ownership lower total cost in comment and analysis

On-demand software can help banks avoid fines

Comment Vendors claim total cost of ownership of their solutions is at least 30 per cent lower than the cost of a licensed in-house product - enabling them to deliver more benefit for lower cost. Carol Wheatcroft argues that hosted services offer a viable... [01 Nov 2007]

To outsource or not to outsource?

Comment Network outsourcers can make the total cost of ownership (TCO) equation look even more attractive as they are able to source equipment from suppliers at a substantially cheaper rate. Of course, lacking the skills to deploy new technology does not... [16 Apr 2007]

Why the Linux desktop dream is over

Comment That, combined with Microsoft's aggressive 'Get the facts' advertising campaign, which aimed to dispel the 'free Linux' myth and paint Windows as having a lower total cost of ownership (TCO), stopped the Linux desktop movement almost dead in its... [08 Nov 2006]

Open source: The new front

Comment For a while now, the discussion about the introduction of open source solutions has surrounded fundamental questions of reliability, security and total cost of ownership (TCO). If the TCO argument isn't conclusive, then we have to start looking... [11 Oct 2006]

CRM: Hosted vs packaged - which to choose?

Comment The lower total cost of ownership (TCO) has been one of the key drivers for the growth of hosted solutions. The mid-market is a hot spot for CRM vendors as many smaller companies are deploying software that used to be the preserve of larger... [02 May 2006]

IP poised to storm the call centre

Comment This can substantially reduce the total cost of ownership (TCO) for call centres. While ease of deployment and network cost savings make for a compelling argument on their own, it is IP's promised benefits of easier multimedia routing and queuing... [16 Feb 2005]

Offshoring dos and don'ts

Comment However, the total cost of ownership (TCO) may actually be higher than manufacturing them in the UK since the goods have to be physically packaged, transported and delivered. If you only go for low cost (i.e.less experienced and lower skilled... [07 Jul 2004]

Analysis: Dell and SAP - what's the attraction?

Comment A lower total cost of ownership for SAP software that runs your business won't be because of commodity Dell servers, even if Kagermann admits to admiring Dell's model. Dale Vile, service director at Quocirca, said: "A server migration at the heart... [04 May 2004]

The Bloor Perspective: Trusting Trustworthy Computing and m-commerce made easy

Comment The PKI capability in Server 2003 focuses on ease of use and cost of ownership. This has been achieved through a combination of adopting good practice by reducing the total number of services running by default, running services at lower privileges... [12 May 2003]

Linux or Windows? You decide

Comment A second study, albeit sponsored by Microsoft, carried out by researchers at IDC controversially finds Windows has a lower total cost of ownership (TCO) than Linux in most cases. But IDC says the lower costs for IT staff familiar with Windows puts... [04 Dec 2002]

The Bloor Perspective: work-life balance, mainframes and Factiva

Comment When it comes to considering whether mainframe computers are 'expensive' one can get involved in some very complex arguments about total cost of ownership (TCO). For example, in some situations it is possible to obtain operating systems licenses... [30 Sep 2002]

Surviving the Recession: a Quocirca series

Comment This system is more business oriented than pure cost approaches such as return on investment (ROI) or total cost of ownership (TCO), but includes simplified TCO and TVP models as part of its approach. [17 Jan 2002]

To buy, or not to buy? The ASPs think renting is the answer

Comment TCO (total cost of ownership) will be 10 to 40 per cent lower than if you procured the solution. Enterprises can regain some control over cost and usage they lost as computing became increasingly decentralised. [20 Sep 1999]

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