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Feb 9, 2012

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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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Assessing the Total Cost of Ownership for BI sponsored by LogiXML WHITE PAPER: This report provides mid-market organizations a framework for evaluating the total cost of ownership (TCO) of business intelligence (BI) solutions. Posted: 01 Feb 2012 \| Published: 01 Feb 2012 TOPICS: Analytic Applications Software \| Business Intelligence \| Data Analytics \| Reporting Software \| Small Businesses \| SMBs \| TCO

The Power of NAM-3 sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc. PRODUCT OVERVIEW: Access today’s product overview to learn about the advantages of Cat6500 Series Cisco Prime NAM-3, a next-generation integrated service module. Posted: 26 Jan 2012 \| Published: 26 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Network Architectures \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Network Traffic Analysis \| Network Traffic Management \| Switches \| Switching \| TCO \| WAN

Introduction to NAM 5.1 sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc. PRODUCT OVERVIEW: Uncover how you can deliver network visibility to optimize resources, troubleshoot performance issues, and ensure a consistent end-user experience by implementing a network analysis module solution. Posted: 26 Jan 2012 \| Published: 26 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Application Monitoring \| Application Performance Management \| Network Architectures \| Network Design \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Network Monitoring \| Network Performance \| Network Performance Management Software \| Network Traffic Analysis \| Network Traffic Management \| Remote Offices \| Remote Users \| TCO \| Virtual Machine \| WAN

Guide to Evaluating Two-Factor Authentication Solutions sponsored by PhoneFactor WHITE PAPER: This white paper will help you choose the two-factor solution that is right for your business. Posted: 06 Jan 2012 \| Published: 06 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Authentication \| Biometrics \| Password Management \| Security Best Practices \| Smart Cards \| SMS \| TCO

Transforming Applications for the Secure, Context-Aware, Instant-On Connected World sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Limited WHITE PAPER: Uncover how Instant-On Enterprises are transforming applications for a secure, context aware, connected environment at work, home, play or on the road. Posted: 04 Jan 2012 \| Published: 04 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Application Infrastructure \| Application Monitoring \| Applications Management \| Cloud Computing \| Mobile Device Management \| Network Architectures \| Network Infrastructure \| RAS (Reliability, Availability, Serviceability) \| TCO

Management and virtualization tools to simplify Windows 7 migration sponsored by Microsoft WHITE PAPER: The Microsoft® Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP), a key part of the Flexible Workstyle solutions, allows you to both simplify and reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO) of your Windows® 7 desktop. Read this white paper to find out more about this advanced approach to desktop management. Posted: 14 Dec 2011 \| Published: 14 Dec 2011 TOPICS: Desktop Applications Management \| Desktop Management \| Desktop Virtualization \| Enterprise Computing \| PC Operating Systems \| TCO \| Windows 7

Desktops Virtualized - Live Chat Transcript sponsored by F5 Networks PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Get answers to key desktop virtualization questions in this presentation transcript of a live chat Q&A session with independent industry experts and bloggers Brian Madden and Gabe Knuth, along with Senior Architect for F5 Networks, Charlie Cano. Posted: 09 Dec 2011 \| Published: 09 Dec 2011 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Desktop Management \| Desktop Virtualization \| Network Management \| TCO \| VDI

LAN CAT Pricing Tool / Energy Calculator sponsored by Avaya ASSESSMENT TOOL: The Avaya LAN Competitive Analysis Tool (LANCAT) provides a comparison of Avaya products vs. competitors in the industry. Posted: 02 Dec 2011 \| Published: 02 Dec 2011 TOPICS: LAN \| LAN Hardware \| LAN Protocols \| Network Architectures \| Network Design \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Network Managers \| Network Monitoring \| Network Performance \| TCO

Server Virtualization: Expert Overview of Costs, Trends and More sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel EGUIDE: Understanding the costs and trends associated with server virtualization is very important, as well as understanding the role of virtual platforms for your business. Posted: 30 Nov 2011 \| Published: 30 Nov 2011 TOPICS: Disaster Recovery \| Disaster Recovery Planning for Virtual Environments \| Fibre Channel \| Hardware \| Network Infrastructure \| ROI \| Server Virtualization \| Software \| TCO \| Virtual Machine \| VM \| VMware

