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May 19, 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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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

Effective print management sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com ANALYST REPORT: Analysts Louella Fernandes and Clive Longbottom offer tips on developing an effective print management strategy. Posted: 02 Apr 2013 \| Published: 02 Apr 2013 TOPICS: Multifunction Peripheral Hardware \| Print Management \| Print Management Services \| Print Management Software \| Printers \| Printing Protocols \| 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

Pricing Cloud Storage sponsored by TwinStrata, Inc. EGUIDE: Learn about pay-as-you-go cloud storage options and better storage spending in this expert presentation transcript from Storage Decisions Chicago. Explore cloud storage vs. traditional systems, find out what you should consider in a cloud storage cost/benefit analysis and discover how to get discounts if you do invest! Posted: 18 Mar 2013 \| Published: 18 Mar 2013 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Cloud Management \| Cloud Storage \| Cloud Storage Services \| Cloud Storage Strategy \| Cost Benefit Analysis \| Data Storage \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Spending \| TCO

Podcast: Video Tip Guide (Pricing Cloud Storage) sponsored by TwinStrata, Inc. PODCAST: Today's organizations can certainly avoid purchasing storage they don't use by investing in pay-as-you-go cloud pricing models. This expert podcast elaborates on the benefits of cloud storage from a cost standpoint and provides tips to help you evaluate storage TCO and get the best discounts from vendors. Posted: 18 Mar 2013 \| Premiered: Mar 8, 2013 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Cloud Storage \| Cloud Storage Services \| Cloud Storage Strategy \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Management \| Storage Spending \| TCO

Webcast: Video Tip Guide (Pricing Cloud Storage) sponsored by TwinStrata, Inc. WEBCAST: Today's organizations have a way out of purchasing storage they don't use: Pay-as-you-go cloud pricing models. This video elaborates on the benefits of cloud storage from a cost standpoint and provides tips to help you evaluate storage TCO and get the best discounts from vendors. Posted: 18 Mar 2013 \| Premiered: Mar 7, 2013 TOPICS: Cloud Management \| Cloud Storage \| Cloud Storage Services \| Cloud Storage Strategy \| Storage Best Practices \| Storage Spending \| TCO

Calculating Cloud ROI : From the Customer Perspective sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com ESSENTIAL GUIDE: This white paper lays out a framework to help IT and business decision makers calculate the return on investment of cloud services. Posted: 15 Mar 2013 \| Published: 01 Jul 2012 TOPICS: Benefits \| Cloud Computing \| Cost Benefit Analysis \| Risk Assessment \| ROI \| 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

Webcast: TCO and Security of Enterprise Grade Mobility sponsored by BlackBerry VIDEOCAST: The private sector has a lot to learn by studying the enterprise mobility trends affecting public sector organizations. Join Andrew Brown of Strategy Analytics as he helps participants understand these similarities and the lessons to be learned from them. Posted: 29 Jan 2013 \| Premiered: Jan 29, 2013 TOPICS: Enterprise \| Enterprise Computing \| Enterprise Resource Management \| Mobile Device Management \| Mobile Workers \| Public Sector \| TCO

Simple, Secure, Smart Tape Storage Management: StorageTek Tape Analytics sponsored by Oracle Corporation UK Ltd WEBCAST: Oracle's StorageTek Tape Analytics software simplifies tape storage management because it takes a proactive approach to eliminate library, drive, and media errors thorough an intelligent monitoring software application available exclusively for Oracle's StorageTek tape libraries. Check out this informative webcast to learn more. Posted: 28 Dec 2012 \| Premiered: Oct 25, 2012 TOPICS: Oracle (Product) \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Optimization \| Tape Backups \| Tape Drive Controllers \| Tape Drives \| Tape Heads \| Tape Libraries \| 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

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

BYOD Advantages: Save Money, Mobilize Workers, Embrace the Cloud sponsored by Webroot EGUIDE: This E-Guide from SearchConsumerization.com explores how – with the proper security and management strategies – BYOD can be a win-win for both your employees and your organization. View now to learn more! Posted: 26 Feb 2013 \| Published: 26 Feb 2013 TOPICS: Cloud Security \| Collaboration \| Endpoint Security \| Handheld Device Security \| Handheld Devices \| Mobile Device Management \| Mobile Workers \| Smart Phones \| Spend Management \| Tablet PC \| TCO \| Wireless Security

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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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