November 2021
Intermediate to advanced
43 pages
59m
English
Content preview from IT Necessities for a Distributed World
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Chapter 5. Implementing Solutions
Without leadership’s buy-in, it can be hard to get small initiatives approved, let alone big overhauls. The best ways to do so are to find solutions that optimize your resources and to make clear, compelling proposals to champion your solutions.
To help you put your best foot forward when designing your distributed environment, this chapter covers tricks for optimizing your budget, leadership’s top concerns, and how to draw up a winning proposal. These are the real-life how-tos that will help you set up your organization for success.
Optimizing Budget and Resources
According to the JumpCloud 2021 State of the SME IT Admin Report, 58% of respondents said their organization planned to spend more on remote management over the next 12 months, 56% would spend more on security technologies, and 50% would spend more on cloud services. This suggests that many SMEs already accept the new distributed workforce reality and are willing to devote the funds to support it successfully.
Despite a willingness to spend, SME budgets can be tight, and IT teams need to figure out how to make the most of their resources. The following are some opportunities to optimize spending, saving where possible to delegate funds to mission-critical IT initiatives.
Automation
Automation helps supplement IT labor without incurring the costs of personnel. Look for solutions that provide automation and identify areas where you may be able to create custom automations for ...
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