On Thursday 07 April 2005 05:22 pm, Tom Duerbusch wrote: > > But hardware and software costs are things that any > accountant can see. Real dollars. All the rest of > the stuff is soft dollars. Informed people know there > are savings and have gut feels that justify things. > Try explaining those things to a government watchdog > reporter. You got 5 minutes...now go... > OK. (scratches chin) Check out that electric bill. $200 per year times 200 servers that were shut off. Only $4k. Allright, how about the refund on prepaid maintenance, at about $1k per year. Better. How about avoiding the costs of buying new (planned) servers for Windows-only applications by recycling the vacant ones? Did we avoid building a new facility because we ran out of floor space? Can we take another look at the DR contract and drop coverage for 200 servers? I don't like to eliminate jobs, but how many techs took care of 200 servers? (I'd rather turn them into Linux gurus and have them be even more creative.)
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