Industry Study of 106 Enterprises: Using Total Cost of Ownership to Determine Optimal PC Refresh Lifecycles, and Intel PC Total Cost of Ownership Estimator (Includes Intel vPro technology analysis)
Created on: May 14, 2009 5:52 PM by Justin Van Buren - Last Modified: Jul 29, 2009 11:21 AM by Justin Van Buren
When considering ways to stretch IT budgets, it may be tempting to delay PC refreshes and extend PC lifecycles. While this allows firms to avoid PC acquisition costs, older PCs cost more to maintain, so the total cost of ownership (TCO) may actually increase. This paper based on field research with 106 enterprise companies outlines:
• A total cost of ownership (TCO) assessment framework for optimal PC refresh rates based on Equivalent Annual Cost analysis. The framework takes into account PC acquisition, management, and warranty costs.
• Analysis of further TCO reduction opportunities offered by Intel® vPro™ technology and a framework to quantify
those benefits.
• Investigation of power savings offered by both optimizing PC refresh rates and by Intel vPro technology.
Accompanying this whitepaper is a Web based return on investment estimator that offers a custom assessment that can be tailored to a specific firm’s situation. The estimator is available at: http://www.intel.com/business/business-pc/roi/demo.htm
There seems to be a typo within this docs on page 3 Figure 1 & 2. The 3 year refresh is listed twice.