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- TCO
- (1) Total Cost of Ownership The cost of using a computer. It includes the cost of the hardware, software and upgrades as well as the cost of the...
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- Global Real Estate Management Firm Chooses CRM Solution to Reduce TCO, Enhance Service
- Jones Lang LaSalle, a real estate management services company, has 160 offices and 28,000 employees in 50-plus countries. The firm's staffers used eight different tools ranging from spreadsheets to the SAP CRM application, and silos of data made it difficult to share customer information and prevented employees from collaborating effectively....
- Tags: CRM Solution, TCO, Microsoft Corp., CRM, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Real Estate, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Business Operations
- Case studies 2008-06-05
- Microsoft Webcast: Reducing Total Cost of Ownership by Transforming Natural and ADABAS Applications to the .NET Framework (Level 200)
- Representatives from Microsoft and BluePhoenix explain how one can reduce the Total Cost of Ownership TCO by modernizing the Natural and ADABAS applications through the automated BluePhoenix process. Discover how to reduce license and maintenance costs, reduce infrastructure costs, and eliminate the IT resource problem, and increase application performance and...
- Tags: Microsoft .NET Framework, Webcast, TCO, Microsoft Corp., Roi/Tco, Finance, Managerial Accounting
- Webcasts 2008-06-03
- TechNet Webcast: System Center and the Datacenter (Level 300)
- Businesses are demanding more processing power to succeed in today's digital marketplace, requiring their data centers to rapidly scale and adopt innovations in virtualization, clustering, and server consolidation. In contrast to these demands, challenges of security, automation, compliancy, and green initiatives all add complexity to truly meeting the needs of...
- Tags: Data Center, Webcast, TCO, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft TechNet, Data Centers, Roi/Tco, Storage, Server Consolidation, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Finance, Managerial Accounting
- Webcasts 2008-05-14
- In search of Business ByDesign: The NetWeaver 7.1 connection
- SAP CEO Henning Kagermann on Monday detailed another key thread in the Business ByDesign delay: Developers need to move the software as a service application to the company's NetWeaver 7.1 platform if it is going to meet its costs targets. In an interview with the Enterprise Irregulars...
- Tags: SAP NetWeaver, SAP AG, TCO, Roi/Tco, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-05
- SAP's Apotheker: Business ByDesign costs led to delay
- SAP co-CEO Leo Apotheker says that Business ByDesign, the application giant's high-profile software as a service product, was delayed because of its total cost of ownership for the company. That's a fancy way of saying SAP hasn't figured out how to make money at its $149 per...
- Tags: SAP AG, TCO, Leo Apotheker, Roi/Tco, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-05
- The Leo Apotheker Legacy Starts Now
- The news that SAP is delaying the roll-out of Business ByDesign – and that its last quarter, while decent, failed to meet analyst estimates – is the perfect preamble to this post: With Leo Apotheker slated to assume to mantle of SAP by the end of the year, his...
- Tags: On-demand, SAP AG, TCO, Sales, Leo Apotheker, Leo, Roi/Tco, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Joshua Greenbaum
- Blog posts 2008-04-30
- HP launches data center as a service; The cloud meets outsourcing
- HP launches data center as a service; The cloud meets outsourcingYou're pretty on-target.; Excellent articleLarry, we're for sure not as knowledgeable about the subject as many, but we agree with you on all your points.The cloud providers you mentioned as "first adopters" if you will, seems exactly who will be...
- Tags: Data centers, ROI/TCO, outsourcing, data center, TCO, Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Discussion threads 2008-03-17
- Midland hospital proves open source savings
- Midland hospital proves open source savingsMS execs arrive via emergency entranceOne having a cardiac on the news, the other blabbering something about TCO.How big is that hospital?We are implimenting an EHR this year and between equipment and software licensing, i am at 1.5 million for pharmacy, dental, family, peds, ob...
- Tags: ROI/TCO, TCO, hospital, open source
- Discussion threads 2008-03-12
- Measuring TCO: Wintel vs Lintel
- Measuring TCO: Wintel vs LintelWhoever chooses the scenario...... can determine the results. I read some Windows comparisons on Microsoft's site in which the assumptions and requirements were obviously slanted and a report on open source in English schools that could not have produced results favoring Windows if the consultant...
- Tags: ROI/TCO, Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Wintel, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., TCO, Lintel
- Discussion threads 2008-03-12
- Measuring TCO: Wintel vs Lintel
- The most basic, and traditional, Wintel vs Lintel TCO comparison argued that since the hardware is the same, everything comes down to the cost of the OS and applications licenses -all of which are free for Lintel and expensive for Wintel. This drew many different responses, but...
- Tags: Wintel, Benefit, TCO, Linux, Roi/Tco, Operating Systems, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-03-12
- Logistics Group Migrates to New Server Environment for TCO Decrease of $15,000
- As with all businesses, Beltmann Group tries to control costs. Any major outflow of money may produce a negative impact on the business, either in the form of decreased profit or in resources not targeted to the areas that might increase high-value sales. As Beltmann Group faced its renewal date...
