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There is a whole world of energy (Oil) companies, hospitals and finance where $4,500 is a rounding error in IT infrastructure costs. You pay for the support c
by shiftpgdn 13y ago
There is a whole world of energy (Oil) companies, hospitals and finance where $4,500 is a rounding error in IT infrastructure costs. You pay for the support contracts and licenses because A. It's what everyone else uses. B. So when something breaks you can point a finger at the vendor and say "We're waiting on them." It's more about being able to CYA and defer liability than anything.
- rbanffy 13y agoUsing what everyone else uses and covering one's ass is a sure way to prevent your IT from generating any competitive advantages.
- shiftpgdn 13y agoAt these companies IT is a cost center, not a revenue generating department. That is to say, they are structured to where it doesn't matter. Go on Dice.com and search asp.net developers to get an idea of what I'm talking about.
- rbanffy 13y agoI understand the issue. Even if IT is not considered a revenue generator, when properly managed, it can become a competitive advantage. And since so many companies treat IT as a cost center, subject it to all the "best practices" and use only "best-of-breed" solutions, turning IT into a competitive asset has never been so easy. The history of corporations is full of examples of not-very-bright companies vanquishing their competition only because they were the least incompetent in that segment and all their competition blundered itself into oblivion.
- ericd 13y agoIf it was just one server, that would be insignificant, but that could add 50% to your server costs (if you have a bunch of $10k servers, and you have to add a $5k support contract to each), that can end up being a significant increase in expense.