Linux Solutions & TCO
It is ironic that as the price of system hardware continues to drop, the real cost of owning and maintaining systems is rising. A fully loaded system could cost a company more than $10,000 (US) per year to support and maintain, over and above its initial purchase price.
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) is the total amount of money that a company spends, over a given period of time, on a specific technology. This includes the costs associated with supporting and maintaining a PC throughout its life cycle. Executives are demanding accountability of the total cost of IT assets, and because external pressures van ne3gatively impact a company’s economic growth, senior management is becoming introspective in seeking to identify ways to reduce costs in order to increase profit.
IBM server solutions are designed to deliver cost advantages in IT environments. Using TCOnow! Assessments tools, you can estimate the TCO for selected IBM solutions compared with competitive alternatives.