10 Tips for Controlling IT Costs

Ideas for cutting costs, improving efficiency, and optimizing service delivery in the midst of never-ending budget cuts. By Dian Schaffhauser 02/01/12 In the new normal of savaged IT budgets, CIOs are cutting costs, eliminating waste, and finding ways to deliver services more efficiently than ever. Here are 10 ideas to help boost your cost-fighting powers. 1. Practice Zero-Based Budgeting When Louise Finn joined Loyola University Maryland as CIO in 2007, she recalls having a "year of bliss." She came in right after the…