How to: Cut IT Costs in Your Small Business

With technology costs becoming a more vital part of the budget, here are some tips to lower those costs.

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1. HOW TO: CUT IT COSTS IN YOUR SMALL BUSINESS Saving money is your friend.
2. TYPICAL COSTS & BUDGET • With the amount of spending spent on IT increasing at a rapid pace, how can we off-set that cost?
3. SOLUTIONS  Server Virtualization – Allows multiple application and operating system pairs to run on the same system reducing the amount of servers needed.  Consolidation – Hardware consolidation & Integrated Solutions – such as Dell’s PowerEdge VRTX Server reduce amount of machines needed.  Automation – Server & Desktop automation ensures efficiency, and allows less IT staff to be employed.  Cloud Services – Helps eliminate costs of physical servers.  Modernizing Hardware – Modern hardware can increase productivity and efficiency, as well as decrease idle power consumption.
4. HOW YOU MIGHT BE HAMPERING YOUR EFFORTS  Technology is important – Keep it updated!  Old technology is inefficient, and costly.  By keeping it updated you can consistently improve performance, security, and be prepared for the unknown.