However, client/server saw off this threat too - again, the PC industry concentrated on improving manageability, and end users proved unwilling to ditch the PC. This brought down the total cost of ownership, making it easier for IT departments to...
He claimed looking at it in terms of total cost of ownership (TCO) or return on investment (ROI) were no longer viable options. He said TCO was still a tool to be used. By moving the debate away from total cost of ownership, IT departments may find...
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...
One report, called TCO For Application Servers: Comparing Linux With Windows And Solaris, calculated the total cost of ownership (TCO) of an application server, including the cost of acquiring, implementing, and running it.
The LSE is in the third and final wave of tech overhaul, started three years ago, with a brief to update the company's systems, increase uptime and agility, and lower total cost of ownership (TCO). AMD is more closely aligned with those...
That, combined with Microsoft's aggressive 'Get the facts' advertising campaign, which aimed to dispel the 'free Linux' myth and paint Windows as having a lower total cost of ownership (TCO), stopped the Linux desktop movement almost dead in its...