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  • Surveys disagree on numbers, but still see IT hiring as slow, steady

    Posted December 9, 2010 - 5:05 pm

    IT departments may finally have seen the last of job and salary cuts and be back on a growth track, according to new surveys of IT hiring and spending plans.

  • Three Things Not to Print

    Posted January 14, 2010 - 2:08 pm

    Once companies start counting their pennies spent printing, they often overreact to what they find. Goodness, they say to themselves, printing costs money, so let's stop printing completely. Oops. A reaction like that will cost you much more than you spend printing. The trick is to figure out what not to print, like e-mail, reports, and memos.

  • How to Calculate the True Cost of Printing Part 2

    Posted January 13, 2010 - 12:27 pm

    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.

  • Save money with the 80/20 rule

    Posted June 19, 2008 - 7:37 pm

    Let me explain one of the rules I apply to every facet of small business technology: the 80/20 rule. Many variations of this rule exist, and I twist it to my benefit whenever necessary. Yet no matter how mutated it gets, it always offer guidance.
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