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Virtualisation cuts carbon and servers
Comment Nick Carr, marketing manager at open source software firm Red Hat, points to the True TCO Calculator spreadsheet at the Uptime Institute, which includes multiple criteria affecting the ultimate kilowatt hour (kWh) count that will dictate energy... [21 Dec 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. As IT departments struggle to deal with new networking... [16 Apr 2007]
Why the Linux desktop dream is over
Comment TCO is arguable either way and risks of application-incompatibility make it low down the list of corporate priorities. That, combined with Microsoft's aggressive 'Get the facts' advertising campaign, which aimed to dispel the 'free Linux' myth and... [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). What one finds mostly surrounds the question of why one side's TCO... [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]
Opinion: 2006 - the year for open source
Comment This is a sentiment that can just as easily be applied to the TCO/ROI debate which Microsoft and IBM have used successfully to muddy the OSS argument to a degree that it's very hard to establish what it true. [09 Jan 2006]
TCO: Linux v Windows
Comment Even for those hardcore Windows shops, upgrade time can be a good time to run an eye over the competition and do a TCO analysis. For the security snow-blinded CIO, there are a number of security issues to mull over - after all, downtime or lack... [15 Jul 2005]
The Bloor Perspective: Ballmer on Linux, IBM's dinosaur and SQL's future
Comment In recognising this the company is now focusing much attention on its belief that its solutions provide a much better TCO case than those currently available using Linux-based tools. Recently Microsoft held a meeting in Berlin with leading European... [19 May 2003]
The ultra personal computer - the PC industry's only hope?
Comment Total cost of ownership (TCO) should be substantially less and there is an intriguing business model there for OEMs. Then there is the TCO argument. Tony Hallett explains why it is being hyped, and what the component companies, analysts and... [17 Dec 2002]
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. It is easy to get religious about operating systems. [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). Irrespective of the TCO arguments, small mainframe systems can be very cost effective... [30 Sep 2002]
The Bloor Perspective: Microsoft's Java plans, real PDA costs and Andersen fall out
Comment PDA TCO lessons* In a peculiar turn of events last week, Microsoft told the world Java support will be part of its Windows XP roadmap. At the same time it gave a cut-off date - the point at which, it seems, the on/off, love/hate, Java/Microsoft... [24 Jun 2002]
What if... you needed an ROI case for everything?
Comment This all means no self respecting corporate sales person turns up to a sales call without their ROI or total cost of ownership (TCO - that other addictive TLA) template in their kit bag. Perhaps the main objection to the blind application of a bean... [10 May 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]
Surviving the Recession, a Quocirca series
Comment The old economy required measurement of return on investment (ROI) and figures such as total cost of ownership (TCO) - figures that can be, on the whole, meaningless and self-serving. Most companies do not have the correct data on which to base... [05 Dec 2001]
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