ROI & cost justification Questions


Pros and Cons for integrated SAP Payroll vs. 3rd party
We are in the process of scoping out an upgrade project and would like to consider the pros and cons of using a 3rd party source for payroll versus integrating SAP payroll. Also would like to know pros and cons of Payroll being on same instance versus separate instance as HR. Thanks, LaDon

Answer Question   |  September 25, 2006  7:06 AM
Career development, Project management, ROI & cost justification, Vendors
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802.11 vs 802.16
I have a small co. with a point to point wireless grid. I handle off site monitoring of gas nad oil flow. I have been overlaping my grid with new locations, and more to come. So I have been looking into new wireless Sys. I have made the choice to use All-In-One?360 Multi-Band/Multi-Mode Antenna WiMAX [...]

Answer Question   |  August 16, 2006  8:30 PM
Arrays, Availability, Bandwidth, Billing and customer care, Billing Support Systems, Budgeting, Cabling, Compliance, CRM, DataCenter, Development, DHCP, DNS, Ethernet, Frame Relay, Hardware, Hubs, Laws, Network applications management, Network management software, Network protocols, Network testing, Networking, Networking services, Outsourcing, Project management, Regulations, ROI & cost justification, Routers, Servers, standards, Storage servers, Switches, Vendors, VoIP, Web services, Web Services Standards, Wireless
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Implementing RUP in Retail business which runs on i-Series
A retail company is planning to implement IBM Rational Unified Process for its business which runs on i-Series. Please let me know how well RUP can be implemented here. How well RUP works for i-Series software development? What are the tailoring to be done to this process for i-Series? Also, please comment on the RUP [...]

Answer Question   |  July 24, 2006  7:21 AM
Application development, AS/400, Automated, Budgeting, Business/IT alignment, Career development, Compliance, DataCenter, Development, Functional, Laws, Lifecycle development, Performance/Load, Project management, Regulations, ROI & cost justification, RPG, RPGLE, Software Quality Assurance, Software testing, Software testing tools, standards, Vendors
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VoIP solutions’ costs
Hi, For a basic business plan I need links to the top top solutions in the VoIP field including market share and costs. Thanks, Nahum Nir

Answer Question   |  July 6, 2006  3:11 PM
Business/IT alignment, ROI & cost justification, VoIP
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Network Resource Allocation cum Planning cum Technical Problem
This is the real commercial problem face by my company. Well, the reason I ask this problem is I salute and respect all of you as I believe all of you are as good as network solution company out there, or even better!! Lets me rephrase the entire problem again. Company expand so fast that [...]

Answer Question   |  May 22, 2006  10:17 AM
3Com, Access, Access control, Active Directory, Altiris, Application security, Availability, Avaya, backdoors, Bandwidth, Benchmarking, Bind, Biometrics, BMC, Browsers, Budgeting, Business/IT alignment, Cabling, Career development, Cisco, Compliance, Computer Associates, configuration, CRM, Current threats, Database, DataCenter, DB2, Dell, Desktop management applications, Desktops, DHCP, Digital certificates, Disaster Recovery, DNS, E-business, Encryption, Enterasys, Enterprise Desktop, Ethernet, Exchange, Fault isolation, FDDI, filtering, Firewalls, Forensics, Foundry, Frame Relay, General Directories, H.323, Hacking, Hardware, Hewlett-Packard, Hubs, human factors, IBM, IBM/Tivoli, Identity & Access Management, Incident response, Instant Messaging, Intel, Interoperability, InterSystems, Intrusion management, IPv4, IPv6, Juniper Networks, LANDesk, Laws, LDAP, Linux, Lotus Domino, Lucent, Management, Marimba, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Operations Manager, Microsoft Systems Management Server, Microsoft Windows, MPLS, MySQL, NetBIOS, Network applications management, Network management software, Network monitoring, Network protocols, Network security, Network testing, Networking, Networking services, NFS, Nortel, Novell, Novell IPX/SPX, Novell NDS, Online transaction processing, Oracle, OS, Partner facing, Patch management, patching, PEN testing, Performance management, Ping, Platform Security, Policies, Project management, Protocol analysis, provisioning, Regulations, Remote management, Risk management, ROI & cost justification, Routers, Secure Coding, Security, Security Program Management, Security tokens, Servers, Single sign-on, SIP, Software, Spyware, SQL, SQL Server, SSL/TLS, standards, Storage, Switches, Sybase, Systems management software, TCP, Tech support, Trojans, Unisys, Vector Networks, Vendors, Viruses, VPN, vulnerability management, Web security, WINS, Wireless, worms
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5 pts.

route mail with fax service in sbs 2003
i have a sbs 2003 on my network and i configure him to get all the fax of my company, the only problem is that when i configure him to route all the incoming fax to some mail it does not seem to work, i check the event log and i get error 32083 and [...]