- Tags: Logistics, TCO, Microsoft Corp., Supply Chain, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Roi/Tco, Microsoft Windows, Sales Strategy, Servers, Business Operations, Operating Systems, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Sales, Hardware
- Case studies 2008-03-12
- Event Technology Company Improves Performance and Reliability 50%, Lowers TCO $700K
- PSAV specializes in planning, producing, and executing complex presentations and business theater events that require cutting-edge solutions. They needed to centralize applications and data in order to minimize loss from replication issues, reduce staff hours allocated to replication issues, extend the life of the current hardware, and simplify maintenance. Windows...
- Tags: Performance, TCO, PSAV, Terminal Services
- Case studies 2008-03-12
- Server Investment Lowers Capital Management Firm's TCO by 10%
- The lack of mobility and inability to offer important LOB applications such as Schwab PortfolioCenter to remote users, not only limited staff productivity, but also limited flexibility in completing the business plan, thereby constricting growth. Barrington Capital Management BCM wanted to extend its network to offer greater mobility and to...
- Tags: Capital Management, Investment, Mobility, TCO, Server Investment, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Terminal Services, Servers, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Hardware
- Case studies 2008-03-06
- ParkwayHealth Singapore Reduces Total Cost of Ownership by 40%
- In 2004, ParkwayHealth decided it was time for a complete technology refresh. The healthcare provider's existing SAP-based technology platform had proven to be inflexible and costly to maintain. The organization went to tender for applications infrastructure to replace the existing SAP R/3 implementation and an IS-H MED hospital system at...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., SAP AG, TCO, ParkwayHealth Singapore, Data Centers, Roi/Tco, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Software, Healthcare, Operational Accounting, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Software
- Case studies 2008-03-01
- TechNet Webcast: Forefront Client Security Series: Deploying Forefront Client Security in Large Enterprises (Level 200)
- Microsoft Forefront Client Security provides antimalware protection for desktops, laptops, and server operating systems. It integrates with customers' existing infrastructure to provide greater value while reducing the Total Cost of Ownership TCO. This webcast helps to assist customers in deploying Forefront Client Security in large environments with more than 5000...
- Tags: Security, Webcast, Client, TCO, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft TechNet, Microsoft Forefront Client Security, Roi/Tco, Finance, Managerial Accounting
- Webcasts 2008-02-15
- Enterprise Java Virtualization--Understanding the TCO Implications
- In this free executive brief, understand the most important TCO factors for a virtualized enterprise Java application, as well as the benefits of eliminating the OS layer. Then, learn more about a useful model for comparing the potential costs of running Java apps under competing architectures. This free brief is...
- Tags: Java Application, BEA Systems Inc., TCO, Roi/Tco, Programming Languages, Java, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- White papers 2008-02-01
- Innovation Consultancy Builds Its First Consolidated Datacentre With Help From Dell, Reducing Total Cost of Ownership by 25 Per Cent
- Altran is a leading innovation consultancy. Due to several mergers and acquisitions, the company's IT systems were complex and disparate, which made systems management difficult. IT team wanted to standardise these systems by installing common software solutions across Altran's 150 companies. The company worked with Dell to design and build...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Information Technology, TCO, Innovation Consultancy, Altran, E-mail, Roi/Tco, Strategy, Servers, Online Communications, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Management, Hardware
- Case studies 2008-01-28
- Reducing Total Cost of Ownership With a Corporate Reporting System for a Global Insurance Company
- Rapid growth and international expansion through diverse acquisitions had increased the complexity of the enterprise. The client recognized the need to improve its business metrics through process optimization, functional integration, and increased transparency across the organization. Apart from managing interfaces with multiple applications such as GL, AP/AR, Comptroller and Regulatory,...
- Tags: MindTree Consulting, TCO, Insurance, Roi/Tco, Finance, Managerial Accounting
- Case studies 2008-01-24
- Is there a lower TCO for Windows Mobile at your company?
- Is there a lower TCO for Windows Mobile at your company?This is a marketing toolNot a business tool.[b]The tool was built by Alinean, Inc. for Microsoft [/b]If I can tell you the result without actually running the software, it's not an analysis tool. Going after any animal you can...
- Tags: ROI/TCO, mobile, Novell GroupWise, TCO, Microsoft Corp., tool, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-01-02
- Is there a lower TCO for Windows Mobile at your company?
- My company is moving from a Novell server to a Microsoft Exchange server early in 2008 to take advantage of some integration features of SharePoint and Outlook. If you are taking a look at mobility for your company then you may want to give the new Windows Mobile Messaging Total...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Server, Messaging, TCO, Messaging Solution, Roi/Tco, Microsoft Windows, Groupware, Operating Systems, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Software, Enterprise Software, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-01-02
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