Less Is More Strategic server consolidation saves time and resources by Bill Koch, Editor, The Champion Advisor In his 18th century writings, Benjamin Franklin extolled the virtues of building savings in small increments, “A penny saved is a penny earned.” In the 21st century, financial advisor David Bach extols the same virtues in The Automatic Millionaire by decrying the “latte factor.” In other words, if you can resist the temptation for small — but expensive — little pleasures every day, you can build the savings necessary to be a millionaire at retirement. IT managers and directors are a thrifty lot by nature. If they weren’t before the dot.com bust, they have learned to be since. Most feel they have already squeezed every dollar out of their infrastructure and every efficiency out of their staffing.

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