• Sunsuper replaces core switches, builds capacity

  By Lisa Banks | 25 March, 2011 16:19

  Sunsuper has upgraded its dual core switches in move aimed at achieving ease of management and lower total cost of ownership (TCO).

• Are Macs Really Cheaper To Manage Than PCs?

  By Tom Kaneshige | 10 March, 2010 07:29

  Macs in the enterprise aren't just cheaper to manage-they're a lot cheaper, according to a new survey released today by the Enterprise Desktop Alliance.

• Why Benchmarking Cloud vs. Current IT Costs is So Hard

  By Bernard Golden | 03 December, 2009 04:21

  A couple of weeks ago I was asked to moderate an HP-sponsored meeting on the subject of virtualization. Predictably, most of the discussion (attended by press and vendors including Citrix, Microsoft, Red Hat, and VMware) focused on cloud computing. It was a pretty lively session, but what I want to address here is an HP product portfolio called "IT Financial Management" that was discussed, along with its implications for cloud computing. As you might guess, the product focuses on financial analysis of IT operations, which is extremely relevant to the adoption of cloud computing.

Whitepapers about TCO

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  ASSESSING THE BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL IMPACT OF IP UNIFIED COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS

  This white paper is to present and discuss the ShoreTel TCO Tool—an analytical method that informs and accelerates the technology evaluation process by calculating and comparing the TCO of available IP-based UC systems.

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  Data Centre Physical Infrastructure: Optimizing Business Value

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  Ballarat Health Services slashes printing costs with HP

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  White Paper: “Working Outside the IT Service Desk Box”