In Summary

• The tools for measuring TCO have evolved rapidly into a comprehensive set of methodologies, models, and tools to help organizations in two ways: by improving overall value of IT investments and by measuring, managing, and reducing costs.

• ROI analysis is often intangible or difficult to quantify. In spite of the difficulties, such returns often reflect the true value of IT investments. They are crucial to a total analysis of technology and should be the focal point of a technology evaluation.

• Technology can create a competitive advantage by giving companies an edge in faster time-to-market through better communication and collaboration, improved customer satisfaction through improved response times and higher system availability, and product and service quality improvements.

• The goal of any TCO solution is to reduce costs as much as possible to improve the return on the initial investment. To that end, there are four main solutions promulgated by HP: simplification by standardization, management solutions, business protection, and life cycle management.

• Due to the capabilities of the Intel Itanium processor family, HP enterprise servers can deliver competitive TCO and high ROI because various HP programs address costs and benefits at every level of the solution—hardware platforms, operating environments, middleware, ISV solutions, and service and support.