Consumer Reports recently found the Prius to have the lowest cost of ownership of any car.
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"Total cost of ownership and asset utilization are what puts this on the floor, " he says.
Some of the factors affecting the cost of ownership involve a lot of uncertainty.
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It looked at overall cost of ownership for five years, with 15, 000 miles driven annually.
He assumes much higher oil prices will drive down the overall cost of ownership of electric vehicles.
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Braet said that INTIX will lower the total cost of ownership and increase intoperability between messaging data and communities.
As a result, enterprises can significantly lower the total cost of ownership for their Identity and Access Management initiatives.
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Additionally, the LED backlighting consumes up to 56 percent less power resulting in a lower total cost of ownership (TCO).
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Based on the formula, which involves adding up the three items, the annual total cost of ownership is 0.76% per year.
Eight factors go into its cost of ownership calculations: depreciation, financing, fees and taxes, fuel, insurance, maintenance, repairs and opportunity cost.
Optimization is lot more than just driving more for less, and much more than just a compelling Total Cost of Ownership story.
You know exactly when smartphones are introduced, and the effect of timing on refresh cycles and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
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What they care about is Total Cost Of Ownership (TCO), which is related mostly to the cost and time of managing devices.
The new HP-branded visual collaboration solutions will deliver high-quality video experiences while operating on infrastructure that delivers a lower total cost of ownership.
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Saugatuck Research recently attempted to shed some light on ways to measure the total cost of ownership, or TCO, of private cloud.
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The problem with total cost of ownership (TCO) numbers, says Yankee Group analyst Sheryl Kingstone, is that they often mean very little.
To help consumers make more cash-sensible car-buying decisions, KBB recently announced its annual Total Cost of Ownership Awards in 22 separate vehicle classes.
This is based on total cost of ownership factors including depreciation, financing, insurance, maintenance, repairs, fees and taxes and, of course, fuel consumption.
One more thing that is frequently overlooked by investors but is just as important, in our view, as performance records: the cost of ownership.
Product companies are becoming more sophisticated at analyzing the total landed cost, also referred to as total cost of ownership, to produce their products.
Thin clients' cheap purchase price is matched by a lower cost of ownership: Bodeman says HP's new products offer energy savings even without virtualization.
In addition, the W1070 and W1080ST do not require filters to clean or replace, which further reduces the projectors' total cost of ownership (TCO).
Total Cost of Ownership including not only software hardware installation and maintenance costs, but also including recommended counterparts required to assemble a best of breed solution stack.
This new product line addresses the unique environment of NAS and the growing demand for affordable, reliable and compatible storage that reduces customer total cost of ownership.
In a detailed analysis comparing diesel and gas versions of the same models, Vincentric calculated the cost of ownership over five years, assuming 15, 000 miles of driving annually.
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More important though, is the total cost of ownership.
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"Now that products like NAL are out, people can really see how they cut the total cost of ownership dramatically, " says Brian Legare, NT administrator for Lutherans Capital Management in Appleton, Wis.
In addition, the Acer C7 Chromebook is incredibly affordable as a stand-alone product, and even more affordable when schools consider the reduced total cost of ownership thanks to its manageability and security features.
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This might be novel to many consumers, but it probably resonates with anyone working in corporate IT, where boosting ROI and slashing Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) have long been key goals.
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Perceived lower Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) continues to be the dominant reason enterprises are considering SaaS adoption, with 50% of respondents in 2012 mentioning this as the primary factor in their decision.
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