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TCOnow! for Windows Server Virtualization

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The Impact of Virtualization

TCOnow! for Windows Server Virtualization will help you determine the impact of Virtualization on your site requirements, server needs, network bandwidth, IT staffing, and downtime. By answering a limited number of questions, TCOnow! will generate a Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) comparison of your Windows Server Virtualization options. You can choose to base your comparison on continuing with your current server environment, migrating to a Windows Virtual Server environment with or without modifying your current applications, or migrating to a Virtual Virtual Server environment and updating your applications for Windows Server 2003.

The typical Windows NT4 environment has a number of departmental lines of business applications. Combined with the decentralized branch network and a number of test environments, many organizations face a proliferation of Windows Intel servers that are poorly utilized, not supported, or nearing the end of the lifecycle. A Windows Virtual Server may help untangle this IT environment. The business case will show you how to consolidate branch office, test, department, and legacy applications. In addition, you can choose to consolidate the number of physical locations with servers installed – possibly reshaping your entire network! If you are trying to determine the impact of Virtualization, then this is the product for you!

Interview Process:		You will be able to select from 17 industry groups (see the default costs for employee salaries, benefits, depreciation method and schedule, cost of capital, etc). You will also be able to obtain the pricing and performance on several hundred server options.

Results:		The software will combine your responses with our industry data and create a customized consolidation strategy to match your environment. It will also configure your current and future environment, and simplify capacity planning. This will allow you to instantly see the financial implications of keeping legacy applications or migrating them to a new operation system.

A Step Further:		Once you have reviewed your analysis, you can go back in and change any of your decisions, or the underlying assumptions. For example, you could change utilization rates, clustering design decisions, IT staffing assumptions, or network upgrade requirements.

Customized Business Report

CIOview's software creates a complete business case, detailing the costs of possible solutions. For the financial people, it includes cost factor breakdown. For the technical people, it includes a complete break-down of deployment.

With a tool this powerful, you can give everyone the information they want…and look great doing it.

Purchasing Research - Done!

Conducting the research necessary to make a purchasing decision can be very time consuming. The process of reading through reviews, listening to the experience of colleagues, and trying to sift through the marketing materials can make it difficult to reach a clear decision. CIOview's software takes all of the pertinent industry information into account and applies it to your specific situation – giving you the most accurate analysis possible.

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	Extensive What if Analysis After you have reviewed your cost comparison, the software allows you to drill-down and change any of the underlying assumptions. The software is intelligent enough to allow you to change everything from the server model selected, to the cost of the power for the servers. This means you can continue to modify your report until you reach the completed solution you desire.

Respected Independent Third Party

You can be assured that as a third party provider, we provide you with only objective information. This independence is recognized by some of the top names in the IT field through the use of our products and strategic partners with associations such as ISECOM and AIIM.

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Side-by-Side Comparison

By answering as few as 25 questions, TCOnow! will generate a side-by-side cost comparison for your:

Servers
Software
Storage
Network
Services
Training
Facilities
On-going costs
Downtime
Support and maintenance

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