...For Less Money And Effort
Desktop operating systems are expensive!
- 5-year PC cost: Gartner says $40,000; Zona says $20,000
- Hardware only costs about $5,000, software is $2,000
- Administration is still the majority of the cost!
COST = Machines Administered
- Cost of physically going to each machine
COST = Lost Productivity
- Users end up supporting themselves
- Down time waiting for admin to help fix problems
Centralization reduces update costs
- Faster upgrades, reliable backups
- Increased security (machines, data, virus protection)
- Use less memory/disk, avoid per-desktop maintenance