J. Gold Associates, an independent analyst firm, has published this new hard hitting report providing more data on why businesses should maintain a three year refresh cycle. This report concludes that if a business keeps a notebook in service past the recommended three year lifecycle they may incur hardware related costs nearly equal to the cost of purchasing a new notebook. This research report analyzes the failure rates and associated costs for enterprise-class notebook computers deployed in businesses. This report also compliments the recent report from Wipro (2.57MB, PDF) which looks at overall TCO and operational costs. (more…)
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Keeping Notebooks Past Their Prime: A Study of Failures and Costs
Monday, June 1st, 2009Reduce Energy Usage while Increasing Business Productivity in the Data Center
Monday, May 11th, 2009Drawing from his book The Green and Virtual Data Center, StorageIO Group Founder and Senior Analyst Greg Schulz talks about the most significant issues facing IT in terms of “greening” the data center. He explains the energy savings mode of the new Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series as well as illustrating the differences between energy efficiency and energy avoidance in the new processor.
The Changing Dynamic of the Data Center
Monday, May 11th, 2009Greg Schulz, Founder and Senior Analyst with StorageIO Group, discusses the new data center architecture and how the Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 series fits into that architecture offering efficiencies in terms of energy efficiency and in terms of getting more work done in a shorter period of time with a smaller footprint.
Manage Desktop and Mobile PCs from the Same Console Webcast
Thursday, November 20th, 2008Join Gartner’s Research Vice President Stephen Kleynhans, and Intel’s Director of Business PC Marketing Fred Jentgen as they discuss the latest enhancements for managing both desktop and mobile PCs from the same IT console.
Program discussion topics include:
- Three key trends for IT buyers
- Overcoming the challenges of PC manageability
- The benefit of remote support without a working OS
- Advantages for corporate PC buyers
- The DASH initiative – Desktop Management Task Force
- What’s new with Intel® vPro™ Technology
- Case studies