Answer Question   |  April 27, 2006  3:30 PM
Access, Access control, AIM, Application security, Availability, backdoors, Backup & recovery, Bandwidth, Biometrics, Brightmail, Browsers, Budgeting, Business/IT alignment, Career development, CipherTrust, ClearSwift, CLP, Compliance, configuration, CRM, Current threats, Data analysis, Database, DataCenter, Desktops, Digital certificates, Disaster Recovery, Encryption, Ethernet, Exchange, Exchange security, FDDI, filtering, Firewalls, Forensics, Frame Relay, Hacking, human factors, Identity & Access Management, Incident response, Instant Messaging, Intrusion management, Laws, Management, McAfee, MessageLabs, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows, Network protocols, Network security, Networking, OS, Outsourcing, Patch management, patching, PEN testing, Performance management, Ping, Platform Security, Policies, Postini, Project management, provisioning, Regulations, Risk management, Rockliffe, ROI & cost justification, Secure Coding, Security, Security Program Management, Security tokens, Servers, Single sign-on, Spam, SpamAssassin, Spyware, SQL Server, SSL/TLS, standards, Storage, Symantec, TrendMicro, Trojans, Vendors, Viruses, VPN, vulnerability management, Web development, Web security, Web services, Web Services Standards, Wireless, worms
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5 pts.

Event ID 13508 in microsoft windwos 2000 server
Hi all I have a three servers with windows 2000 (service pack4 ) and its running active directory and DNS also. My global catalog server (PDC) am calling as server ?A? , others are server ?B? and server ?C?. These are two servers are acting as BDCs. One of the BDC?s Hard disk was crashed [...]

Answer Question   |  April 4, 2006  9:44 AM
Availability, Bandwidth, Benchmarking, Budgeting, Business/IT alignment, Career development, Compliance, DataCenter, Desktops, Fault isolation, Firewalls, Forensics, Incident response, Intrusion management, Laws, Management, Microsoft Windows, Network applications management, Network management software, Network monitoring, Network security, Network testing, Networking, OS, Outsourcing, Patch management, Performance management, Ping, Project management, Protocol analysis, Regulations, Remote management, ROI & cost justification, Security, Servers, SQL Server, standards, Storage, Vendors, VPN, Wireless
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T1 vs T3 vs 2 T1′s
I currently have two offices that will become one big office. There will be at most 150 users. Each office currently has a T1 and we do not really have any problems since we also use a Packeteer Packetshaper. If someone wanted to increase the pipe, would they go from a T1 to a T3 [...]

Answer Question   |  March 24, 2006  10:09 AM
Bandwidth, Cabling, DataCenter, Exchange, Performance management, ROI & cost justification, Routers, Servers, Tech support, Vendors
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Outsourcing solutions–Hydra Network
I’m a CIO for a company with 150 employees, and I’m considering outsourcing a good portion of our IT support and maintenance to a third party to cut our expenses. I met with a sales rep from Hydra Network last week after they had done a SAN implementation for us through another partner, and am [...]

Answer Question   |  October 17, 2008  3:00 PM
Hydra Network, Outsourcing, ROI & cost justification, SAN, SLA
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Provisioning Methodology & Tools
Hi, I’m looking for a supplier of methodology and/or tools to allow an IT organizatio to be a bit more “scientific” about estimating capacity requirements and provisioning infrastructure for new applications. Ie we need help with the process to arrive at answers to questions such as: What infrastructure elements do I need to design and [...]

Answer Question   |  January 11, 2006  1:22 PM
Business/IT alignment, DataCenter, ROI & cost justification, Servers
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can an outsider to all of your industries trigger a positive reaction from you?
Over the last two years I have conducted research into the use of Autonomy IDOL’s and DRE’s along with Softsound’s technology to allow voice control of services including automatic transcription (Although I have started fancying Nuance as a better contender for the voice to text side of this ‘kit’) which then leads to a raft [...]

