Reduce your Total Cost of Ownership and Increase the Business Value of IT
When faced with replacing UNIX or mainframe systems, many customers find Windows Server offers scalability, reliability, and enterprise application availability that rivals traditional legacy platforms—but at a fraction of the price. In addition, Windows Server provides better business value through increased productivity, reduced operations complexity, and broader use of IT.
Windows Server solutions provide market-leading TCO and business value
Microsoft platforms provide long-term, cost-effective solutions by offering better productivity, lower risk, and lower total cost of ownership (TCO). And, all this can be achieved while leveraging your existing assets in applications, data, and skills.
When comparing TCO for different platforms, it is important to look at all costs incurred over a significant length of time—not just upfront purchase costs.
Initial software costs make up only 7 percent of total cost of ownership.
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Staffing—the cost of managing and maintaining IT systems—accounts for 60 percent of TCO.
Downtime is 15 percent of TCO.
These two cost areas are the largest contributors to TCO over three years.
The resources below will help you to determine TCO factors for your organization and illustrate how other organizations have been able to substantially lower costs by selecting Windows Server solutions over legacy systems.
UNIX
White Papers and Resources
Driving Lower TCO and Rapid ROI through UNIX Migrations: IT Decision-Maker Perspectives Mercer Management Consulting (September 2006): Mercer Management Consulting conducted a research study with 30 senior IT decision-makers globally to understand why organizations are migrating from UNIX. Read the Report
Demonstrating Business Value: Selling to Your C-Level Executives IDC (April 2007): This IDC white paper is designed to better equip IT professionals to communicate the business value that IT operations provide to a company’s operations by integrating a focus on the corporate return on investments associated with IT projects.
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Understanding UNIX Migration: A Demand-Side View IDC (March 2006): This document summarizes the results from a recent survey of 400 UNIX/RISC customers regarding their plans for UNIX migrations.
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Business Value of Migrating from UNIX to Windows Server System Windows Server System not only delivers cost and productivity benefits for native Windows-based applications, but it also extends the service life and functionality of legacy UNIX applications and file systems. Read the Report
Case Studies
Unilever Gains Lower TCO Supporting SAP with SQL Server 2005 and Windows Server Unilever wanted to move its SAP supply chain management database to a platform that would provide a better total cost of ownership than its existing UNIX-based solution.
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Lockheed Martin Unit Moves SAP from UNIX to Windows, Cuts Technology Costs 41 Percent Lockheed Martin expects to save up to 41 percent of SAP costs over the next five years—while exceeding the performance it saw on a RISC-based UNIX solution. Read the Case Study
Simon & Schuster Saving U.S.$197,600 Annually over UNIX A Windows-based server solution has increased performance and flexibility, and will save the company U.S.$197,600 annually, compared with UNIX, and will provide a solid foundation for future growth and development.
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Suncor Migrates SAP from Sun/Oracle to Windows, Lowers TCO by 42 Percent Suncor projects running on Microsoft Windows Server operating system, instead of continuing with UNIX, will reduce hardware, software, and support costs by 42 percent over six years.
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Mainframe
White Papers and Resources
Demonstrating Business Value: Selling to Your C-Level Executives IDC (April 2007): This IDC white paper is designed to better equip IT professionals to communicate the business value that IT operations provide to a company’s operations by integrating a focus on the corporate return on investments associated with IT projects.
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Third-Party Software Costs Killing Mainframe Growth Searchdatacenter.com (Jan. 10, 2007): Attendees at the annual Gartner Data Center Conference listed third-party software costs as the Number One inhibitor to mainframe growth.
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Navigating the Enterprise Database Selection Process: A Comparison of RDMS Acquisition Costs Value Prism Consulting (January 2006): In this paper, Value Prism Consulting compares Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle 10g, and IBM DB2 and concludes that Microsoft SQL Server 2005 offers the highest level of functionality in the base product and offers it at the lowest cost, based on per-processor license fees.
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Case Studies
China Light and Power Improves Customer Service Decreases TCO with Microsoft SAP Solution CLP Power Hong Kong Ltd., the largest electricity service provider in Hong Kong, realized it had outgrown its mainframe systems and replaced them with a Microsoft-SAP solution to handle the future growth of business operations.
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Brazilian Stock Exchange Ushers in New Era with SQL Server–based Infrastructure The Brazilian São Paulo Stock Exchange (BOVESPA) ran its mission-critical applications on ever-larger, ever-more costly mainframe platforms. Seeking a more flexible approach, they decided to migrate the entire operation to a Microsoft-based environment using Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and SQL Server 2005 and ultimately retired the mainframe.
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W&W Informatik Deploys Database System, Reduces SAP Costs by 25 Percent W&W Informatik, the IT services division of German financial services provider Wustenrot & Wurttembergische, relied on an ageing IBM mainframe computer that was expensive to run and difficult to manage. W&W Informatik decided to migrate its SAP databases to Microsoft SQL Server™ and Windows Server2003. The systems operations costs were reduced by about 25 per cent. User waiting times were shortened by as much as two thirds and system availability increased.
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