Bell Business Insights newsletter

May 2009 edition

Feature article

In this issue

Adjust the model, find savings

– A letter from the executive office

Once you have cut spending on initiatives that don’t contribute directly to the bottom line, where are savings going to be realized next? The answer lies in the ways that you go about doing business. Adjust your model just a little bit and you will be surprised at the potential savings revealed.

Do your people travel frequently for business? Modern High Definition videoconferencing is the next best thing to being there, and it’s just one example of how doing things differently can lead to savings. More and more organizations are turning to videoconferencing solutions to save time and expense, both in terms of dollars and environmental impact.

In this first edition of our redesigned customer newsletter, now named Bell Business Insights, we take a look at five ways to save, three of them quick wins and two longer-term. Each entails doing things a little differently.

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Take IT security, for example. With increasingly complex audit and compliance requirements and round-the-clock staffing, the cost of keeping information secure keeps going up. Businesses are finding that security is quickly becoming a niche specialty, and are shifting the job to experts in the field. This can reduce capital and staffing costs while freeing up your IT team to concentrate on core business activities.

Another money-saving solution that we outline for you in this issue is Business Transformation (BT), which can open up dozens of possible ways to increase productivity, save cost and reduce cycle times. The concept may sound long-term, but there are low-hanging fruit: things that can be done right now with no investment required and which will save you money right away. Read our article on BT to find out more or download our assessment tool to see if your business is ripe for transformation.

To find out how these and other cost-saving methods can help your organization reduce costs contact us today for an overview or an audit of any number of parts of your environment.

As always, we welcome your feedback on the tools and resources we offer you in Bell Enterprise Insights and on any other aspect of our services.

Best regards,

Stéphane Boisvert

President, Bell Enterprise