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- Calculating ROI and TCO on open source platforms
- Calculating ROI and TCO on open source platformsarticle rootCalculating TCO and ROI on open source platformsWas this information helpful? Please post your feedback, ideas for improvements, or further thoughts on this topic.Thanks,The TechRepublic Content TeamWell page 1 was okwhere's the rest of it ?Good luck on this one!At least this...
- Tags: intangibles, open source, linux, tco, budget, roi, JodyGilbert, hardware, open source platform, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2006-04-06
- Maintain productivity by tracking the intangibles
- A project that appears to be on track could be derailed if you don't consider intangible threats. Here are some surprising, and sometimes hidden, risks that you should be tracking.If there’s a single hands-on skill that defines a manager, it’s reporting. Managers are required to generate frequent reports that are...
- Tags: Team management, Scott Robinson, intangibles, Farley File, team, team member
- Technical articles 2002-11-04
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- Measuring and Managing Intangibles in Mobile Commerce: The Potential of Mediation Standards
- The 3G challenge for Digifone was to 'move up the value chain. As solution, the IT team at Digifone focused on mediation software and processes. Mediation refers to the processing and delivering of information between a telecommunications network, for example a GSM or 3G network, and an operator's business support...
- Tags: Mobile, Mediation, Network, Standards, 3G, Cellular Phones, Channel Management, Wireless, Networking, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing
- Case studies
- Strohl Systems Group Case Study: Smithsonian Institution
- There is no question that protecting a company's ability to make money is important. But risk mitigating efforts often reside in a world of seeming intangibles and appear more real on paper than in the immediate environment. Established in 1846, the Smithsonian Institution is the world's largest museum complex. The...
- Tags: Smithsonian Institution, Business Security, It Services, Strategy, Business Operations, Management
- Case studies
- TelePresence: It's About the Experience
- This riveting News@Cisco video shows how it's possible to be in the same room with your colleagues - while being a world away. See and hear how the "human factor" was the guiding idea that drove Cisco's Randy Harrell and Phil Graham as they created the near-magical new product, TelePresence....
- Tags: Video, Cisco Systems Inc., Corporate Communications, Marketing
- Presentations 2006-10-22
- Calculating TCO and ROI on open source platforms
- Determining the total cost of ownership/operation and return on investment for open source systems can be an elusive proposition. See what factors--both concrete and abstract--you need to take into account. In the war of words between traditional OS and application vendors and open source advocates, perhaps the...
- Tags: ROI, TCO, Roi/Tco, Open Source, Finance, Managerial Accounting
- Download resources 2006-04-06
- UNICOM Technology Group Case Study: A Non-Profit, International Scientific Organization
- To collect and report the costs and success of their procedures, the client turned to UNICOM to develop a sophisticated patient and inventory tracking database that would allow the organization's members to assess the success rates and the outcomes of their procedures. To achieve the desired results, the client needed...
- Tags: Patient, Unicom, HI-IQ
- Case studies
- Basic Network Design Methodology
- Designing a network is as complicated or as simple as the architect desires it to be. There are multiple methods for network design, ranging from "Get it Done!" to "The Equipment's Here!" to a planned and defined approach using established methods and models. There are schools of design for architecture...
- Tags: Network, Network Design, Networking, Network Administration
- White papers 2002-11-01
- Which college courses have enhanced your IT career?
- I've taken almost enough accounting courses to qualify as a minor. That allowed me to easily find employment with a company that produces software for credit unions.A series of technical writing courses have helped me to expand my writing and marketing skills and to connect those concepts with my...
- Tags: pennatomcat, education, training, off-topic, information technology
- Discussion threads 2006-05-23
- Is that IT investment paying off? Check the TCO
- Calculating the cost of intangibles like employee training can be an exercise in guesswork. Accounting expert Jack Fox offers these tips to make calculating total cost of ownership a little less onerous.Calculating value for non-material resources can be an exercise in frustration. For example, how does a CIO calculate the...
