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Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) - TCO Acronym Definition and Related White Papers ( Pages)
by TEC Staff
Jun 13, 2009 Abstract : The Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) is the present value of all costs incurred during the life of a product or service (source: "The Supply Chain Cost Management: The AIM & Drive Process for Achieving Extraordinary Results", by Jimmy Anklesaria). Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) is a comprehensive set of methodologies, models and tools to help organizations better measure and manage their IT investments (source: Gartner).
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Technology Hardware Maintenance-Acquiring and Managing Cost Effective Service ( Pages)
by P. Hennigan
Oct 24, 2000 Abstract : Hardware maintenance can represent a significant information technology cost, but options for managing that cost exist. If you analyze hardware maintenance from an enterprise perspective, you will identify those options and ensure the cost-effective delivery of those services.
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Project Lifecycle Management Implies Long Term Value; Forget the Total Cost of Ownership Fuss ( Pages)
by Michael Bittner
Sep 28, 2005 Abstract : Understanding the nature and specifics of your product development life cycles, and especially new product design and initiation, can help you realize tangible cost savings and will offset the total cost of ownership of a product lifecycle management system.
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Microsoft 'The Great' Poised To Conquer Mid-Market, Once and Again Part 1: Recent Acquisition Announcement ( Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
May 14, 2002 Abstract : Having garnered cash amounting to the GDPs of many developed countries, software giant Microsoft has treated itself with another 'billion plus' acquisition of its long-term partner and recent competitor, Navision, a business application provider for the mid-market. Will this move fill the gaps of earlier Great Plains' acquisition and further alienate Microsoft from a slew of other enterprise applications partners competing in the same space.
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PeopleSoft Completes Acquisition of Vantive; Vantive CRM Applications Integrate with PeopleSoft and Other ERP Systems ( Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Jan 21, 2000 Abstract : On January 3, 2000 PeopleSoft Inc. announced it had completed its acquisition of The Vantive Corporation, the world's second-largest independent supplier of customer relationship management (CRM) solutions. The transaction was completed December 31, 1999 with the issuance of approximately 28 million shares of common stock and options to purchase common stock, and is anticipated to be accounted for as a pooling-of-interests. The acquisition of Vantive makes PeopleSoft the only enterprise software company offering a full suite of CRM products that integrate tightly with PeopleSoft and other major back-office applications.
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Evaluating the Total Cost of Network Ownership ( Pages)
by Lynn Koller
Jul 26, 2000 Abstract : The upfront expenses of a network comprise only 19% of the total cost. The remaining 81% can sneak up on bank management, often unaware of some subtle TCO factors
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Team With Business Management to Drive Out IT Cost ( Pages)
by J. Dowling
Jul 25, 2002 Abstract : IT complexity drives cost and to a great extent, it is business management that drives IT complexity. Until IT architecture and infrastructure are simplified and configured into an adaptable platform, system design and construction will be fraught with wasteful work and non-essential components.
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Outsourcing Security Part 2: Measuring the Cost ( Pages)
by Jim McLendon
Apr 9, 2002 Abstract : Evaluating the cost of outsourcing can be challenging because most organizations cannot fully estimate the financial impact of such a decision.
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Understanding the True Cost of Sourcing ( Pages)
by Bill McBeath and Colin Kessinger
Apr 23, 2004 Abstract : In today's twenty-first century, global outsourced business world, the traditional and somewhat simplistic approaches used to measure cost for sourcing decisions of direct materials fall short.
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