| Vol. 6, No. 2 : January 14, 2005 |
CIOview eUpdate
SQL Server—A $4,000,000 Difference
More and more SQL Server 32-bit customers have seen their databases evolve to the point that 64-bit technology seems appealing. The question then becomes, how do you know if it makes financial sense to move? First, realize that the type of workload you have largely will dictate the financial magnitude of your project. Next, consider that Intel’s Itanium architecture will often play a pivotal role in your financial outcome.
In terms of the workload, providing even 500 users with access to a Business Intelligence database will cost $4 million more than rolling out a Batch application. And while ItaniumII on Windows 2003 can save you $1,400/user compared to running Business Intelligence on UNIX, it makes absolutely no financial difference for Batch. So the next time you evaluate SQL Server 64 bit, make sure your workload and ItaniumII are a major part of the discussion. View a SnapShot that shows where you can save $700K from a 500 user 64-bit SQL Server deployment.
"Should I Stay Or Should I Go?"
The punk rock band The Clash asked that question in song, and now many traditional IT shops face an analogous dilemma: to stay with RISC chips, or go with new 64-bit Intel AMD processors delivering almost equal or better computational power. IT managers surveying their existing 32-bit server infrastructure may wonder whether they can reduce their data center size and complexity by using newer-generation servers, or whether moving to a 64-bit server architecture will lead to an interminable process of code migration, application incompatibility, and forced hardware upgrades. Read more ... CIOview's White Paper
Microsoft Windows 2003—Going Once, Going Twice…
Two of the peculiar tendencies of working in high tech is to expect everything to happen now, and to believe that everyone in every company has the latest and greatest technology.
A whole slew of companies still have Windows NT 4.0, so many that Microsoft has created a very interesting virtualization strategy to ease their immediate pain. So how do you get companies to realize not only the financial cost of staying with an outdated platform but also the opportunity cost of their recalcitrance? View a SnapShot with the details of how one company's failure to upgrade led to a million-dollar loss.
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