- Tags: ROI/TCO, Jack Fox, IT investment, TCO, training, information technology
- Technical articles 2000-01-07
- How to measure the value of projects
- I am trying to figure out a good way to measure the productivity of our development area. One way I thought I could do that is by measuring the value of each project implemented. I was wondering if anyone had any success in doing this and any formula...
- Tags: benefit, it management, kstokes@...
- Q&A 2006-02-27
- Boost business productivity by leveraging powerful new features in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007
- Microsoft Office SharePoint Server MOSS 2007 is a powerful collaboration solution that can help you achieve new levels of personal and business productivity. Developers who already own a SharePoint programming book will find that Essential Sharepoint 2007: Delivering High-Impact Collaboration is the ideal companion to a development guide,...
- Tags: Collaboration, Business Productivity, Addison-Wesley, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Groupware, Strategic Planning, Enterprise Software, Software, Strategy, Management
- Book chapters 2007-08-02
- Interesting Thing About Job Hunting....
- Interesting Thing About Job Hunting....Once you get a new job, all those resumes that you sent out are still on someone's desk. I have been on the job with my new employeer for only two months now, and for the second time since accepting my current position, I have...
- Tags: job, osumiller@..., career, salary, changing jobs, benifits
- Discussion threads 2006-03-17
- Managers should adopt a technical mentor
- With technology constantly changing, it’s hard to keep your knowledge base updated when you’re in a management position and are preoccupied with budget and personnel issues. But you might try picking up a technology mentor to help you keep up to date. A good mentor is usually a senior developer...
- Tags: Programming languages, Matthew Osborn, mentor, technical mentor
- Technical articles 2003-02-12
- Leadership vs. Management: Leverage & The Value-add
- Unless your job title is Chief Executive Officer, you’re going to spend the bulk of your time in classic management functions (planning, assuring quality, allocating resources). That means for most of your day you aren’t/can’t be doing the “leadership” stuff (declaring visions, inspiring others, making critical decisions...) that management gurus...
- Tags: Quality Assurance, Responsibility, Leadership, Workload, Management, Blohowiak, performance
- Blog posts 2007-02-07
- Do More with Less: Save money when it comes time to renew your WAN contract
- Let’s say your company has a WAN connection or multiple WANs and the contract term is coming up soon. Unless your existing network is causing you daily headaches, you want to get some free lunches, or you have a lot of free time, you probably are not interested in comparing...
- Tags: WANs, Network technology, NETWORKING, WAN
- Technical articles 2003-09-08
- Five tips on managing consultants
- An outside consultant can offer the expertise that makes the difference between a winning project and a loser. Before your external code guru starts cranking out lines of code, make sure your in-house staff doesn't revolt.Consultants are a fact of life in many software development shops. When your short- or...
- Tags: Team management, Matthew Osborn
- Technical articles 2002-12-03
- Get IT Done: Keep documentation updated with change management
- Use the principles of change management to maintain documentationAs everyone who has ever worked in the IT industry knows, change is inevitable in this business. It is only a matter of time—and usually a short time—before significant changes are made to the network environment. Servers will be upgraded, network segments...
- Tags: Leadership, NETWORKING, Get IT Done, Allen V. Rouse MCSE, MCDBA, CCNA, change management, network, change management process
- Technical articles 2002-11-13
- Should you hire a contractor or a full-time employee?
- If you have a position open in your business, what's the best way to fill it? Should you hire a contractor or a full-time employee. TechRepublic's Pat Gillooly explores the advantages and disadvantages of each option.Each week, our TechRepublic financial team fields a question from working IT pros about the...
- Tags: Benefits, Recruitment & Selection, IT Pro, Patrick Gillooly, benefit
- Technical articles 2000-09-19
- ROI on a data dictionary? "You can pay me now, or pay me later"
- If you Google the term datadictionary, you will get nearly a hundred or more results of definitionsthat generally mean the same thing. A data dictionary is data about data. It iswhat defines the items in your database/s and can be looked to for definitions,structures, use, allowable content, and sometimes business...
- Tags: data dictionary, database, dictionary, ROI
- Blog posts 2006-05-07
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