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TCO

ALSO CALLED: IT TCO, Cost of Ownership, Cost Savings Calculators, Total Cost of Ownership, Cost Calculators, and TCO Calculators
DEFINITION: TCO (total cost of ownership) is a type of calculation designed to help consumers and enterprise managers assess both direct and indirect costs and benefits related to the purchase of any IT component. The intention is to arrive at a final figure that will reflect the effective  … 
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Ten Tips for Reducing Storage TCO
sponsored by LSI Corporation
WHITE PAPER: This white paper outlines the top ten strategic steps that should be taken to reduce the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of a storage infrastructure.
Posted: 14 Oct 2008 | Published: 14 Oct 2008
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Maximizing Business Agility with the Dynamic Data Center
sponsored by Egenera, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: The first phase of virtualization - server consolidation- delivers lower costs, less crowded floor space, and a smaller carbon footprint. Leveraging virtualization.
Posted: 10 Oct 2008 | Published: 10 Oct 2008
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Document Solutions IP Faxing versus Conventional Faxing: A Critical Analysis
sponsored by Premiere Global Services
WHITE PAPER: This white paper uses examples in three industries with the heaviest fax usage - finance, healthcare, and insurance - to demonstrate costs and risks that are shared across all industries.
Posted: 10 Oct 2008 | Published: 10 Oct 2008
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The Cisco MDS 9000 8-GB SAN Solutions - An Overview
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
SOFTWARE DEMO: The Cisco MDS 9000 8-GB SAN Solutions reinforces the Cisco commitment to full and seamless product interoperability and consistency, as it protects the investment, lower your TCO and reinforces the vision and value.
Posted: 08 Oct 2008 | Published: 08 Oct 2008
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Strategies for PST File Elimination
sponsored by Mimosa Systems
WHITE PAPER: This paper reviews Mimosa NearPoint for Microsoft Exchange, a disk-based data management solution which optimizes the storage capabilities of Microsoft Exchange Server.
Posted: 07 Oct 2008 | Published: 03 Oct 2008
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The Path to Securing Enterprise Desktops: From Personal Computers to Personalized Computing
sponsored by VMware, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This IDC white paper considers desktop virtualization, specifically as made available by VMware's VDI and ACE; it also considers the benefits and limitations of these technologies and best use cases, exemplified through user case studies.
Posted: 07 Oct 2008 | Published: 01 Jul 2007
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What You Need to Know to Become More Productive
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This paper offers several strategies for IT managers to consider in increasing company productivity.
Posted: 06 Oct 2008 | Published: 03 Oct 2008
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Faster, Cheaper, Safer: Improving Agility, TCO, and Security with Agentless Job Scheduling
sponsored by BMC Software, Inc
WHITE PAPER: This Enterprise Management Associates paper explores some of the byproducts of agent-based job scheduling, reviews of agentless job scheduling, and provides recommendations for deploying job scheduling.
Posted: 03 Oct 2008 | Published: 01 Aug 2006
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Learn How to Take IPTV to the Next Level with TPSDA 2.0
sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent
WHITE PAPER: This paper describes the challenges operators face in next generation service delivery and how TPSDA helps operators transform their networks to realize mass-market delivery of profitable blended voice, video and data services.
Posted: 02 Oct 2008 | Published: 02 Oct 2008
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IBM Cognos Pricing Makes More Projects Possible
sponsored by Cognos, an IBM Company
WHITE PAPER: IBM Cognos has a flexible and tiered pricing grid that enables companies to cost effectively deliver BI and PM benefits to more users, and more types of users.
Posted: 02 Oct 2008 | Published: 02 Oct 2008
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Maximize the Business Value of Datacenters with Intel, IBM and VMware
sponsored by IBM and Intel
PRODUCT LITERATURE: Learn how high performance virtualization solutions running on IBM and Intel technology can provide increased agility for your business.
Posted: 01 Oct 2008 | Published: 30 Sep 2008
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IBM X-Architecture Blueprint: An Overview
sponsored by IBM and Intel
WHITE PAPER: Read how the X-Architecture blueprint takes a comprehensive approach - innovative hardware, software and services - to solve customer challenges through an evolving design approach to System x, BladeCenter, iDataPlex servers.
