Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)

Under the pricing scheme used by most 360 vendors, every time you do another 360 review, you have to pay another fee. But why should you have to worry about budgets every time you use 360? Instead, look for a vendor that enables you to invest in 360 once for each employee, and then use it as often as you like. This will give you a lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). 8. Can we start small, and pay as we roll out 360?

Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) analysis for five years shows tremendous savings using an automated web service for auditing network security and vulnerability management versus a do-it-yourself products-oriented solution. For a mid-sized enterprise, the expense of using even “free” security software on self maintained servers is more than $1.2M for five years, mainly due to administrative and maintenance efforts. The five-year TCO for the automated QualysGuard web service is just under $600K, or half the expense.

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Row-oriented architecture provides redundancy at the row level. This requires an additional or N+1 CRAC unit for each row. Even though the row CRAC units are smaller and less expensive than room units, this is a significant penalty at light loads of 1-2 kW per rack. However, for higher density this penalty is eliminated and the N+1 approach is sustained up to 25 kW per rack. This is a major advantage when compared with either room or rack-oriented designs, which both trend to 2N at higher densities. The ability to deliver redundancy in high density situations with fewer additional CRAC units is a key benefit of the row-oriented architecture and provides it a significant Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) advantage. Conclusion

Email this to a friend View More Related Papers Receive White Paper Updates White Paper Description There are three types of web security solutions: software-based, appliance-based, and managed services. Each needs to be evaluated against several key buying criteria, including the accuracy of threat protection, ease of installation and use, and total cost of ownership (TCO). Learn about the benefits of each category, and how they deal with all manner of web-borne security threats, including inappropriate use of the Web.