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TCOnow! for Linux Migration

Moving to Linux. . .is it the magic bullet for IT savings? It can be. Software, support and maintenance are a few of the areas for cost savings, but there are more, particularly since moving to Linux is usually associated with server consolidation.

Of all the decisions to make surrounding Linux consolidation, which platform to use is probably the one that will affect your total cost of ownership (TCO) the most. You may be able to gather initial costs, but what are the TCO implications over 3, 4 or 5 years? Accurately estimating TCO is a complex job. That's why CIOview built TCOnow! for Linux Migration.

TCOnow! for Linux Migration includes extensive research, industry data, and a sophisticated inference engine. It lets you do a side-by-side TCO comparison of four different platforms on the basis of hardware, storage, software, networking, services, facilities, personnel, downtime, and support and maintenance. So you'll know what your TCO will be for 3 year vs. 4 years, Intel vs. RISC, etc. And it goes further to identify the optimal workload for your Linux migration.

TCOnow! for Linux Migration includes a default answer for each question posed to you, along with a detailed "helpful hint," to ensure that you are never at a loss for an appropriate response. The software includes thousands of built-in knowledge benchmarks which reduces the amount of time and effort required by you to do a thorough Linux migration analysis. Once satisfied with your assumption TCOnow! gives you a very powerful set of "what-if" capabilities. When you're happy with your assumptions, just click the report button to generate a 35-business case study that looks as though you've spent weeks on your analysis!.

	Exclusively for our email members Try it out before it's available to the general public on our web site! Take the 5-minute PreView of TCOnow! for Linux Migration. This is only one-hundreth of the detail that you can find in the complete TCOnow for Linux Migration software package. Take a test drive now!

ROInow! Consultant 3.0 -- Need to develop an ROI analysis? ROInow! Consultant can be applied to any IT project imaginable, and is simple to use. If you can do your taxes with TurboTax, you can build an comprehensive ROI business case with ROInow! Consultant 3.0.

TCOnow! for ERP/CRM -- This sophisticated tool takes you through the total costs of implementing or migrating ERP/CRM. It generates a side-by-side platform comparison of all your costs - hardware, software, training, services and more.

TCOnow! for Novell NetWare -- Upgrading from one version of NetWare to another has inherent costs, but are the benefits enough to move now? ROInow! for Novell NetWare nets this out for you.

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Q U E S T I O N OF THE W E E K
Why do I need to know NPV for my IT project? Isn't ROI enough?

NPV (Net Present Value) is essentially a profit and loss statement for a project. It is calculated by summing the present value of the net benefits for each year minus the initial costs of the project. A positive NPV means that the project generates more cash than it took to fund it. A negative NPV means that the project generates a loss.

ROI figures alone don't give the full picture, and NPV can help to color your ROI analysis. Take for example two projects with equal ROIs, one with an NPV of $2 million, and the other with an NPV of $50,000. The first project is a more significant project to the company, since dollar value of your company's savings is more than forty times that of the second project. So, NPV is an indicator of significance of an IT project, and valuable when used in conjunction with ROI.

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