According to IDG’s most recent survey of IT decision makers, 93% of organizations have plans to pursue digital business transformation and 48% already have a digital-first approach. How are they working transformation into the budget? In part, by reallocating dollars from non-strategic IT or the day-to-day IT activities that are not business-specific, to strategic IT …
Each year your organization gets a fresh opportunity to improve on last year’s IT budget. To help you succeed in 2020, Leapfrog Services has developed a collection of materials that cover IT budget planning, processes, caveats, and decision-making. Our downloadable IT Budgeting Guide for 2020 is a comprehensive overview. It walks you through what we’ve …
As a managed IT provider, Leapfrog Services is often heavily involved in our clients’ IT budgeting processes. Ideally, we conduct an IT business Strategic Alignment Session before the budget is complete to discuss how IT can help meet planned goals and help determine the costs involved. In this final post of our series on IT …
Like all organizations, yours needs to keep up with new cybersecurity threats. What you did this year isn’t going to be enough to protect your business next year. But where should you focus your IT cybersecurity budget in 2020? In this post, which is part of our series on IT budgeting for 2020, we discuss …
(UPDATED) If you run a business, how do you know if you’re spending the right percentage of your budget on IT operations? Find out what others in your industry are spending is a great place to start. Budget studies by Gartner and others can point you in the right direction for general guidelines. IT budgets …
How well will your IT serve your organization in 2020? The first step is to budget correctly! This post is part of our series on IT Budgeting for 2020 and covers the high-level questions to ask within your organization as you begin the budget season. Other 2020 budgeting posts cover budgeting for cybersecurity and the top …
On January 14, 2020, several Microsoft products will be phased out, including Windows 7. If your organization still uses Windows 7 on any of your devices, including servers, you have some decisions to make. Updating to an entirely new operating system (OS) is a big deal — the more devices and apps that run on …
If you’re responsible for your organization’s IT budget, then you need to understand the needs of each of your departments along with your entire IT ecosystem. Your budget is the map that defines how IT will maintain, support, and fuel operations and growth in 2018 — which means it’s no small task to complete! That’s …
November 2017: If you’re in the fortunate position of having leftover IT budget in 2017, it’s time to put those funds to good use. Since you need to act fast, focus on things you can purchase and execute quickly — like replacements or upgrades — rather than on things you will need to implement for …
September 2016: No one wants to end up with an IT budget that doesn’t match what your company needs to be successful. That’s why now’s the time to have meetings with your stakeholders and talk with them about what they want to accomplish next year and how IT can help. Doing this now gets everyone …