Enhance Virtualization With Multi-Port Server Adapters sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel WHITE PAPER: Intel Ethernet controllers and network adapters are optimized to meet the needs of virtualized data centers. Read this whitepaper to learn more about Multi-Port Intel Ethernet Server Adapters and how they can help you optimize server virtualization. Posted: 30 Nov 2011 \| Published: 30 Nov 2011 TOPICS: 10 Gigabit Ethernet \| Disaster Recovery \| Disaster Recovery Planning for Virtual Environments \| Ethernet Adapters \| Ethernet Networks \| NAS \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| ROI \| SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| Server Virtualization \| TCO \| Virtual Machine \| VM

Upgrading Data Center Network Architecture to 10 Gigabit Ethernet sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel WHITE PAPER: To accommodate increasing demands that data center growth places on networks, it is important to think of converting data center network architecture to 10GbE connections. Posted: 30 Nov 2011 \| Published: 30 Nov 2011 TOPICS: 10 Gigabit Ethernet \| Data Center Consolidation \| Data Center Networking \| LAN \| Network Architectures \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Network Performance \| Networking \| SAN \| SAN and Virtualization \| TCO

ePlus Enterprise Cloud - Your On-Ramp to Cloud Computing sponsored by ePlus Technology WHITE PAPER: Cloud is fundamentally changing the way organizations deliver and consume IT services through sharing servers, storage, and network resources. Find out why you should pick a trusted provider to help you implement cloud. Posted: 14 Nov 2011 \| Published: 14 Nov 2011 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Cloud Management \| Data Center Management \| Private Cloud \| TCO \| Vendor Selection

Miercom Lab Testing Summary Report: Plug and Play Switches sponsored by Avaya WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper is a lab testing summary report of the plug and play features and easy of configuration for the ERS 4548GT-PWR Edge switch. Posted: 01 Nov 2011 \| Published: 01 Nov 2011 TOPICS: Energy Efficiency \| Ethernet Switches \| IP \| IP Phones \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Network Performance \| Networking \| Networking Hardware \| Routing \| Routing Protocols \| TCO \| VLAN

CW+: Roundtable: Managing IT assets and tracking total cost of ownership sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com WHITE PAPER: Today’s economic climate means IT departments are under pressure to deliver both never-fail applications and service levels that meet business needs, while also reducing costs. Posted: 21 Oct 2011 \| Published: 21 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Budgeting \| IT Asset Management \| IT Management \| TCO

Business travel IT grows with HP BladeSystem sponsored by HP and Intel WHITE PAPER: Learn how one business upgraded their server environment using an HP blade server and DL series servers. Discover how this advance lowered acquisition costs, decreased maintenance, and reduced IT staff time. Posted: 20 Oct 2011 \| Published: 20 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Blade Servers \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Server Management \| Server Provisioning \| Server Virtualization \| TCO \| Virtual Machine Migration

How much can you save by migrating your mainframe? sponsored by HP ASSESSMENT TOOL: In today’s tough economy, organizations are pressured to maintain a low total cost of ownership (TCO). This resource can help you compare the total cost of ownership (TCO) for maintaining and extending mainframe based applications versus the costs for migrating the applications to open systems servers. Posted: 07 Oct 2011 \| Published: 07 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Application Development \| Mainframe Computers \| Mainframe Operating Systems \| Mainframe Server Hardware \| Systems Management \| Systems Management Software \| TCO

E-Guide: Server Virtualization: Expert Overview of Costs, Trends and More sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Microsoft EGUIDE: This expert E-Guide, brought to you by SearchServerVirtualization.com and Dell, provides an overview of the expenses associated with virtualization and highlights the virtual server trends expected for 2010. Gain insight into the tangible virtualization costs, and learn how to keep pace with the changing server virtualization market. Posted: 01 Oct 2011 \| Published: 01 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Disaster Recovery \| ROI \| Server Consolidation \| Server Virtualization \| TCO \| Virtual Machine \| Virtualization Security \| VMware

