The current economic downturn requires a strategic approach to cutting IT costs. High-performance businesses successfully reduce overall costs sharply and for the long term, shifting spend toward IT capability and business growth while stepping up IT performance at the same time. Here are the three practical steps that they follow.
By Accenture

Survey report: Australia's IT agenda 2009

At the beginning of 2009, close to 100 executives from Australia’s largest enterprises participated in an online research—jointly conducted by Accenture and MIS Australia magazine—on cost cutting in the current economic environment. Now, you can find out more about the research results.

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