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One of the first and seemingly simple questions that companies ask when making IT investments is “how much does it cost?”
Many often find themselves wondering why—even after a successful implementation—their costs keep going up. When evaluating
a mobile workforce automation project, companies sho (...)
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... When evaluating a mobile workforce automation project, companies should take the time to conduct a thorough
total cost of ownership (TCO) analysis to detect ...
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2010-03-11
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There are two basic approaches available for organizations to offer their team members collaboration, communication, and
intranet functionality: the in-house model (also known as “on premise”), and the outsourced model (also known as “on demand”).
Learn more about these approaches, with a particu (...)
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Total Cost of Ownership: HyperOffice versus Microsoft Exchange. ... Download
<strong>Total Cost of Ownership: HyperOffice versus Microsoft Exchange</strong>.
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2010-03-11
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It’s essential to better understand the challenges associated with identifying, pursuing, and managing total cost of ownership
(TCO) metrics and standards. Even when companies use the clearest and most commonly applied metrics, they often don't obtain
adequate results—or the results of their analysis (...)
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... with identifying, pursuing, and managing total cost of ownership ...
results—or the results of their analysis prove misleading ... about how best to manage TCO
from a ...
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2010-03-11
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More than any other factor, ineffective training is responsible for inflating total cost of ownership (TCO) for software
investments. Ineffective training approaches include starting too late; assuming go-live is the completion of the project;
and failing to teach users about the processes the software i (...)
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... White Paper Description: More than any other factor, ineffective training is responsible for inflating
total cost of ownership (TCO) for software investments. ...
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2010-03-11
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The upfront expenses of a network comprise only 19% of the total cost. The remaining 81% can sneak up on bank management,
often unaware of some subtle TCO factors (...)
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... Total cost of ownership (TCO) is a model that helps
systems managers understand and handle the budgeted and unbudgeted costs of an IT component throughout its ...
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2000-07-26
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Total cost of ownership (TCO) is one of the most difficult metrics to benchmark. Even when using the clearest of metrics,
companies often obtain inadequate results. Instead of thinking solely about how to calculate and reduce TCO, companies should
think about how to manage TCO from a business perspective (...)
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... Source: SAP. Document Type: White Paper Description: Total cost of
ownership (TCO) is one of the most difficult metrics to benchmark. ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Enterprises looking to understand their Internet provider (IP) telephony implementation costs must go beyond simple analyses
of return on investment. A total cost of ownership (TCO) analysis is required to help drive the bigger picture, as it considers
both tactical and strategic goals, including managem (...)
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... A total cost of ownership (TCO) analysis
is required to help drive the bigger picture, as it considers both tactical and strategic goals, including management ...
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2010-03-11
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Before adopting any applications for key business functions, executives should perform a thorough total cost of ownership
(TCO) analysis. Unfortunately, apples-to-apples comparisons can prove challenging. While it may be tempting to compare the
initial license price of on-premises software to the annual (...)
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Before adopting any applications for key business functions, executives should perform a thorough total cost
of ownership (TCO) analysis. Unfortun... ...
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2011-06-15
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Total cost of ownership (TCO) analysis allows organizations to provide a like-for-like comparison between various solutions
for the same project. Assuming that the benefits of a project would be the same regardless of the solution, the solution with
a lower TCO would therefore yield a higher ROI as well (...)
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Total cost of ownership (TCO) analysis allows organizations
to provide a like-for-like comparison between various solutions for the same project. ... ...
Published:
2010-06-02
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Because today’s IT budgets are under increasing scrutiny and business requirements have become more complex, buyers of business
intelligence (BI) solutions must evaluate total cost of ownership (TCO). The BI architecture can be an asset to IT departments,
meeting a range of user needs while minimizing (...)
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... Learn more about how to do TCO analysis of a BI system—before you buy.
