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TCOnow! for Blades Servers

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What will this tool help me decide?
When You Should Buy Blades Servers

TCOnow! for Blades Servers will help you configure a blades server environment and evaluate whether blades can reduce the cost of your datacenter. By answering a limited number of questions, TCOnow! will generate a Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) comparison for rolling out new Windows applications or consolidating up to 5 different applications on HP ProLiant DL rack servers or on IBM Blade Center, Intel Enterprise, and even HP ProLiant BL blade servers. Storage choices including ATA-IDE, small form factor SCSI, and storage area networking mean that you can evaluate your datacenter in terms of both processor and disk storage density.

Certainly savings on racks and power are important, but TCOnow! also takes into account networking, high performance computing requirements, management software, management, and even the time needed to replace a failed server. This complete analysis is made possible because the software is packed with data on performance, pricing, and downtime for hundreds of servers. If you are trying to decide if you should purchase Blades Servers, then this is the product for you!

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Interview Process:		You can choose from 5 different blade virtualization strategies, ranging from Integration with an existing environment to Network Virtualization. You can also choose to use blades with 3.5 inch SCSI, 2.5 inch SCSI, or ATA-IDE storage. You will also be able to select from 17 industry groups (see the default costs for employee salaries, benefits, depreciation method and schedule, cost of capital, etc), and see the performance and pricing on several hundred server options.

Results:		Your business case will give you all the information you need to configure your blades environment, including the best financial decision, and all technical requirements.

A Step Further:		Once your analsyis is complete, you will be able to go back into the software and change any of the assumptions to see how it affects your total cost of ownership. This means you can change from storage aggregation or network aggregation compared to integration with your existing environment. You will also be able to see the performance implication of cryptography cards on SSL transactions, or how system costs change as you vary your availability requirements. You could also change your storage option from IDE/SCSI DAS to an FC SAN or an IP SAN and see your TCO evolve.

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

TCOnow! for Blades Servers will automatically generate a side-by-side comparison for:

Servers (Blades)
Software
Storage
Network
Services
Training
Facilities
On-going costs
Downtime
Support and Maintenance

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