for over three months. Of course, that won't impact your company bottom line, will it?”)

If you are an information technology asset manager (ITAM or TAM), this unfortunately common “type” of new operating system defect report should serve as a serious heads-up. There is another perspective of the article above HERE by Trisha Leibert at TechRepublic. You should read it. When it comes to technology asset management or enterprise asset management (EAM), your abilities to clarify to executive management why your company isn't playing with the latest and greatest tech toys could easily spell doom or boom for both you and your company. Read on for more...

 
I'm not sure. Is it Sync, Sink, Sank, or Sunk? Print E-mail
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Alright. Let's try something different. My friends tell me that I'm always way too serious about the technology games. So here's a tongue-in-cheek blog item about new tech. Try and grin just a bit as you read. I'm trying to see the humorous side of this one...

We love ya, Bill (well kinda), but many of us are a tad nervous. OK: We're a LOT nervous. Let's see... A voice activated synchronizing (please don't say control) system for automobiles...? As in built into vehicles traveling at 65+ miles per hour...? That would be a closing speed—or potential impact speed—of 130 MPH, or so... Oh, goodie. Now we can converse with—maybe even argue with—our car. At speed. For that matter, should we all still be a bit concerned even if the other guy might only be clipping along at 20 miles per hour? That's still a potentially big—and downright costly—dent in yonder fender.

Only four more short paragraphs--read on, if you will...

 
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