10 Technologies to Help Cut Costs in the Slow Economy 10 Technologies to Help Cut Costs in the Slow Economy Written by KUB365, September 3rd, 2008 Theres no escaping the slowing economy. Layoffs are being announced and companies are in cost cutting mode. Whether you are a tech at a big company or a small one man operation its time to cut the fat before you get cut out of work. Unnecessary expenses have to go and inefficient ways of working need to be analyzed and improved. If done right, the use of some technologies can greatly reduce costs and make us more efficient.Here are ten technologies every techie should consider to help cut costs in this slow economy: 1) Open Source Dump the high cost proprietary systems for equivalent open source systems where you can. There are many operating systems, databases, content managment systems, communications tools, networking and administration tools that are open source and free to use. Choose mature products with a strong community following an...