June 14, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
A year ago, I bought a 1TB drive for my desktop that I paid an amazing $100 for and figured I wouldn’t need more space for years to come. Today, I’m pondering a 2TB drive for the same price.
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Tags: 2TB, cost, disk, drive
April 7, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
The government’s attempting to drive home a new and important message to American companies: Cybercrime’s a big business expense and IT needs both organizational and resource support to fight it.
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Tags: ANSI, budget, CFO, cost, cybersecurity, publication, security breach
September 11, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck
Small business bean counters may talk a good game about belt tightening, but they seem to be ignoring one simple way to cut their energy bill: desktop power management.
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Tags: cost, desktop power management, going green, green initiatives, savings
April 29, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck
The flu pandemic threat is making telecommuting a hot topic yet again. The organizations that are ahead of the curve in creating these programs have a leg up already, say telework experts.
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Tags: calculator, cost, Pandemic, swine flu, telecommuting, Telework Coalition
April 29, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck
Think your organization’s benefiting by making users limp along with their old laptops a bit longer? Well, you’re probably wrong, says a new study.
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Tags: cost, J Gold Associates, laptops, life span, repair, replacement, warranty
January 7, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck
IT spends a lot of its time trying to balance costs and the needs of end users. If you’ve got folks who spend a lot of time at conferences and events, you might be considering featherweight, low-cost netbooks for them to use.
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Tags: cost, desktops, netbooks, review, size
September 15, 2008 by Valerie Helmbreck
Soaring gas prices and the effects of a worldwide credit crisis have hit employees hard. The upshot: Telework’s now recognized as a significant cost-saving employee benefit.
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Tags: benefit, cost, Economy, employee, technology, telecommute
June 19, 2008 by Valerie Helmbreck
We were spending too much time and money maintaining our Windows environment.
In the end, we decided to make a big move and migrate
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Tags: cost, Linux, migration, savings, Windows
June 3, 2008 by Valerie Helmbreck
GPS systems are the hot new toy for tech fans and folks who actually have to know where they’re going and how to get there. But how much do you need to spend to get one that’s decent?
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Tags: cost, directions, GPS, mobile technology, travel, vehicles