Haircuts and Budgets
eek! I’m hearing a new phrase these days: “everyone needs a haircut”. Given these difficult economic times, no one is immune. The following white paper: Simple Savvy Savings – 9 ideas to make anyone a Cost-Cutting Hero was making its rounds at work the other day.
“In times of crisis, CFOs invariably turn up the heat on CIOs, and although IT spending is a modest 3.1% of revenue on average, because IT is seen within most organizations as a cost center, it is usually at the top of the list for spending cuts. Unfairly, as prior times of crisis have proven, IT is cut proportionately more than most other business groups.”
It is 26 pages long and will provide several opportunities for discussions with co-workers. Example? Page 12 mentions:
“Leverage cloud computing to avoid over $15,000 per application per year”
What do you think?
