10 Ways SMBs Can Save Money On IT

SMB Tech columnist Paul Mah reviews simple ways SMBs can save money on IT: from reducing energy consumption, to limiting e-mail storage, to using software as a service offerings.

"If there is ever an evergreen discussion theme at conferences or other gatherings of IT managers and executives, it's on ways of reducing costs while upping productivity. Where IT is concerned, it comes in many guises, and you have probably heard of most of them by now -- things like "thin clients," "virtualization" and "cloud computing."

I think it will be beneficial to small and medium-sized businesses if I recommend concrete ways to reduce IT expenditures without sacrificing services."