Answer Question   |  December 7, 2005  8:25 PM
Budgeting, Compliance, DataCenter, Laws, Outsourcing, Project management, Regulations, Remote management, ROI & cost justification, standards, Vendors
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Cisco 7606 Vs. the compitition, Foundry XMR series or other.
My company is looking to purchase a new router, we are looking at expanding our cable tv division down the road with video/ video on demand and need to upgrade our current router due to bandwidth constraints, my question is does anyone have a different router good or bad. All answers are welcome and encouraged. [...]

Answer Question   |  December 2, 2005  9:22 AM
Availability, Bandwidth, Budgeting, Business/IT alignment, Cabling, Cisco, DataManagement, Foundry, Hardware, Hubs, Networking, Nortel, Project management, ROI & cost justification, Routers, Storage, Switches, Vendors
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15 pts.

Would like your two cents about the value of vendor content during research phase
Hello. I am the director of the tech encyclopedia WhatIs.com and am looking for some real life stories (and personal opinions) about the value of vendor-created content. The information you share will be used in a WhatIs.com newsletter. I’m especially interested in learning how useful vendor content is in the research phase of your quest [...]

Answer Question   |  June 2, 2008  5:14 PM
Budgeting, Project management, ROI & cost justification, Vendors
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225 pts.

checklist for moving datacenter
Hello. Our company have a plan to move datacenter in a month and my boss ordered me to make out the plan for it. But I don’t know how to do it, especially I have no idea about what I should check for moving datacenter. Help me! How can I get the process, checklist…. for [...]

Answer Question   |  January 9, 2012  10:30 AM
Budgeting, Cabling, DataCenter, Power management, Project management, Remote management, ROI & cost justification, standards, Thermal controls, Updates from SearchDataCenter staff
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Will we really save money having users shut down computers at end of day?
The article below caught my attention. It says that 217 million dollars a year is wasted just in the UK alone by employees leaving computers on overnight. I never shut mine down…my old mentor thought it was actually harmful. Needless to say, we don’t have a policy about shutting down computers here at the end [...]

Answer Question   |  April 19, 2010  12:21 AM
Budgeting, Business/IT alignment, Cabling, DataCenter, Desktops, Hardware, Hubs, Management, Microsoft Windows, Networking, OS, Power management, ROI & cost justification, Routers, Security, Servers, SQL Server, Switches, Tech support
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15 pts.

Hidden costs of blade server deployment?
Am researching the potential value proposition of deploying blade server technology in a mid-sized manufacturing company. Goal is consolidation. Am interested in finding out what you think the advantages will be and what hidden costs I should watch out for.

Answer Question   |  October 26, 2005  12:12 PM
DataCenter, Hardware, ROI & cost justification, Servers, Vendors
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Choosing a profitability measurement tool to replace our existing complex (Excel) approach
Our current approach relies on data from over 20 different business usnits round the world, which operate on different GL platforms. Our core business is car leasing to major corporate clients where some costs and results are estimated till the car is sold after, say, 3 years. I am wondering whether instead of an Activity [...]

Answer Question   |  August 12, 2005  3:48 AM
Budgeting, Business/IT alignment, CRM, Data warehousing applications, Project management, ROI & cost justification, Sales force automation applications, SAP, Updates from SearchCRM.com staff
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Weeding through vendor pricing hype
Our consortium is thinking about changing vendors for desktop management. We?re being pitched by more about ten vendors who all say they can give us the best price. All of them have different approaches to pricing and we?re having a hard time figuring out how to compare apples to apples. What?s the best way to [...]

Answer Question   |  May 4, 2005  5:19 PM
Application software, CIO, Hardware, ROI & cost justification, Vendors
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225 pts.

IT ROI
I?m not sure if these numbers are still available. But, I?m looking for the ROI from IT (i.e. benefits from automation). I could use indirect benefits and cost reduction numbers and/or the direct benefits and cost reduction numbers. The numbers or averages, if possible need to reflect IT overall and not specific to any tool, [...]

Answer Question   |  March 23, 2005  4:19 PM
ROI & cost justification
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