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May 23, 2013

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ALSO CALLED: IT TCO, Cost of Ownership, Cost Savings Calculators, Total Cost of Ownership, Cost Calculators, 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 cost of purchase, all things considered. When you decide to buy a computer you may go through a TCO analysis: for example, … Definition continues below.
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The Total Economic Impact Of Brocade VCS Fabric Technology sponsored by Brocade WHITE PAPER: This Forrester Consulting research paper examines the total economic impact and potential ROI of implementing an Ethernet fabric in your data center network. View now to learn more. Posted: 22 May 2013 \| Published: 29 Mar 2013 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Data Center Design \| Data Center Networking \| Data Center Power Management \| Ethernet Networks \| Ethernet Switches \| Network Architectures \| Network Capacity \| Network Design \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Performance \| Network Traffic Management \| Networking \| Networking Hardware \| ROI \| Switch Fabric \| TCO

Open Fabric Edge - The Best Attributes of the Data Center, Now Delivered to the Edge sponsored by Extreme Networks WHITE PAPER: Can your network accommodate the new requirements demanded on it? Explore how Ethernet switching can provide the flexibility, scalability, and resiliency you need to embrace the trends and technologies that will give your business a competitive advantage. Posted: 17 May 2013 \| Published: 30 Apr 2013 TOPICS: Capital Expenditures \| Data Center Design \| Data Center Networking \| Ethernet Networks \| Ethernet Switches \| Load Balancing \| Network Architectures \| Network Design \| Network Infrastructure \| Networking \| Networking Hardware \| ROI \| Switch Fabric \| Switched Ethernet \| TCO

A Small Business Guide to Unified Communications sponsored by Channel Transformation Alliance WHITE PAPER: Uncover the fundamental challenges SMBs today encounter and learn how UC can help your SMB be more successful. In addition, view a number of best practice recommendations for evaluating potential UC systems. Posted: 16 May 2013 \| Published: 30 Dec 2011 TOPICS: Collaboration \| Collaborative Applications Software \| Communications Systems \| Instant Messaging \| IP Telephony \| Mobile Workers \| ROI \| Small Businesses \| SMBs \| TCO \| Unified Messaging \| Unified Messaging Systems \| Videoconferences \| Web Conferences

The Total Cost of Ownership Benchmarking Study for Unified Communications sponsored by Channel Transformation Alliance WHITE PAPER: This Aberdeen Group report provides analysis on the total cost of ownership (TCO) associated with IP and legacy TDM telephony systems. View now for insight on various solutions and how they compare on eight metrics on upfront CAPEX and OPEX, as well as recurring costs. Posted: 14 May 2013 \| Published: 31 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Capital Expenditures \| IP Telephony \| Systems Management \| TCO \| Telephony Systems \| Training \| Unified Messaging

Assessing the TCO of Unified vs. Parallel Backup Solutions for Virtual Environments sponsored by Symantec Corporation WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses what to look for in a virtualization protection solution and explores the features and benefits of both separate and unified solutions for protecting the virtual components of a modern infrastructure. Read on to discover the total cost of ownership of these two types of solutions and learn the ins and outs of each. Posted: 07 May 2013 \| Published: 28 Feb 2013 TOPICS: Backup for Virtualized Servers \| Backups \| Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Data Management \| Server Virtualization \| Storage for Virtualized Servers \| Storage Management \| TCO \| Virtual Machine \| Virtual Machine Backups

Nemertes – Video Conferencing: A Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Analysis sponsored by Vidyo, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This Nemertes Research paper analyzes the network, hardware, and operational costs of four of today's leading video conferencing vendors' solutions to help you understand the true TCO of video conferencing. Posted: 06 May 2013 \| Published: 31 Dec 2012 TOPICS: Capital Expenditures \| Collaboration \| Collaborative Applications Software \| IT Infrastructure \| Network Infrastructure \| Remote Users \| TCO \| Videoconferences \| Videoconferencing Hardware \| Videoconferencing Services \| Videoconferencing Software \| Videoconferencing Standards \| Videoconferencing Systems

Enhance Your SaaS Application With Advanced Business Intelligence sponsored by Information Builders WHITE PAPER: As the SaaS market continues to explode, many providers are presenting more strategic offerings, such as advanced BI functionality. This paper warns, however, of the issues you may face when adding BI to your application and will help you make sure you're choosing the right partner. Posted: 01 May 2013 \| Published: 01 May 2013 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Scalability Testing \| Self-Service Applications Software \| Software as a Service \| TCO

IT Checklist: 5 tips to achieve cloud, virtualization nirvana sponsored by VMware, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This e-book presents 5 essential tech tips for IT leaders preparing to take their first step toward a virtualized infrastructure. Posted: 19 Apr 2013 \| Published: 19 Apr 2013 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Data Center Management \| Server Hardware \| Server Virtualization \| TCO \| Virtual Machine \| VMware

