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51 Ways to Save Money using your existing IT infrastructure

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PCQ Bureau
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Times are tough. And you do not need us to tell you that. The signs are all around you. Your budgets have been cut, and you are under pressure to save even more. One way is to cut investments. But that can have long-term negative implications that you would rather not have. So, how do you tighten your belt without sacrificing productivity and quality?

This is where your IT setup should come to your aid. You should be able to leverage your IT infrastructure to deliver savings not only in IT itself, but also in other areas

of your business. In this issue, we outline 51ways to save money. Some of them lead to direct savings of expenditure. Some of them will help you to defer investments for some more time. And some will help you to

improve productivity all around. It is one thing to advise, and yet another to practice what you preach. Let us begin with what we are preaching. Let us keep this introduction brief, saving your time (and also some paper).

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Free Office Suites
18 Photocopy prints 35 Map

network drives
2 Use A Free OS 19 Avoid color Prints 36 Cache the Net
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Software Upgrades
20 Print at low resolution 37 Use Local Mail Servers
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Instant Messengers
21 Print

on both sides of paper
38 Download heavy files at off-peak hours
5 Use SMS Chat Rooms 22 Preview

your page
39 Send zipped files
6 Make

Voice Calls From PCs
23 Switch off

ACs, LIGHTS
40 Put filters on spam
7

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Free Fax Services

24 Switch off your PCs 41 Use

Free Net Storage Space
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Voip Over Existing Wan Links
25 Reduce power consumption by PCs 42 Download mail manually
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Conference
26

Outsource

43 Avoid sending attachments
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An Internet Account
27 Move data to

CD-Rs
44 Update anti-virus software
11 Use ISDN instead

of dial-up
28 Avoid

buying floppies
45 Create Folder shortcuts
12 Search the Net for travel

discounts
29 Negotiate better rates 46 Share

CD drives
13 Scan and mail files 30 Send memos

on e-mail
47 Turn off animation
14 Upgrade

instead of discard
31 Use

Minimum Network Protocols
48 Enable DMA
15 Use PC-sharing kits 32 Keep

common data on central servers
49 Reduce start-up time
16 Use integrated motherboards 33 Categorize software on the

Intranet
50 Buy MFDs
17 Refill

cartridges
34 Use network-monitoring tools 51 Use mail poppers
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