'Cutting IT Costs Volume 1' is Complimentary this Week on Amazon Kindle

"Cutting technology costs is easy if it's your only objective. Just turn off servers and stop answering the phone," says Patrick Chapman, author of 'Cutting IT Costs', a new book focused on helping organizations increase the efficiency of IT. However, Chapman's book doesn't advocate taking the quick yet painful way to savings by cutting what he refers to as 'good' costs and instead encourages organizations to focus on 'bad' IT spending.

The delineation between good and bad IT spending, and consequently good and bad spending cuts, lies at the heart of Chapman's 35 IT efficiency concepts. "Organizations often find themselves in a reactionary mode to cutting spending based on budget constraints or broader changes in their business. In these situations organizations find themselves with too little room to effectively maneuver and are left with no choice but to start cutting off limbs rather than fat to achieve their cut or savings goals." Chapman's approach focuses on helping organizations incrementally transition to a proactive posture driven by ongoing business planning and better governance. Included however are a wide range of operational and acquisition strategies designed to avoid or save costs across the technology lifecycle.

Divided into three volumes, Cutting IT Costs focuses on strategic, operational and tactical concepts ranging from centralization of IT to methods for avoiding sales tax. Chapman claims his techniques have saved a wide range of public and private sector organizations millions annually - hopefully all 'good' savings.

Volume 1 of Cutting IT Costs is available as a free Kindle download from July 2nd through the 6th at: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00B78VVS4. The author also encourages individuals with related ideas and comments to contact him directly via LinkedIn at: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/patrick-chapman/9/a8a/b56/.