As a result, the price tag – both upfront and TCO – is far lower than it was even a few years ago. No one likes financial reporting and analysis. There, I said it. Analysis, now sometimes that’s fun. But reporting? Always a chore. MORE

Filed under: PMO Tagged: budgeting , Cost Management , Mobile , operating costs , TCO , Wireless And Mobility. PMO budgeting Cost Management Mobile operating costs TCO Wireless And Mobility Caught this post on Apptio’s blog re: optimizing IT budgets. It summarizes a Gartner report — I’ve seen earlier versions — which is interesting and Apptio will provide the report if you provide them your contact info. MORE

We need to adopt something similar to a “total cost of ownership” (TCO) analysis. Now common in industry, TCO considers both direct and indirect costs over time. Applying a form of TCO to workforce programs makes sense because, instead of concentrating on inputs (in the form of spending), this approach emphasizes outcomes (in the form of long-term results). MORE

In fact, companies that choose the right solution, with the right capabilities, will realize low TCO and rapid ROI, while empowering their mobile users with the ability to access and interact with timely, complete corporate information from any smartphone or tablet. MORE

In the same way that acquisitive organizations have become more savvy about TCO — Total Cost of Ownership — they should rethink TCP: the Total Cost of Procurement. Every single innovation conversation I've had recently with business unit leaders, product managers and/or marketing executives invariably focuses on the importance of partnership and collaboration with their best suppliers and vendors. MORE

Then the family's CFO, my wife, who also happens to be a CPA, demanded to know their TCO. Companies love to stretch out their investments in existing technology as long as possible, a policy whose faulty logic I recently rediscovered in my role as CIO. As chief information officer of my family, I had purchased two used 333 MHz iMac G3s with 160MB of RAM in Bondi blue for my children to play games on. Actually, "used" doesn't quite convey it: They cost $29 each. MORE

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As a result, the price tag – both upfront and TCO – is far lower than it was even a few years ago. No one likes financial reporting. There, I said it. Analysis, now sometimes that’s fun. But reporting? Always a chore. MORE