Management Information Systems: Managing The Digital Firm (16th Edition)
Management Information Systems: Managing The Digital Firm (16th Edition)
16th Edition
ISBN: 9780135191798
Author: Kenneth C. Laudon, Jane P. Laudon
Publisher: PEARSON
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Total Cost of Ownership (TCO):

  • TCO is defined as the estimated original cost of owning particular technology.
  • It is performed to analyze the IT infrastructure.
  • It is used for predicting the cost of specific technology implementations.
  • The management includes the components like hardware, software, maintenance, downtime, training, installing, supporting, acquisition and many such.
  • The TCO analysis is used for improving the efficiency and productivity of the management.

Components of total cost of components:

  • Hardware cost
    • It includes the total cost of purchasing different types of hardware like monitor.
  • Software cost
    • It includes the cost of purchasing the software license for users...

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