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- Sanity check: Seven hot acronyms IT pros are talking about
- IT professionals adore acronyms and shorthand. That's one of the reasons why normal people think IT pros are speaking a foreign language when we talk amongst ourselves. If you want to keep up with trends in IT management for 2008, familiarize yourself with this list of hot acronyms that your...
- Tags: Business Intelligence, Information Technology, CMDB, BPM Business Process Management, BI Business Intelligence, TCO Total Cost Of Ownership, SOA Service-Oriented Architecture, ITIL Information Technology Infrastructure Library, ITIL, Strategy, Roi/Tco, It Services, Management, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-02-03
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- Calculating Your Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
- In today's IT world, all IT Managers need to know what the acronym TCO means and understand how their TCO number relates to the standards touted by the industry press. How do you REALLY calculate your Total Cost of Ownership for a desktop PC? Automated TCO...
- Tags: TCO, Roi/Tco, Finance, Managerial Accounting
- White papers
- Printer Total Cost of Ownership Assessment White Paper
- Total Cost of Ownership TCO is a method of calculating both the direct and the hidden costs of an equipment purchase. While it can be applied to any type of equipment, this paper will address TCO as it pertains to printers used as computer peripherals and networked print servers in...
- Tags: TCO, Roi/Tco, Printers, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Hardware, Peripherals
- White papers 2004-08-31
- Total Cost of Ownership and Cost Reduction Analyses: An Evaluation of End User Computing Costs
- This White Paper examines a number of components of the Total Cost of Ownership TCO equation. The paper shows how TCO can be applied effectively, and successfully, to reduce operating expenditures. It explores the four major cost components of client-server computing, examines the cost differences between desktop computing and network...
- Tags: Cost Reduction, TCO, Roi/Tco, Finance, Managerial Accounting
- White papers
- Standardize Your Desktop Hardware to Reduce TCO
- This How-To Guide will cover the basic terminology and concepts behind the total cost of ownership TCO concept, explain the cost components that go into computing TCO, and explain why and how desktop hardware standardization confers TCO advantages and control.
- Tags: Desktop, Hewlett-Packard Co., TCO, Hardware, Roi/Tco, Finance, Managerial Accounting
- White papers 2005-02-14
- Reducing Server Total Cost of Ownership With VMware Virtualization Software
- This paper examines how VMware virtualization software reduces Total Cost of Ownership TCO in server environments and provides almost immediate Return On Investment ROI. This paper describes commonly used TCO models and looks at several case studies that apply TCO models to virtualization projects. VMware customers across the board have...
- Tags: Software, Server, VMware Inc., TCO, Roi/Tco, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Hardware, Storage
- White papers 2006-02-16
- Evaluating the SSD Total Cost of Ownership
- This paper explores the benefits of Solid State Drives SSDs and how they impact the Total Cost of Ownership TCO within the mobile PC environment. The technology factors that make SSDs a viable and beneficial option are discussed in this context. The metrics used in this TCO analysis are associated...
- Tags: TCO, International Data Group, Roi/Tco, Storage, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Hardware
- White papers 2007-11-01
- Managing Your Total Cost of Ownership
- Understanding the value of an IT investment can be a real challenge. That's why SAP, in collaboration with the Americas' SAP Users' Group ASUG, developed a benchmarking initiative on Total Cost of Ownership that's designed to tease out best practices for managing TCO.
- Tags: Benchmarking, SAP AG, TCO, Roi/Tco, Finance, Managerial Accounting
- White papers 2006-01-01
- TCO Analyst A White Paper on GartnerGroup’s Next Generation Total Cost of Ownership Methodology
- With great expectations we launch into a new era of IT cost analysis, leveraging a decade of research on the total cost of computing. We are proud that we have established a leadership role in TCO analysis, but are humbled by the impact TCO has had on the industry....
- Tags: Gartner Inc., TCO, Analysis, Roi/Tco, Finance, Managerial Accounting
- White papers
- Desktop TCO Update 2003
- Gartner's total cost of ownership update reinforces that switching operating systems generally results in minor changes to TCO. Enterprises should focus on improving manageability to achieve bigger TCO reductions. This white paper discusses how desktop and mobile client platforms are expected to evolve during the next five years.
