How to Lower I&O Costs

Finding us in your spam mailbox? Please add us to your address book! Trouble viewing this email? View in Browser  Manage my subscriptions Maximizing IT Investments October 10, 2011 Ten Key Actions to Reduce IT Infrastructure and Operations Costs As many IT organizations are under intense pressure to continue to implement cost-cutting initiatives, Gartner has identified 10 actions that can reduce IT infrastructure and operations (I&O) expenses by 10 percent in 12 months, and as much as 25 percent in three years. This is especially significant, as I&O represents approximately 60 percent of total IT spending worldwide. Read more > Stop Taking the Heat for Storage Growth: Save This, Not That Learn how to save all the data you may need — and none that you won't. Download Now > Blogs Arthur Cole Infrastructure Rethinking Enterprise Infrastructure in the BYOD Era Loraine Lawson Integration When 'Integration' Can Mean 'Lock-In' Mike Vizard IT Unmasked The Benefits Versus Risks of IT Automation Redefining Server Performance Benchmarks   Check out this resource center to a high-performance, low-cost application solution for your data center needs. Go there now > Download: Project Tracking Tool Maintaining a firm grasp on all the ins and outs of a complex project can be a daunting task for even the seasoned project manager if she doesn't have the right tracking tools at hand. Geoff Crane of Papercut Edge and Papercut Project Monitoring created the attached spreadsheet to helps PMs keep track of major project items by breaking them out into separate tabs for tasks, costs and change requests, among other areas. The Private Cloud Made Simple Public, private or both. These are the three basic choices when it comes to cloud computing, and there is no shortage of experts ready to tout one solution over the other. To date, the big knock against private clouds is their complexity and the need to develop a lot of in-house expertise to deploy and manage them. However, a startup called Piston Cloud Computing says it is breaking down that barrier with its CloudKey workflow system, which can be launched from any laptop with a USB port. ITIL Gets Stuck in Idle A lot of time and effort has been put into promoting the value of the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) framework. But for reasons tied to budget and time, a recent survey of IT pros working mostly in SMB environments, conducted by Dimensional Research on behalf of Dell KACE, found that not only is ITIL still not widely embraced, but also that many of these companies have yet to integrate their service desks and desktop management tools — without which achieving ITIL compliance is next to impossible. Latest White Papers Real-World Benefits of Abandoning the Traditional App Server Poor Performance in the Cloud — How NOT to Lose $1M This Year Business Risk Mitigation: Your Strategy Guide Is Here New eBook: How to Retrieve the Right Data at the Right Time Featured White Papers Lost in the Clouds: Key Concepts to Clear Up the Confusion Read this white paper to learn how the cloud can help you overcome key operational challenges, ensure security, quickly meet goals, and improve efficiency in your software delivery environment. •  Building the Business Case for Telepresence — ROI Metrics •  Caveat Emptor — What to Look for Before Choosing a VoIP Vendor •  The Five Steps to Successful IT Consolidation "The most unsettling thing about BYOD is that it is not of the enterprise's own making, like virtualization and the cloud. Rather, this change is coming from outside forces that are largely beyond IT's control and are not necessarily focused on the best interests of the organization." Excerpt from Arthur Cole Infrastructure Premium Tools Cloud Computing Foundation Certification Kit Cloud computing is a topic you need to be well versed at iif you want your IT management career to advance. This downloadable resource will step you through the services available, deployment models and security risks associated with Cloud Computing. Use this 185 page eBook and access to a unique eLearning experience to grow your career. •  The Complete IT Policy Kit •  The Strategic IT Planning Bundle •  The ITIL V3 Foundation Certification Kit IT Marketplace This e-mail is sent by: NarrowCast Group, LLC, 10400 Linn Station Road, Suite 100, Louisville, KY 40223 Copyright ©2003-2011 NarrowCast Group, LLC. All Rights Reserved. E-mail Reports Sign up for these additional e-mail reports to get the best return on your company's technology and talent: •  Aligning IT & Business Goals    •  Optimizing Infrastructure    •  Integrating the Enterprise    •  Maximizing IT Investments    •  Business Tools & Templates •  IT Careers •  Leveraging Enterprise Software •  Managing Compliance Standards •  Mobile and Telecom •  Fortifying Network Security •  CTO Edge Update •  Daily Edge Privacy Policy     Manage Subscriptions     Unsubscribe     Contact Us     How to Advertise