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Network-Critical Physical Infrastructure: Optimizing Business Value

Overview To stay competitive in today’s rapidly changing business world, companies must update the way they view the value of their investment in Network-Critical Physical Infrastructure (NCPI). No longer are simply availability and upfront cost sufficient to make adequate business decisions. Agility, or business flexibility, and low total cost of ownership have become equally important to companies that will succeed in a global, ever-changing marketplace.

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Publisher	American Power Conversion	File Format	HTML
Date Published	April 2005	Downloads	3
Format	White Papers
Topics	Infrastructure Management, ROI - TCO, Data Quality, Scalability, Cost Control - Risk Mgmt., Data Center

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