Technologies That Can Save Cost

Technologies That Save Cost: What questions should you ask?

• Faronics:Deep Freeze/Power Saver

• Altiris/LanDesk/SCCM/Zenworks/Keseya/KACE

• NComputing/Fiddlehead

• Virtualization/VDI/Cloud

  • AWS/Azure

  • VMWare

  • Scale Computing

  • Promise Storage

  • Nimble Storage

• Open Source/Linux

  • Ubuntu

  • Asterisk

• Web 2.0

  • Google Docs, Sites, Email

  • Office 365

• Refurb / Off-lease Technologies

  • Parts / Repair

  • Warranty

• Using old tech in new ways:

  • Internet pipe for SIP

CHROMEBOOKS?

Technologies That May Save Cost: What questions should you ask?

• Lease vs. Buy: Lease-vs-Buy.pdf

  • What question do you need to ask ?

  • What is the total cost of leasing?

  • Do you send the equipment back or buy it at the end of the lease?

  • One dollar buy back

    • Present Value of Equipment

• Training

  • MAEDS Conference / PD Days

  • MSBO STM

• Outsourcing

  • In-house Staff vs. Contractor

  • Consultant Rate Sheet

• Other

  • Equipment versus professional development cost

  • Department charge backs: Rate Sheet Example: Comprehensive, and here, and here

Technologies That Don't Save Cost per se: What questions should you ask?

• Classroom Management

  • • LANSchool

    • Securly

Organizations:

• TRIG 22I

  • MISEN

  • Data Hubs

The Three C's

• • Collaboration

  • Consortium

  • Consolidation