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Total Cost of Ownership

In the Quest for TCO, We Lose Sight of the Real Issue–Part One

In the Quest for TCO, We Lose Sight of the Real Issue–Part One

By Ben Kepes on September 5, 2012

While it is undeniable that in the majority of cases cloud will be cheaper than traditional models of delivery. The benefits that cloud brings in terms of agility and flexibility far outweigh the cost benefits – looking at TCO alone is a race to the bottom of the cost-cutting hill.

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged amazon, Amazon Web Services, aws, CloudComputing, Information technology management, roi, tco, techcrunch, Total Cost of Ownership

Cloudonomics – The Video

Cloudonomics – The Video

By Ben Kepes on July 16, 2012

Way back when (over a year ago in fact) the second paper released in the CloudU series was on Cloudonomics – the study of the economic impacts and drivers for cloud computing. Having spent years watching this space, I’m continually bombarded by questions from customers, and assertions from vendors about the massive cost-savings that cloud [...]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Capital expenditure, cloud computing, cloudonomics, CloudU, Operating expense, Opportunity cost, Total Cost of Ownership, video | 1 Response

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