Cost Management Reports

E-Book: Unix-to-Linux Migration: A step-by-step approach for data center managers that covers everything from making the business case to getting the best training
sponsored by Red Hat & IBM
EBOOK: When migrating from  Unix to Linux, the most important case you will need to make is not a technical case but a business case. It’s all about the bottom line. How will the business benefit by moving over? What is the total cost of ownership and return on investment for the migration? Read on to learn more!
Posted: 08 Dec 2010 | Published: 08 Dec 2010

Red Hat & IBM

Indonesia Stock Exchange halves its hardware investment cost with a Red Hat Solution
sponsored by Red Hat and Intel
WHITE PAPER: This brief whitepaper explains how the Indonesian Stock Exchange (IDX) was able to half its hardware costs by leveraging a Linux system to support trading machines, surveillance machines, database engines, and more.
Posted: 16 Dec 2013 | Published: 16 Dec 2013

Red Hat and Intel

The Economics of Cooperative Control Protocols are Free
sponsored by Aerohive Networks
WHITE PAPER: The key takeaway here is that inter-AP protocols are free, but controllers are not. In a market where all enterprise-class APs cost roughly the same, removing the controller hardware and feature licensing from the equation results in an immediate and extremely significant CAPEX decrease.
Posted: 18 Mar 2011 | Published: 18 Mar 2011

Aerohive Networks

Intel's Vision for the Ongoing Shift to Cloud Computing
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel®
WHITE PAPER: Cloud computing promises large gains in efficiency and flexibility at a time when demands on data centers are growing exponentially. Intel’s vision for the future of this technology focuses on key principles to make the vision a reality. View this resource to learn more.
Posted: 07 Apr 2011 | Published: 07 Apr 2011

Dell, Inc. and Intel®

Finance for IT decision makers: Making business cases
sponsored by TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
BOOK: This extract from Michael Blackstaff's book, Finance for IT decision makers, teaches you how to make effective business and financial cases for IT projects.
Posted: 14 Jan 2013 | Published: 14 Jan 2013

TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com

Total cost of ownership: How much are you really spending to host your ad server?
sponsored by OpenX
WHITE PAPER: OpenX has calculated all the 'hidden' costs of hosting your own ad server. Read this white paper and understand the full range of costs such as technical infrastructure, soft-costs such as staff time, and risks associated with self-hosting.
Posted: 23 Feb 2011 | Published: 23 Feb 2011

OpenX

Database Manageability and Productivity Cost Comparison Study: Oracle Database 11g Release 2 vs. Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Release 2
sponsored by Oracle Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Review this cost comparison study of Oracle Database 11g R2 and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 and uncover which technology came out on top. Find out which solution offered a 49% higher time savings, 46% more in complexity savings, and whose time savings amounted to saving $58,800 per year per database administrator.
Posted: 03 Jul 2012 | Published: 25 Jun 2012

Oracle Corporation

Top 10 reasons why HP software customers are moving to IBM
sponsored by IBM
WHITE PAPER: Take a moment to see how many of these top 10 benefits you’re realizing with your HP Software solutions. And then remember: With IBM, you can achieve them all.
Posted: 02 Sep 2011 | Published: 02 Sep 2011

IBM

The Proven Financial Benefits of SIP Trunk Consolidation
sponsored by Siemens Enterprise Communications
WHITE PAPER: In this paper, we’ll introduce the mechanisms of cost savings with SIP trunk consolidation, using Siemens Enterprise Communications’ OpenScape Exchange overlay solution.
Posted: 22 Sep 2010 | Published: 22 Sep 2010

Siemens Enterprise Communications

Cloudonomics: The Economics of Cloud Computing
sponsored by Rackspace Hosting
WHITE PAPER: In this paper we detail these four mechanisms and introduce several case studies and examples to show the increased economic value that Cloud Computing brings to an organization.
Posted: 11 Feb 2011 | Published: 11 Feb 2011

Rackspace Hosting