A Total Cost of Ownership Comparison of MongoDB & Oracle sponsored by 10gen WHITE PAPER: In this resource, database administrators, business executives and IT leaders will find a complete TCO analysis of Oracle Database and MongoDB, including upfront and operational costs of these platforms. Gain the information you need to make a strategic database choice by reading on. Posted: 19 Apr 2013 \| Published: 31 Mar 2013 TOPICS: Cost Benefit Analysis \| Database Administration \| Database Administrators \| Database Architectures \| Database Management \| Database Performance Management \| Databases \| Oracle (Product) \| TCO \| Vendor Selection

Winning the Customer Service Battle... In the Cloud sponsored by Siemens Enterprise Communications WHITE PAPER: Poor customer service is a costly business practice. The time to differentiate your customer service strategy is now – and the cloud can help. View now to learn about cloud contact centers and how they can benefit your business. Posted: 04 Apr 2013 \| Published: 04 Apr 2013 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Cloud CRM \| Contact Center Management \| Contact Center Services \| Contact Center Software \| Contact Centers \| Contact Management \| CRM \| Customer Loyalty \| Customer Satisfaction \| Customer Service \| Customer Service Best Practices \| Remote Users \| TCO

Take Control of Content for Information Governance sponsored by OpenText WHITE PAPER: Read this informative white paper to learn more about how you can take control of the content in your enterprise. With the growth of content, information governance becomes even more important. Learn how to virtually eliminate risk and cost to your business by consulting this resource now. Posted: 26 Mar 2013 \| Published: 26 Mar 2013 TOPICS: Content Management \| Content Management Services \| Content Management Software \| Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) \| TCO

The cost-effective, application fluent approach to network convergence sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise WHITE PAPER: Discover how you can deliver a high-quality user experience, accommodate user needs, and lift some of the burden from your IT staff with an application fluent converged network solution. Posted: 08 Mar 2013 \| Published: 30 Mar 2012 TOPICS: Applications Management \| Bandwidth Management \| Cloud Computing \| Converged Networks \| Gigabit Ethernet \| IPv6 \| LAN \| Mobile Workers \| Network Performance \| Networking \| ROI \| Smart Phones \| Tablet PC \| TCO \| WLAN

In Search of the Long-Term Archiving Solution — Tape Delivers Significant TCO Advantage over Disk sponsored by The LTO Program WHITE PAPER: Access this white paper to explore the results of a TCO (total cost of ownership) study of tape vs. disk as the primary storage media for archiving. Read on to explore which medium has a significant TCO advantage over the other. Posted: 01 Mar 2013 \| Published: 23 Dec 2010 TOPICS: Data Storage \| Disk Backups \| Disk Storage Systems \| Storage Media \| Tape Backups \| TCO

An Executive Guide to Video Communications sponsored by Avaya WHITE PAPER: Connecting dispersed workforces, partners, and clients doesn't have to be such a challenge – especially when you have video conferencing on your side. View this whitepaper to learn the benefits of this easy-to-use, affordable collaboration tool! Posted: 20 Feb 2013 \| Published: 30 Jun 2011 TOPICS: Bandwidth Management \| Collaboration \| Collaborative Applications Software \| Contact Center Management \| Contact Centers \| Mobile Workers \| Remote Office Connectivity \| Remote Offices \| Remote Users \| TCO \| Videoconferences \| Videoconferencing Hardware \| Videoconferencing Services \| Videoconferencing Software \| Videoconferencing Standards \| Videoconferencing Systems

Best Practice Guide to Reducing Your Cost of Compliance sponsored by Lumension WHITE PAPER: With the cost of compliance expected to rise, organizations must find ways to streamline compliance spending to maintain IT operations and IT security service levels in the coming year. Here are some useful best practices to slash regulatory overhead and improve the effectiveness of your compliance spend. Posted: 31 Jan 2013 \| Published: 31 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Budgeting \| Compliance (Systems Operations) \| Compliance Audits \| Compliance Best Practices \| Data Security \| Regulatory Compliance \| Security \| Security Best Practices \| Security Management \| Security Spending \| Spreadsheets \| TCO

The Era of Collosal Content Arrives sponsored by Oracle Corporation UK Ltd WHITE PAPER: In this paper, explore tier-3 archive challenges and how to beat them, learn about the impending "era of colossal content," find 12 comparisons between tape and HDD, and get the scoop on modern tiered storage approach that optimizes the storage infrastructure through a combination of SSD, disk and tape. Posted: 18 Dec 2012 \| Published: 24 Dec 2012 TOPICS: ASP \| Capacity on Demand \| Compliance (Systems Operations) \| Content Archiving \| Data Centers \| Data Management \| Data Storage \| Oracle (Product) \| Storage Appliances \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Optimization \| TCO \| Tiered Storage

