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Finally, the next wave of the IT Revolution is here
“The IT Utility Model.”
Gone are the days of paying an arm and a leg for complicated, rigid, off-the-shelf IT solutions that require customization, consistent upgrades and expensive maintenance personnel. The IT Utility Model offers small to medium size businesses simple, secure and scalable voice and data solutions at an affordable monthly utility fee that reduces IT expenditures by as much as 47%.
History is repeating itself! The same phenomenon that happened almost a century ago in the power industry is happening today in Information Technology. Electrical power was once transformed from an expensive but necessary, fixed, capital investment (with high ongoing maintenance costs), to the reasonably priced, pay-as-you-go utility expense that it is now. So too, is IT being revolutionized today. This evolution now gives small and medium size business access to enterprise class, Fortune 500 technology, security and proficiency at a cost efficient, scalable and manageable price.
Q: What are the differences between The IT Utility Model and PC/server networks?
A: The fundamental differences in The IT Utility Model are centralization, virtualization and Service Level Guarantee (SLG). With the recent proliferation of Thin Clients (TC’s), broadband connections and virtual desktops, all the functions of the traditional networked PC/server are more efficiently handled at a secure off-site data center (with dual location back-up capacity.) By centralizing your company’s computing systems, data, and software, maintenance costs become systematic, predictable and controllable. Furthermore, employees can securely access the specific software and data needed to do their job from everywhere imaginable, increasing productivity, efficacy and efficiency.
Q: Why is The IT Utility Model Less Expensive?
A: The IT Utility Model is less expensive because your company does not have to budget for large cyclic IT capital purchases and unpredictable maintenance cycles since you significantly reduce the amount of IT hardware you own and maintain. This translates into a flat, tax-deductible monthly expense based on your company’s actual usage requirements for bandwidth, computing capacity, software, level of support, and hardware.
The IT Utility Model offers small and medium size business executives a robust, secure and cost-efficient platform to compare when evaluating the relative Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) associated with building out PC/server infrastructure resources. (To learn more about how you can perform you own TCO and compare it to industry-based benchmarks call or go here.)