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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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IBM X-Architecture Technology: A Story of Innovation for x86-Based Servers
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 16 May 2008 | Published: 01 Mar 2007
SUMMARY: In this white paper, you'll see how IBM helped elevate x86 servers to mission critical roles by incorporating X-Architecture® technologies.

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Centralized Network Management
sponsored by Stonesoft Inc.
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 14 May 2008 | Published: 01 Apr 2008
SUMMARY: The purpose of this paper is to assist business and IT leaders in determining the network management strategy and architecture for their organization and to provide practical advice on how to implement the best strategy to drive tangible business value.

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Optimizing the Lead-to-Order Process
sponsored by ACCESS COMMERCE
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 13 May 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2007
SUMMARY: This paper is written specifically for non-IT executives, with the primary objectives to describe the LTO process and how software provides value to these business process improvements.

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Going Green Is Good Business
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 08 May 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2007
SUMMARY: This Q&A-style article from CIO Green Edge Zone covers some of the many ways businesses can benefit through green technologies.

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HP Thin Client Computing
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 28 Apr 2008 | Published: 01 Jul 2006
SUMMARY: With HP thin client computing, the complexity of managing the desktop environment is greatly reduced by centralizing applications.

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Seven Ways to Lower Storage TCO
sponsored by Compellent
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 25 Apr 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2008
SUMMARY: Compellent's innovative storage platform helps organizations dramatically reduce both capital and operating expenses, while improving data availability and recovery.

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IT Briefing - The Benefits for Next Gen NAS
sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 15 Apr 2008 | Published: 01 Apr 2008
SUMMARY: This IT Briefing discusses traditional NAS technologies and explains how new, next-generation NAS solutions are making an impact on storage today. Read this IT Briefing to learn more about the future of NAS technologies and what they will mean for you.

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Data Deduplication and Disk-to-Disk Backup Systems Part II: Business Considerations
sponsored by Data Domain
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 10 Apr 2008 | Published: 10 Apr 2008
SUMMARY: This white paper examines the business considerations of implementing deduplication, including the key components of a data deduplication ROI analysis and a list of questions every organisation should ask potential vendors.

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Lowering Enterprise Software Total Cost of Ownership through an Enterprise Application
sponsored by OnDemand Software
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 08 Apr 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2005
SUMMARY: This white paper examines the challenge of keeping a lid on enterprise software costs, explores how an effective training platform can help reduce enterprise software TCO.

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Accelerating Information System Interoperability for Secured Business Processes Automation
sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent
WHITE PAPER:   Posted: 01 Apr 2008 | Published: 01 Feb 2008
SUMMARY: An emerging alternative model for services-oriented architecture (SOA) deployment includes a network-embedded SOA backbone that provides IT system interoperability for corporate-wide security and regulatory compliance.

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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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