Archive for the 'TCO' Category
Economic Overlay On The Cloud Part 2 (of 2)
Posted in Cloud, Storage Economics, TCO on November 3rd, 2011 No Comments »
Earlier last week, HDS announced new services and features of our three-tiered cloud strategy. I also posted a predecessor blog last week on the general cost areas of cloud.
Psychic Benefits
Posted in Storage Economics, TCO on October 21st, 2011 No Comments »
My son sent me this article on psychic benefits and the current NBA lockout (although it can be applied to any sports management and labor conflict). There are some interesting points in the article that can also be applied to IT psychic benefits. Let me explain…
SAN ROI 12 Years Later
Posted in CAPEX, ROI, Storage Economics, TCO on October 14th, 2011 No Comments »
One of the first pieces of IT economics work that I did at HDS 13 years ago was on the ROI of Storage Area Networks (SAN). At that time HDS had started supporting and re-selling FC SAN products from Inrange, Troika, Ancor, CNT, McData and others. HDS had ESCON solutions for years (at that time), [...]
TCO Reduction: A Customer Perspective
Posted in TCO on October 5th, 2011 No Comments »
I have the opportunity to speak at the Gartner ITxpo in Orlando two weeks from today, on Wednesday, October 19th. If you are attending, would love to see you at the session and exchange cards afterwards. My topic will focus on the impact to TCO that can be achieved from storage virtualization. You can find [...]
Go Figure – This Economy…
Posted in CAPEX, Return on Assets, Storage Best Practices, Storage Economics, TCO on September 15th, 2011 2 Comments »
The other day I ordered this poster to hang in my office from one of those de-motivator sites…
Hypervisor Economics – Excerpts From An Upcoming Paper – Part 3
Posted in CAPEX, ROI, Return on Assets, Storage Economics, TCO, Virtualization on September 6th, 2011 1 Comment »
This is the third and final post in a three-part series of excerpts from an upcoming paper on Hypervisor Economics (part one and two here). Please share your comments, questions and feedback below.
Hypervisor Economics – Excerpts From An Upcoming Paper – Part 2
Posted in CAPEX, Storage Best Practices, Storage Economics, TCO, Virtualization on September 2nd, 2011 No Comments »
This post is the second of a three-part series of excerpts from an upcoming paper on Hypervisor Economics (you can find part one here). As always, I look forward to reading your comments and feedback below.
Hypervisor Economics – Excerpts From An Upcoming Paper – Part 1
Posted in CAPEX, ROI, Return on Assets, Storage Economics, TCO, Virtualization on August 31st, 2011 2 Comments »
In my next few posts, I’ll be sharing some excerpts from an upcoming paper on hypervisor economics. Feel free to provide comments and feedback below.
So Let’s Do A TCO
Posted in CAPEX, Storage Best Practices, Storage Economics, TCO on August 23rd, 2011 3 Comments »
For years I have encouraged clients to ask for TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) data when they create requests for purchases (RFP, RFI, ITT, etc). Customers need to ask vendors for more than just the price, they need to ask for the total cost. Lately, I have seen more of these requests come in from [...]
The Hungry Ghosts of Storage Economics
Posted in Storage Economics, TCO on August 12th, 2011 1 Comment »
I am working in Malaysia this week, and find it a great merging of Muslim and Chinese cultures and traditions. Meal time is interesting, since we are in the middle of the holy month of Ramadan. Muslims fast from dawn to dusk. There is also a popular Chinese tradition called Festival of the Hungry Ghosts [...]