Oracle StorageTek Tape Storage—A ClearWinner Over IBM sponsored by Oracle Corporation UK Ltd WHITE PAPER: This white paper compares Oracle's enterprise tape offerings to the latest IBM enterprise tape offerings and describes how Oracle's industry-leading capacity, performance and flexibility can help IT organizations manage complexity, control costs, and deliver on service level agreements. Posted: 17 Dec 2012 \| Published: 31 Dec 2012 TOPICS: Oracle (Product) \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Optimization \| Tape Backups \| Tape Drive Controllers \| Tape Drives \| Tape Heads \| Tape Libraries \| TCO

Oracle Business Intelligence Foundation Suite sponsored by Oracle Corporation UK Ltd WHITE PAPER: This paper is written for BI technical professionals and provides an in-depth overview of the Oracle BI Foundation Suite functional capabilities and technical architecture. Posted: 11 Dec 2012 \| Published: 27 Jan 2011 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Intelligence Software \| Dashboards \| Database Administration \| Database Management \| Oracle (Product) \| Reporting Software \| TCO

Oracle StorageTek Tape Storage—A Clear Winner Over IBM sponsored by Oracle Corporation WHITE PAPER: This white paper compares Oracle's enterprise tape offerings to the latest IBM enterprise tape offerings and describes how Oracle's industry-leading capacity, performance and flexibility can help IT organizations manage complexity, control costs, and deliver on service level agreements. Posted: 15 Oct 2012 \| Published: 31 Dec 2011 TOPICS: Oracle (Product) \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Optimization \| Tape Backups \| Tape Drive Controllers \| Tape Drives \| Tape Heads \| Tape Libraries \| TCO

Applications Management Services- Enterprise At-a-Glance sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Limited WHITE PAPER: This resource is designed to help you effectively manage your mission-critical applications while increasing service quality and reducing your TCO. Posted: 05 Sep 2012 \| Published: 05 Sep 2012 TOPICS: Application Life-Cycle Management \| Application Performance Management \| Oracle (Product) \| SAP (Product) \| Software Maintenance \| TCO

Reduce Costs with CA's Mainframe 2.0 sponsored by CA Technologies. WHITE PAPER: This expert e-guide discusses the key advantages of a family of mainframe management products that helps IT managers dramatically reduce administrative costs for mainframe server environments. Posted: 11 Mar 2013 \| Published: 11 Mar 2013 TOPICS: Database Administration \| Mainframe Computers \| Server Consolidation \| Server Hardware \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Consolidation \| TCO

Unified Data Center Fabric: Reduce Costs and Improve Flexibility sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Discover how implementing a Unified Fabric can reduce costs and improve the alignment of data center assets to better fulfill business requirements. Posted: 18 Oct 2012 \| Published: 18 Oct 2012 TOPICS: Data Center Cooling \| Data Center Design \| Data Center Networking \| Data Center Power Management \| LAN \| Network Architectures \| Network Design \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Network Performance \| Network Traffic Management \| Networking \| SAN \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| TCO \| Virtual Machine \| VM

5 Key Steps for Moving Away From Tape Backup sponsored by ExaGrid Systems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Access this 5-step guide to making the transition from tape to disk with dedupe backups. Read on to explore the drawbacks of tape backup and to learn the key functional requirements of a disk backup system with deduplication. Posted: 13 Aug 2012 \| Published: 13 Aug 2012 TOPICS: Backups \| Data Deduplication \| Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Disk Backups \| Tape Backups \| Tape Libraries \| TCO

Optimize IT Control and Maximize End User Freedom With VMware View sponsored by VMware WHITE PAPER: Explore the only end-to-end desktop virtualization platform that can help you simplify and secure your desktops while decreasing costs with a cloud-based delivery model. Read on to learn about the advanced features and technologies in VMware View 5. Posted: 26 Jun 2012 \| Published: 26 Jun 2012 TOPICS: Desktop Management \| Desktop Virtualization \| TCO \| VDI \| Virtual Desktop Infrastructure \| VMware

Top Strategies for Lowering Desktop TCO sponsored by VMware WHITE PAPER: This Gartner report illustrates how to decrease the hardware and support costs of desktop management. Posted: 25 Jun 2012 \| Published: 03 Feb 2011 TOPICS: Applications Management \| Desktop Applications Management \| Desktop Management \| Desktop Virtualization \| TCO \| User Experience

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TCO DEFINITION (continued): … 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 performs calculations on extended costs for any purchase - these are called fully burdened costs. For the consumer's purchase of a computer, the fully burdened cost may include costs of purchase, repairs, maintenance, and upgrades. …
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