Delaying PC acquisitions may seem like a sound business move to preserve capital. Yet a fleet of aging PCs exacts its own price through higher support costs and increased enterprise risk. Most businesses will find that an optimum PC lifecycle—in conjunction with fleet management best practices—delivers better business value while reducing total costs. (more…)
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The Financial Aspects of PC Fleet Management
Friday, June 5th, 2009Keeping Notebooks Past Their Prime: A Study of Failures and Costs
Monday, June 1st, 2009J. 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…)