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No IT budget? Invest in best practices

Four in 10 CIOs slashed budgets in first quarter, Gartner reports; Managing PC power, data center and network device energy consumption
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No IT budget? Invest in best practices

Best practice frameworks such as ITIL could help budget-strapped IT organizations streamline processes, improve services and optimize existing resources. Read full story

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