Stop spending on IT and invest in it instead. Todays business processes, operations and systems increasingly demand that the use of IT be part of a strategy rather than ad hoc expenditure.

This is the difference between investing and spending. Investing implies a forward thinking strategy which allows for future benefits and not just short term gain.

Who can argue against that. However in reality if you analyse it most of the time IT expansion is an ad-hoc plug on of one item, system or software after another. This not only potentially creates a disjointed and inefficient overall system but makes it very difficult to adjust and refine to your ongoing requirements.

A snowball effect then makes it more unwieldy to manage and hence more expensive to maintain and "patch up" whether this is done in house or by an external IT services provider.

So make sure you place your IT requirements high on your business strategy agenda and remember that apart from you know IT can do there are possibly more cost effective investments you can make for the long term properity of your business as well as the management of your capital and cash flow.

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