What is it costing you to run your business? That can be an easy question. What is your IT costing you? That can be tougher. Especially if you are not tracking all the IT expenses in a consistent fashion. IT services, equipment, web hosting and e-mail services may be easy to track but that is only a portion of the costs. Communications costs, like VOIP, may be considered part of the IT costs these days. The main grey area may be the company credit cards which your employees use to purchase a myriad of IT services on the web. Web conferencing, storage, memberships, subscriptions, premium services that used to be free, the list goes on… all these small charges can add up and may be hidden if not properly recognized as such and categorized properly when you receive the bill. How many of these are simply classed Miscellaneous and lost in your accounting records as unknown overhead?
If you have a good idea what you are paying, I’d really like to know. How much does it cost you per person per month to have adequate IT in your company?