Posted: 01 Oct 2008 | Published: 30 Sep 2008
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IBM System x Enterprise Servers in the New Enterprise Data Center
sponsored by IBM and Intel
PRODUCT LITERATURE: See how virtualizing and consolidation on IBM System x™ and Intel systems can provide you with 27% better performance and 15% lower power consumption than the competition.
Posted: 01 Oct 2008 | Published: 30 Sep 2008
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Intel: Comparing Two- and Four-Socket Platforms for Server Virtualization
sponsored by IBM and Intel
WHITE PAPER: Which platform is the best for your virtualization projects? Read this Intel IT report to learn how various solutions compare.
Posted: 01 Oct 2008 | Published: 30 Sep 2008
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Purchasing Storage: What the Vendors Don't Want You to Know
sponsored by Storage Decisions and i365, A Seagate Company
WHITE PAPER: This document will help you plan to make a major storage purchase by explaining how to maximize your storage budget, how to negotiate with vendors, and how to make storage decisions without politics.
Posted: 01 Oct 2008 | Published: 30 Sep 2008
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Spansion® EcoRAM™ to Improve TCO and Power Consumption in X86 Data Centers
sponsored by Spansion, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: Data centers are bursting at the seams for power, space and budget. This paper explains the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) benefits of a Spansion EcoRAM- based server versus traditional DRAM- based servers.
Posted: 26 Sep 2008 | Published: 26 Sep 2008
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Squeezing Ongoing Costs throughout the SAP Life Cycle
sponsored by Acresso
WHITE PAPER: This document explains about the subject of squeezing ongoing costs throughout the SAP life cycle.
Posted: 26 Sep 2008 | Published: 26 Sep 2008
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The Business Case for HP BladeSystem: A Guide for Financial and IT Managers of Mid-sized Businesses
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER: This paper will help financial managers and IT managers understand the benefits of TCO to build a solid business justification for technology purchase.
Posted: 23 Sep 2008 | Published: 23 Sep 2008
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Simplify Your IT Infrastructure: Reduce Total Cost of Ownership
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER: This paper will help to determine how a blade infrastructure reduces the number of servers and storage systems you need, maximizes rack space, reduces heat buildup and increases manageability.
Posted: 23 Sep 2008 | Published: 23 Sep 2008
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Benefits of Integrated Web Application Security
sponsored by Citrix
WHITE PAPER: This paper clarifies the specific security capabilities that an ideal web application delivery solution should exhibit. It also discusses the advantages that a tightly integrated module of the Citrix NetScaler Web application delivery solution presents.
Posted: 19 Sep 2008 | Published: 18 Sep 2008
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Podcast: The Evolution of Data Integration and Quality Software
sponsored by Business Objects
PODCAST: In this podcast, learn about the evolution of data integration and data quality and the trends that can affect your future data processes. Explore ways you can automate data management and the benefits of moving toward a single data services architecture.
Posted: 19 Sep 2008 | Premiered: 02 May 2008, 09:00 EDT (13:00 GMT)
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Automation Drives Efficiencies
sponsored by CA
WEBCAST: This webcast walks you through the steps to create an automation plan that will reduce errors and increase service availability and efficiency. You will hear world-renowned IT analyst Judith Hurwitz's recommendations for designing an automation plan.
Posted: 18 Sep 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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Enabling Change with an Enterprise Portal and SOA Strategy
sponsored by SAP America Inc
CASE STUDY: In this case study Wyeth implemented a combined portal interface and enterprise service-oriented architecture based on the SAP NetWeaver technology platform. Discover how it quickly creates powerful applications that open lucrative new sales channels.
Posted: 18 Sep 2008 | Published: 18 Sep 2008
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TCO DEFINITION (continued): …  cost of purchase, all things considered. When you decide to buy a computer you may go through a TCO analysis: for example, the greater cost price of a high-end computer might be one consideration, but one that would have to be balanced by adding likely repair costs and earlier replacement to the purchase cost of the bargain brand.

TCO analysis originated with the Gartner Group several years ago and has since been developed in a number of different methodologies and software tools. TCO analysis … 
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