Download <strong>Reducing Total Cost of Ownership: Delivering Cost-effective
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2010-03-11
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Many organizations don’t follow formalized processes for technical support evaluation. However, technical support is a vital
component of any enterprise software solution. The fact is, poor technical support can have a severe impact on a solution’s
total cost of ownership. (...)
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... This formula is the foundation on which analysis can be started ...
impacts of poor technical support can affect the total cost of ownership (TCO)
and return on ...
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2009-09-28
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Organizations tend to focus on the "what"—that is, the vendor or the product—when determining total cost of ownership (TCO).
However, it's often the "how"—that is, deployment aspects—of enterprise resource planning (ERP) that has a greater impact
on determining TCO for a given organization. This (...)
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... Type: White Paper Description: Organizations tend to focus on the "what"—that is, the vendor
or the product—when determining total cost of ownership (TCO). ...
Published:
2011-03-25
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Many organizations don’t follow formalized processes for technical support evaluation. However, technical support is a vital
component of any enterprise software solution. The fact is, poor technical support can have a severe impact on a solution’s
total cost of ownership. (...)
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... This formula is the foundation on which analysis can be started ...
impacts of poor technical support can affect the total cost of ownership (TCO)
and return on ...
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2009-09-28
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To increase profits, many companies are turning to imported goods and materials due to lower manufacturing costs. However,
purchasing products from other countries contains many hidden costs. In this paper, PM War Stories, together with Pronto Software,
examines how to effectively track the total cost of (...)
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Total Cost of Goods Shipped: A Guide to Better Sourcing Decisions. ...
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2012-02-06
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Total cost of ownership (TCO) remains a significant factor influencing enterprise resource planning (ERP) strategies and
decisions. But focusing exclusively on TCO runs the risk of delaying necessary ERP projects. Companies should also consider
return on investment (ROI) of such projects. Find out what t (...)
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... White Paper Description: Total cost of ownership (TCO)
remains a significant factor influencing enterprise resource planning (ERP) strategies and decisions. ...
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2011-02-10
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Understanding the nature and specifics of your product development life cycles, and especially new product design and initiation,
can help you realize tangible cost savings and will offset the total cost of ownership of a product lifecycle management system. (...)
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... TCO of a PLM environment is the total cost of procuring,
operating, and maintaining PLM applications ... TCO benchmarks exist for detailed analysis
of current ...
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2005-09-28
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Small to medium businesses (SMBs) that want to improve e-mail and collaboration efficiency need to assess the total cost
of ownership (TCO) of potential e-mail solutions. This study identifies three key considerations for calculating the TCO of
Microsoft Exchange, and then compares the TCO of Kerio MailS (...)
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... Small to medium businesses (SMBs) that want to improve e-mail and collaboration efficiency need to assess
the total cost of ownership (TCO) of potential e-mail ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Compare the total cost of ownership of business intelligence (BI) solutions.Find the software information you're looking for.Free
white papers! For many companies, traditional business intelligence (BI) software is costly and resource-intensive. So are
open source alternatives that require significant con (...)
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Compare the total cost of ownership of business intelligence (BI) solutions.Find the software information you're looking
for.Free white papers! For...
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2010-04-05
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The total cost of ownership for on-demand solutions is much lower than that of traditional on-premise solutions, even when
evaluated over a three- to five–year period. In fact, on-premise solutions require significant investments in IT infrastructure
and application deployment, support, and update reso (...)
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TCO of On-demand Applications Is Significantly Better for SMBs and Mid ... Source: NetSuite.
Document Type: White Paper Description: The total cost of ownership for ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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While concerns regarding open source are still being debated, many companies are experimenting with and deploying open source
application servers in their data centers. While some are attracted to the ability to modify source code as needed, many are
attracted to the perceived cost savings of open source (...)
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... white paper compares the total cost of ownership (TCO)
of one open source and one commercial application server. Download <strong>TCO Analysis:
IBM WebSphere ...
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2010-04-09