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11 ways to reduce your IT costs now

CIO Business Intelligence

With storage you might always want the best support plan to replace any failed components within a few hours or less,” says Pratt. Consider consumption-based contracts One of the best ways to align IT costs with value-generating outcomes is with consumption-based pricing, although it may seem like a higher-cost option.

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Still Dreaming of the Paperless Office?

CTOvision

A staggering 40% still use paper for filing “important stuff”, and 56% are wedded to signatures on paper for contracts and order forms. Today’s available bandwidths don’t really present restriction on either storage or application locations. Only 17% of respondents said they work in what can be described as a paper-free office.

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