Data Center Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)

by Fred Mapp

In this whitepaper, Mapp reviews facts about the total cost of ownership (TCO) for designing, building and operating a data center as compared to using an outsourced data center provider. Using the TCO Model, Mapp defines the costs of acquisition, installation, operations and maintenance to determine which route makes the most financial sense.

Mapp also reviews the seven most common data center mistakes made by owners, including a lack of understanding of the true cost of energy, risk dynamics of density, unmatched capacity to utilization, not having flexible options to meet changing needs, not identifying full operational costs and not understanding the financial impact of having energy efficient data center solutions.

About the author:

Fred Mapp served as CIO at various Fortune 100 companies and is presently a consultant and motivational speaker with more than 40 years of experience in IT. He has held key positions at IBM, InfoSpan Corporation, American Express, Honeywell, AMD and the World Congress on Information Technology.