BI on the TCO Diet sponsored by IBM ANALYST BRIEF: BY relying on a comprehensive set of organizational capabilities, top performing companies are able to plan, implement, and manage their BI strategies more efficiently, ultimately leading to a lower cost per user, and a higher return on their BI investment. Posted: 19 Sep 2011 \| Published: 19 Sep 2011 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Intelligence Software \| Business IT Alignment \| Cost Benefit Analysis \| Data Analytics \| Predictive Analytics \| Predictive Analytics Software \| TCO

DL980 Customer Chronicles sponsored by Intel and HP WHITE PAPER: Regardless of industry, IT leaders must lower costs and keep pace with their company’s business growth, and are seeking alternatives to legacy infrastructure. This document is a compilation of five customer evaluations — all documented to demonstrate the business benefits customers have received by migrating to the new generation DL980 servers. Posted: 15 Sep 2011 \| Published: 15 Sep 2011 TOPICS: Application Server Hardware \| Data Compression \| Data Migration \| Database Performance Management \| Health Care Industry \| Server Hardware \| Server Management \| TCO

BlackBerry TCO Field Services Study sponsored by BlackBerry WHITE PAPER: In this report, businesses were interviewed and then analyzed to understand the factors that influenced their decision to mobilize their field force using standard BlackBerry smartphones instead of ruggedized mobile devices. Posted: 12 Sep 2011 \| Published: 12 Sep 2011 TOPICS: Mobile Device Management \| Security Management \| Smart Phones \| TCO \| Wireless Computing \| Wireless Security

Premise vs. Hosted Contact Center: Total Cost of Ownership Analysis sponsored by inContact WHITE PAPER: This white paper presents the results of a total cost of ownership (TCO) analysis comparing premise-based and hosted contact center platforms. Posted: 08 Aug 2011 \| Published: 08 Aug 2011 TOPICS: Call Center Management \| Call Center Software \| Capital Expenditures \| Cloud CRM \| Contact Center Management \| Contact Center Services \| Contact Center Software \| TCO

Deduplication Without Compromises Podcast sponsored by Quantum Corporation PODCAST: Listen to this discussion about how the new DXi6701 and DXi6702 provide investment protection and a future proof feature set, as well as set a new standard for value and deliver unique distributed deduplication. Posted: 05 Aug 2011 \| Premiered: 05 Aug 2011 TOPICS: Backups \| Data Deduplication \| Data Replication \| Enterprise \| LAN \| SMBs \| Tape Backups \| TCO \| WAN

The Quantum DXi6700 Family: DXi6701 and DXi6702 sponsored by Quantum Corporation WHITE PAPER: Considering deduplication as a remedy to data growth and to improve backup and recovery processes often brings compromises in performance, total cost of ownership, and adaptability for future growth. Quantum continues to respond with a portfolio of solutions targeted at these primary pain points. Read on to learn more. Posted: 05 Aug 2011 \| Published: 05 Aug 2011 TOPICS: Backups \| Data Deduplication \| Data Recovery \| Enterprise \| ROI \| SMBs \| TCO

Introducing The Quantum DXi6701 and DXi6702 Videocast sponsored by Quantum Corporation VIDEOCAST: It's time for deduplication and backup without compromise. Check out this video to learn more about the new, highly scalable, high-performance, multi-access protocol DXi units. Posted: 05 Aug 2011 \| Premiered: 05 Aug 2011 TOPICS: Backups \| Data Deduplication \| Disaster Recovery \| Enterprise \| SMBs \| TCO \| Vendors

CRM Total Cost of Ownership: Fees, Subscriptions and Hidden Costs sponsored by SugarCRM Inc. WHITE PAPER: The following analysis provides a comparative price analysis of four leading CRM solutions for midmarketorganizations. Forrester Research defines midmarket organizations as any organization with revenues of lessthan $1 billion and/or fewer than 1,000 employees. Posted: 15 Jul 2011 \| Published: 15 Jul 2011 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| CRM \| CRM Analytics \| CRM Analytics Software \| CRM Software \| Customer Service \| TCO

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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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