Companies frequently invest nearly as much hard-earned revenue in hardware and software as they do in personnel. Yet, we continually hear of companies where systems mysteriously wonder off as if they had grown their own legs. We continuously encounter falied implementations and failed IT projects. Nearly every business has been over-charged for hardware or software -- or more likely, for support & maintenance agreements.
Companies of any size -- from the small shop to the multinationals -- can achieve massive savings if they do nothing more than begin an effective process of tracking & controlling the entire life cycle of technology assets. This section will provide strategies, tactics, ideas, & perspectives for minimizing your investments in technologies while maximizing the real world return on those investments.
Don't worry: We aren't going to take away any of your toys. We're just going to re-introduce a very old, and rarely followed concept called "actually getting what you paid for."
Companies frequently invest nearly as much hard-earned revenue in hardware and software as they do in personnel. Yet, we continually hear of companies where systems mysteriously wonder off as if they had grown their own legs. We continuously encounter falied implementations and failed IT projects. Nearly every business has been over-charged for hardware or software -- or more likely, for support & maintenance agreements.
