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Solutions > Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)
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Mobile clinical data makes a difference
Computing Unplugged Magazine - May 2005
This month's Keeping Score column continues the Gantry Group's journey through the intriguing world of mobile healthcare with a Q&A session on mobile charge capture. Read on to find out how MercuryMD's MData application is changing how healthcare providers access and interact with patient information.
Mobile media goes corporate
Computing Unplugged Magazine - March 2005
Dale and Dawna have taken a bit of break on the standard Keeping Score fair in this month's column. With wireless data transfer rates finally becoming reasonable, Video On Demand technology, and more effective compression algorithms, mobile devices are transforming into fully equipped media centers. Given that it's award season in Hollywood, this month has mobile media on the playbill.
Mobile healthcare: Caregivers on the go!
Computing Unplugged Magazine - February 2005
The cost of healthcare is on the rise, and over 25% of U.S. citizens can't afford healthcare coverage. Insurance companies and healthcare providers are looking for new ways to dramatically lower the cost of care while improving the overall quality of care. This month's column focuses on two growing mobile solutions for the healthcare provider: mobile rounding and mobile charge capture.
Field sales: Redefining out-of-pocket
Computing Unplugged Magazine - January 2005
To sell their products and services, most companies use a sales force to "spread the word" from one prospect and customer to the next. Sales teams spend most of their working hours on the road, operating out-of-pocket. This month, Dale and Dawna show how handhelds are the missing technology link to keep the sales force connected to, and in sync with headquarters.
Enabling mobile field service applications
Computing Unplugged Magazine - December 2004
In their last column, Dale and Dawna showed there's no standard off-the-shelf, ROI calculator that works for a generic mobile solution. Each mobile solution delivers benefits that are highly dependent on the type and configuration of the system and the industry that's using it. In this column they specifically address mobile field service applications and how they apply to the enterprise.
Mobile ROI Boot camp
Computing Unplugged Magazine - November 2004
This week, we continue our popular Total Cost of Ownership series from Dale and Dawna with an introduction to the issues of cost when looking at mobile solutions. If you're investing in mobile tech, you owe it to yourself (and your company) to devour this article!
The cost of a lifetime: calculating TCO for handheld enterprise solutions
Computing Unplugged Magazine - September 2004
This month, we kick off our new Computing Unplugged Magazine monthly column, Keeping Score on TCO and ROI. TCO analysts Dale Troppito and Dawna Paton focus on the definition and implementation of TCO and ROI best practices, specifically for mobile enterprise solutions. This column is a "how-to" guide for value analysis techniques, the benefits of use, and pitfalls to avoid. We promise to keep our topics practical, pertinent and pithy.
Palm beats competition in TCO analysis
PalmPower Magazine Enterprise Edition - June 2002
Handheld devices have become critical corporate infrastructure assets due to an increasingly mobile and widespread workforce. As such, many corporate executives have begun looking at mobile solution costs the same way they would any other corporate infrastructure investment. Palm, Inc. has addressed this concern by retaining Gantry Group to analyze the Total Cost of Ownership associated with enterprise mobile solutions. In this report, Steve Niles takes a look at some of the results of this fascinating study.
Investing in Palm handhelds: understanding total cost of ownership
PalmPower Magazine Enterprise Edition - September 2001
Before you can determine your Return on Investment, you need to figure out how much you're investing. In other words, how much is this stuff going to cost? In this article, Editor-in-Chief David Gewirtz will take you through the steps necessary in determining the Total Cost of Ownership of Palm handhelds in your corporation.
Investing in Palm handhelds: readers tell their own stories of ROI results
PalmPower Magazine Enterprise Edition - September 2001
In trying to get a solid handle on the Return on Investment issue for Palm handhelds, Editor-in-Chief David Gewirtz realized that getting ROI accounts directly from readers, in their own words, would be an excellent way to showcase ROI. In this article, he shares the empirical evidence he's gathered from a number of PalmPower Magazine Enterprise Edition readers just like you.
Investing in Palm handhelds: a return on investment analysis
PalmPower Magazine Enterprise Edition - September 2001
When making a purchasing decision, especially on a company-wide basis, you must evaluate your Return on Investment. In this article, Editor-in-Chief David Gewirtz explores the entire ROI issue as it pertains to Palm handhelds. He offers a number of real world examples of companies that have seen enormous ROI benefits and provides several guidelines to follow when trying to figure out what your ROI might be before you invest in Palm handhelds.
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