- Tags: Desktop, Hewlett-Packard Co., Gartner Inc., TCO, Roi/Tco, Finance, Managerial Accounting
- White papers 2004-06-10
- Determining Total Cost of Ownership for Data Center and Network Room Infrastructure
- This paper describes an improved method for measuring Total Cost of Ownership of data center and network room physical infrastructure and relating these costs to the overall Information Technology infrastructure. Along with examples, the cost drivers of TCO are quantified. The largest cost driver is shown to be unnecessary...
- Tags: American Power Conversion Corp., Data Center, Network, TCO, Infrastructure, Roi/Tco, Data Centers, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
- White papers 2005-12-08
- Controlling TCO with HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array
- While the off-the-shelf costs of storage devices continue to drop, IT purchasing decisions should never be driven by a product’s acquisition price alone. What matters most is the total cost of ownership TCO, or how much the product will cost over its intended period of use. Of course, calculating the...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., HP StorageWorks, TCO, Roi/Tco, Storage, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Hardware
- White papers 2005-06-01
- Certification and Accreditation: Total Cost of Ownership
- Xacta has done more to streamline and automate the Certification and Accreditation (C&A) process than any other solutions provider. This paper shows how Xacta solutions can significantly reduce the cost of C&A compliance. When looking for a C&A automation product, it is important to determine how much manual labor it...
- Tags: Certification, Telos Corp., Compliance, TCO, Xacta, Roi/Tco, Finance, Managerial Accounting
- White papers 2005-06-01
- Small Business Server 2003: Total Cost of Ownership-Level 100
- Learn the additional costs you should consider when purchasing a server for your small business. If you are using a peer-to-peer network and considering your first server, or if you are looking at upgrading your current server environment, there are costs beyond the initial purchase price. This webcast will discuss...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Small Business Server, Environment, TCO, Microsoft Corp., Roi/Tco, Servers, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Hardware
- Webcasts
- Data Center TCO; A Comparison of High-Density and Low-Density Spaces
- The cost to build and operate a modern Data Center continues to increase. This Total Cost of Ownership TCO includes capital and operational expenses. The good news in all of this is the performance or compute capabilities in the same Data Center DC is increasing at a much higher rate...
- Tags: Data Center, TCO, Data Centers, Roi/Tco, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Finance, Managerial Accounting
- White papers 2005-02-01
- Windows Vista Can Help GarantiBank Reduce Per PC Total Cost of Ownership by 6 Percent
- As Turkey's third-largest private bank, GarantiBank maintains a highly organized and efficient IT infrastructure. A Total Cost of Ownership TCO analysis conducted at GarantiBank in spring 2006 found that upgrading the bank's PCs to Microsoft Windows Vista from Windows XP would enable the bank to reduce overall TCO per PC....
- Tags: Bank, PC, Microsoft Windows Vista, TCO, Roi/Tco, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Case studies
- Download this aid for calculating total cost of ownership
- The total cost of ownership TCO is an accounting methodology that is proving to be crucial in making sound IT decisions in today’s marketplace. The TCO of a computing system is made up of more than just the cost of acquiring and activating a system. The TCO also includes the...
- Tags: ROI/TCO, TCO
- Technical articles 2003-01-28
- Ballmer security pitch leaves skeptics unswayed
- TCOWhere does total cost of ownership fit into that subscription model MS wants for everyone?
- Tags: ROI/TCO
- Discussion threads 2004-10-26
- Lower TCO for Windows-Based Services Fuels Profitability for Italian Hosting Leader
- Numerous Total Cost of Ownership TCO studies have compared the cost of an infrastructure based on Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and one based on Linux. Microsoft wanted to understand TCO in the context of the Web hosting services environment, with particular emphasis on the relationship between TCO and the contribution...
- Tags: Leader, TCO, Microsoft Corp., Contribution Margin, Roi/Tco, Microsoft Windows, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Operating Systems, Software
- Case studies
- What Does IT Really Cost: Managing Cost With ABC & TCO
- From a strategic cost management perspective, the IT environment is very unique. There are several IT financial planning & charge-back mechanisms that can be used based on variable service levels options, technology refreshment life-cycles, allocation based and usage based cost models to manage cost. The Activity Based Costing ABC and...
- Tags: Business Process, ABC Inc., Information Technology, TCO, Roi/Tco, Managerial Accounting, Operational Planning, Finance, Business Operations
- Webcasts
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