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Leadership Series Webinar Total Cost of Ownership Archive Version Available
Now! Free on Demand! Are your technology costs getting out of control as
purchases proliferate across your district? Do you know how much you are
really spending throughout an equipment life cycle? How do you decide when
to retire specific items and buy new? Studies by Gartner, Inc. show that
nearly 80 percent of costs occur after an information technology unit is
purchased. But with the right tools you can identify these costs and
implement best practices to contain them. That's what this Total Cost of
Ownership TCO Webinar is all about! TCO is a financial estimate that helps
district administrators assess and manage direct and indirect costs for any
capital investment, such as computer hardware and software. TCOs document
costs beyond the purchase price for the use and maintenance of the device
or system under consideration, including training, support, quality
control and security. Join the Editor-in-Chief of District Administration
magazine and a panel of experts, including Rich Kaestner, the TCO Project
Director for CoSN www.cosn.org , on October 19 to learn how to:
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