Tough choices lie ahead for IT departments. Get ahead of the curve with five cost-cutting tactics designed to hurt less
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Every time the economy turns downward, IT shops take a hit.
In the U.S. IT market, Forrester Research predicts that growth in technology goods and services will slow in the fourth quarter of this year, a scenario likely to continue into the first half of 2009. Gartner, meanwhile, is advising clients to hedge, rather than presuming the economy will pick up next year.
The best time to consider cost-saving measures is before the CFO comes knocking on your door to ask — or demand — that IT slash its budget.
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“Are we trying to cut IT costs? Yes,” says Jon Crowe, director of enterprise technology services at Cabela’s, an outdoor …