| Vol. 6, No. 1 : January 4, 2005 |
CIOview eUpdate
Blades For The Masses?
Blade servers let you fit 84 or more servers in a single rack but unless you are competing for a spot on the Supercomputer TOP list, who cares? Glance at any Blades vendor's Website and the benefits typically are described as simplifying cable routing and making it easier to take down and add a server; space savings often merits a final mention.
Certainly these attributes are great-if you have hundreds of servers that are running a specialized application. However, the real question is whether the Blades value proposition holds true for the rest of us. View a compelling SnapShot that reveals how even a mid-sized company moving a typical mix of workloads to Blades can cut the acquisition cost of each server by 9% and the annual ownership cost by 11%.
What Did CIOview Do For You in 2004?
The CIOview Player went through a significant upgrade to ensure it now functions in over 50 countries and works seamlessly with all security set-ups. Both the Player and content are updated over the Web, ensuring that CIOview is a one-time install. On the content side CIOview has completed more than 20 new products, greatly expanding the portfolio of analysis available to IT executives during their purchase process. Some of the most requested products for 2004 include:
The Biggest Complaint in 2004
Many IT departments complain their projects all too often end up in suspended animation. 2004 has been a year in which few significant IT decisions have been made. In consequence many IT executives are uncomfortable with the amount of progress they are able to demonstrate. In 2005, new IT investments are still going to be in a go-slow track, with the exception perhaps of IT spending on security, database technology, and ERP and CRM. How do you get out of the perpetual project review cycle? The best way is to show senior management how much money a no-decision stance costs them. To quantify costs and benefits for management, familiarity with ROI/TCO is essential. Our most popular White Paper provides concise definitions for each of these popular metrics but, more importantly, explains exactly what each can -- and cannot -- accomplish for you. Read the CIOview White Paper on ROI/TCO fundamentals.
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