Latest management news.
Why TCO is more important than you think, 08/30/07: When calculating total cost of ownership, the price you pay vendors is just the tip of the iceberg.
Outsourcing can save companies big bucks, report says, 08/31/07: Outsourcing noncore infrastructure management and application services can save companies between 12% and 17% on average, a Forrester Research report shows.
Pricey application performance problems, 09/03/07
Any network manager worth his or her mettle knows that when application performance degrades he or she is going to hear about it — especially if a majority of companies report performance problems cost them more than $1 million per year.
Contest challenges SysAdmins to sing, 08/30/07: SysAdmin of the Year contest spins out singing and song-writing contest for systems administrators as part of annual SysAdmin appreciation day.
Vendor beware: this CTO knows — and will exploit — your weaknesses, 08/30/07: IT buyers often have a hard time finding a bargain — but not Dave Leonard. Find out how this savvy CTO analyzes the motivations of vendors and gets them to slash prices.
Sysadmins spend too much time firefighting, 08/30/07: Forget the idea of keeping up with the latest technologies, IT managers at small and midsized businesses spend more time firefighting than they do planning new systems.
