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TAC Talk Episode 3: Reducing  Baseline Costs through Better Demand Management

TAC Talk Episode 3: Reducing Baseline Costs through Better Demand Management

July 25, 2015
peters@tacadvisory.com
Advisory, Budget, Business-IT Alignment, EaaS, IT Transformation, Productivity, TAC Talk (Podcast), Time Management

Recorded July 24, 2015 A conversation about Demand Management between TAC president Peter Schay and TAC expert Patrick Savard, who consults with Fortune 500 businesses…

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How IT Advisory Services Should Work

How IT Advisory Services Should Work

March 5, 2015
Michael D. Greene
Advisory, Budget, EaaS, TAC blog

Designed as a stand-alone, on-demand advisory service for the occasional user, the TACwizard has no seat licenses, no restrictions on the use of information internally, and no strings attached.

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Six Easy Ways to Get More Done in Less Time

Six Easy Ways to Get More Done in Less Time

January 6, 2015
Michael D. Greene
Budget, Productivity, TAC blog, Time Management

We still have only twenty-four hours in a day, seven days in a week, and to-do lists that continue to grow. Large companies get around many time limitations by buying more time in the form of employee man-hours, but not all of us can afford to do this.

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Rabbit Season, Duck Season, Budget Season

Rabbit Season, Duck Season, Budget Season

November 14, 2014
Michael D. Greene
Advisory, Budget, EaaS, TAC blog

Reevaluating services and looking for options is always a good idea. It keeps you up-to-date on new technologies, new services, and new engagement models that could reduce your need (and cost) for some services and replace them with lower-cost, higher-value ones.

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Why You Should Rethink Making That New Software Purchase

Why You Should Rethink Making That New Software Purchase

October 28, 2014
Michael D. Greene
Advisory, Budget, Business-IT Alignment, EaaS, IT Transformation

Investing in new software to resolve an issue within businesses is a common but often misguided solution, since many times the required functionality already exists within the business’s software portfolio or is available at some level for free on the Internet.

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3 Reasons Advisory Services Fail… And Why You Need One

3 Reasons Advisory Services Fail… And Why You Need One

April 30, 2013
Michael D. Greene
Advisory, Budget, Productivity, Time Management

Traditional advisory services companies are not really advisory companies; they are research companies. They don’t give actionable advice, they provide “forward-looking information” based on research and the past performance of clients and other companies. In other words, they are in the “past and future” business.

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Business After the Fiscal Cliff

Business After the Fiscal Cliff

December 26, 2012
Michael D. Greene
Budget, Business-IT Alignment, IT Transformation, Productivity

While the Federal Government seems to want to act out the final scene from “Thelma and Louise” with our economy, we can’t wait for someone to hit the brakes. Regardless of what the government does (or does not do) in the next few days to avert the fiscal cliff, we do know that taxes will go up on those making at least $400,000, including small businesses.

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Two-Thirds of IT Pros Say BYOD Connectivity Increases Company Costs — Duh!

Two-Thirds of IT Pros Say BYOD Connectivity Increases Company Costs — Duh!

August 9, 2012
tacadvisory
Budget, BYOD, Productivity

BYOD isn’t about cost reduction; it’s about responding to psychologically driven demands from end-users. Employees in today’s consumer-oriented culture expect to be able to “have it your way,” regardless of whether there is any financial benefit to the business.

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EaaS 101: The Fundamentals of Expertise-as-a-Service

EaaS 101: The Fundamentals of Expertise-as-a-Service

July 30, 2012
Michael D. Greene
Budget, Business-IT Alignment, EaaS, IT Transformation

EaaS is an extension of the SaaS philosophy, allowing the procurement of information, expertise, performance management and measurement and other necessary IT services the same way. This way of thinking is not new to the enterprise; legal and finance departments have leveraged outside counsel and accounting firms for decades.

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Bigger is not better… and here’s why.

Bigger is not better… and here’s why.

March 5, 2012
Michael D. Greene
Budget, Productivity

Back in the 20th century, Big was a good thing. Economies of scale meant that Big could produce things faster and cheaper. Big used to mean stable, reliable, bulletproof, Indestructible. This is no longer the case.

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