budget

Today we follow up on the info-gathering we did yesterday about your printing systems to start assigning price tags. Well, you have to assign the price tags based on your actual costs, but we can help show you where to look for the escape routes your money is taking. Printing doesn't have to be expensive, but any uncontrolled process becomes a budget nightmare, and printing is no different. Control your cost of ownership and help your bottom line.

Forty-two percent of CIOs suffered budget decreases in the first quarter of 2009, and IT shops on average slashed budgets by 4.7%, according to new research published by Gartner.

As the economic crisis continues, technology leaders are faced with the challenge of considering how best to trim the fat out of their budgets. While some steps are obvious and necessary, others can be like a diet you've been cheating on -- you know what you should be doing, but you don't always follow through. Here are 10 ways CIOs are doing more with less in tough economic times:

Using IT to help strategize which reductions will be effective is one way CIOs can prove their worth.

The number of IT professionals expecting to see budget and head-count cuts grew significantly between October and December, CDW reports, as more large-business decision-makers turn to cost-cutting measures for 2009.

For CIOs that want to break out of the current inflated threat and compliance-driven spending model to develop more resilient and cost effective processes, these budget saving tips, ideas and solid practices should help.

Whether your business has just two people or two hundred, these tips can help you cut costs, save money, and let you focus on what's really important: the bottom line.