IT in today's economy: Spotlight on Cost

Here's a useful site that showcases tools and technologies for assessing your infrastructure and optimizing costs. Poke around a bit and learn about optimizing server, branch, desktop, and virtualization architectures. For example, see the following best practices for desktop optimization:

PC Lifecycle Planning  

In addition, here are some tools to help:

Get started with free tools and guides for Desktop Infrastructure

Optimize Your Desktop Infrastructure

Desktop Optimization using Windows Vista and 2007 Office System

An Optimized Platform from the Datacenter to the Desktop