Cost Analysis Reports

Lowering the Cost of Business Intelligence With Open Source: A Comparison of Open Source and Traditional Vendor Costs
sponsored by Pentaho Corporation
ANALYST REPORT: Many of the top reasons given for the use of open source BI software is "lower costs." The question is whether commercial open source actually matters when it comes to lowering license and support costs. Read this analyst report for comparison of the software and support costs of traditional BI vendors versus commercial open source BI from Pentaho.
Posted: 03 Jun 2010 | Published: 03 Jun 2010

Pentaho Corporation

Computer Weekly 19 July 2011: A Conversation with the CIO of one of the UK government’s biggest IT estates
sponsored by TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
EBOOK: In this week's issue of Computer Weekly we talk exclusively to one of the top CIOs in UK government about the challenges of innovating with IT at a time when the public sector is forced to make huge cuts in spending. An informative buyer's guide on desktop virtualisation is also featured, plus much more. Download this issue now.
Posted: 18 Jul 2011 | Published: 18 Jul 2011

TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com

Total cost of ownership (TCO) of Dell PowerEdge M710 and HP Proliant BL685c G5 blade solutions
sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel®
WHITE PAPER: Enterprises of all sizes are deploying or considering deploying blade systems as a way to consolidate resources and lower their total cost of ownership. Read this white paper to learn about the total cost of ownership (TCO) for the Dell PowerEdge servers.
Posted: 17 Nov 2010 | Published: 19 Mar 2009

Dell, Inc. and Intel®

Managing Costs More Effectively
sponsored by SAP America, Inc.
WHITE PAPER: This Ventana Research paper identifies the IT components that can be used to identify ways to improve cost management for success in today's recovering yet volatile market.
Posted: 02 Feb 2012 | Published: 31 Dec 2011

SAP America, Inc.

Benefits Management: How to increase the business value of your IT projects
sponsored by TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
BOOK: This book extract explains how organisation can uses benefits management techniques to increase the value of IT projects to the business.
Posted: 15 Feb 2013 | Published: 15 Feb 2013

TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com

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

Presentation Transcript: Migration from Microsoft Exchange 2007 to Google Apps
sponsored by Google Apps
PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: Read this presentation transcript to learn about Delta Hotels and Resorts unique cloud computing strategy encompassing Google Apps and other community-building tools
Posted: 05 Nov 2010 | Published: 05 Nov 2010

Google Apps

Calculating Cloud ROI : From the Customer Perspective
sponsored by TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com
ESSENTIAL GUIDE: This white paper lays out a framework to help IT and business decision makers calculate the return on investment of cloud services.
Posted: 15 Mar 2013 | Published: 01 Jul 2012

TechTarget ComputerWeekly.com

CIO strategies for DR planning in virtual environments
sponsored by Dell Compellent
EGUIDE: Regarding disaster recovery, expenses currently overshadow the risk of theoretical disaster. As a result, CIOs who hope to implement or upgrade their DR plans must compromise. This e-guide discusses how to make a value case for DR, along with a series of low-cost strategies for planning, implementing, and testing virtual DR plans.
Posted: 27 Jun 2011 | Published: 24 Jun 2011

Dell Compellent

Techfocus SQL Server 2008 Migration: Evaluate the Value of a SQL Server Upgrade
sponsored by SHI International Corporation
EBOOK: SQL Server 2008 has many compelling features, but not all of them are necessary. See what's a good fit for your enterprise and what can wait.
Posted: 24 Nov 2009 | Published: 23 Nov 2009

SHI International Corporation