The secret of saving money of IT industry in 2007

Businesses should hire outsiders to do extra work to focus on developing core technology, using virtualization to save money on server purchases, reduce human resources costs .

Unified communications

A survey by Siemens Communications in October 2007 showed that delay in communication (such as waiting for information, missed calls, lack of cooperation in communication .) could cost 13 million. USD of a company of 1,000 employees. Therefore, moving to an integrated VoIP infrastructure is the first step to eliminate these losses because it combines voice over Internet VoIP, instant messaging, e-mail, mobile phones, PDAs . into one system. Real-time communications, help flow information continuously.

This concept is so compelling that CompTIA Computing Industry Association announced that two-thirds of businesses provide voice and data networks, so there is a merger solution and 17% of them have done this.

Virtualization

Virtual server is the method of combining multiple servers and running them as a single block. This helps solve difficulties in data centers such as data recovery, utilizing redundant equipment.

According to market research firm IDC, businesses will spend $ 20 billion on server hardware between now and 2010. 68% of them will be used for servers divided for virtualization. The number of shirt servers will increase by 41% during this period.

Utilizing redundant machines will save money in that people will run systems on fewer servers, making it possible for businesses to reduce the cost of purchasing machines, recruiting workers, power and cooling equipment. For example, they should have used 20 servers, virtualization technology allowed to buy only 5 units.

Outsourcing

The recent survey of ThinkStrategies of 550 enterprises shows that one-third of these spent less than US $ 50 million to hire outsourced employees for IT activities. Meanwhile, medium and large companies are willing to spend a lot of money on this.

Outsourcing (such as IT services, security .) is considered to be beneficial for small businesses with several hundred employees because they will consolidate resources to develop core technology, without being dispersed before auxiliary activities.

Use energy saving technology

The US Environmental Protection Agency estimates data centers have used 61 billion kilowatt hours of electricity in 2006, equivalent to $ 4.5 billion, accounting for 1.6% of the country's total electricity consumption. Therefore, the use of power saving technology will reduce costs, for example applying virtualization technology, replacing CRT monitors with new techniques such as OLED. Of course, the initial replacement is quite expensive, but companies will see efficiency after about 2 years.

Looking out of scope outside the company

Sometimes admit you can't do everything that saves you money. For example, look for an outside consultant to evaluate your company's technology needs because outsiders may have a broader and more objective view. Or thanks to consumers, customers, partners to comment on your company's activities to promptly adjust, avoid being bogged down and losing money when it's late.

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