The document discusses how information technology assessment can help answer questions IT professionals have about reducing costs and improving efficiency. It explains that an IT assessment, conducted by an IT consultant, can provide answers to questions around reducing data center costs by 40-60%, improving ROI on IT infrastructure investments, ensuring IT meets current business needs, lowering power and cooling costs, optimizing cloud and virtualization strategies, redesigning enterprise networks, and reducing IT operations costs by 25-50%. The assessment clarifies IT spending and returns to management and provides a cost-effective approach to minimizing operational and strategic gaps.