General Discussions
More on reducing IT costs
Some readers asked me to write more about this.
Many businesses and home users, use Microsoft Windows. Have you ever calculated how much do you spend each year for your computer(s), Program Licenses, Antiviruses, Firewalls, ….?
What about the delays and damages imposed to your business because of a virus? What about the threatens of data theft because of visiting a web site or receiving an infected email?
Most of the treats are just for Windows products which is more like a Swiss cheese than a computer software. However, for most of the daily works, you can use other operating systems and softwares for free or far less costs and at the same time, have more security. For example, there isn’t any virus for Mac or Linux operating systems. Their security is far higher than Windows, Linux is FREE and you have many free resources available. so, consider of a business using 100 PCs, each have at least MS Word and Outlook, an antivirus and a firewall. How much this business can save by doing his work just without paying such licence fees?
You can spend this savings on many other ways more effectively to increase your potential for more sales.
IT Cost
Which operating system do you use for your business? Windows, Mac OSX, or Linux
How many percent of your annual income is spent for:
1- software license
2- dealing with computer viruses
3- the loss that is imposed to your business by the computer viruses
4- hardware and maintenance
Reducing the costs
We hear that the companies cut their costs by firing their work force. Is this the only way to cut the costs? What are the other ways to cut the costs? For what kind of the jobs you reduce the work force? What will you do then?
Marketing Strategy
During economic crisis, companies have to reduce their costs as well as need to sell their products and services to survive. What strategy to you think is best and/or can work?
Reaction to a new product/service?
What is your reaction to a new product/service? Do you try to find out what it is, what are the differences of this one with the other ones, what is new with it, or just say it is the same as the others…
What do you do for your small business during economic recessions to stay alive?
During the crisis, companies cut their budget, do lower their advertising costs, cut the sales jobs, …
But in the meantime, they increase their R&D activities and make more investment on the marketing. The result is that after the crisis, those who have made better shift on their capital, become bigger and the others, fade away. However, this is what the big companies do.
What shall small businesses do?
