Understand and reduce your IT costs
With less than one-third of IT spending targeted towards new projects and innovation, the last thing an organization wants to do is cut these valuable projects that add new business value. Yet many CIOs miss opportunities to effectively reduce IT costs, says Tim Raducha-Grace, co-author of 'The Business of IT', because they don't have a clear view of their IT spending. Here he offers three steps to understand and reduce your IT costs
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