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Leased x86 Swaps to Grow - A Best Practice by Cal Braunstein of RFG
Last updated: 13 Nov 2009, 5pp
Robert Frances Group believes that leasing, coupled with blade swaps, is a far more economical approach to blade server management for Intel-architecture blade server farms with increasing workloads, and can produce significant financial results. |
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IBM Global Financing Doubles Down – Increases Economic Stimulus Funding
Last updated: 27 May 2009, 2pp
Acknowledging both the degree of global economic interconnectedness and its international capabilities,
on Wed, May 27, 2008, IBM Global Financing (IGF) announced that it was expanding its previously
announced $2 billion economic stimulus interim financing program. |
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Creative Financing Can Solve New Business Requirements and Constraints
Last updated: 21 Sep 2007, 5pp
This report makes the case for leasing hardware, and then goes beyond to include sale leaseback, used equipment, software and even discusses how customers can use the Project Financing model to fund an IT transformation to a "green environment". |
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Evaluating Technology Life-Cycle Management and Lease-Versus-Own Options
Last updated: 14 Jan 2008, 12pp
IT Capital Investments: Evaluating Technology Life-Cycle Management and Lease-Versus-Own Options. |
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Lease Versus Purchase: More Than a Numbers Decision
Last updated: 30 Jun 2007, 9 pp
IDC continues to believe that in many situations, technology leasing offers greater operational, strategic, and financial benefits than outright ownership. |
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Apex Computers International Limited
Last updated: 01 Aug 2008, 4pp
IBM's Rapid Online Financing fits the bill at Apex |
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Gwinnett County Enables IT Change with Structured Financial Solutions
Last updated: 30 May 2007, 5 pp
This IDC Buyer Case Study examines Gwinnett County's process of enabling the transition of its IT infrastructure and streamlining its budget process by implementing a strategic financing program. |
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APC-MGE Financial Service partners with IBM Global Financing
Last updated: 27 Mar 2007, 2pp
APC-MGE announced that it has selected IBM Global Financing to provide a full suite of leasing and financing business and infrastructure processes to fulfill its business mission. |
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Demystifying Commodity and Blade Server TCO - Part One: An Opportunity for Leasing
Last updated: 24 Oct 2006, 5pp
Robert Frances Group believes enterprises should evaluate the cost implications of their commodity and blade server purchasing strategies to optimize total cost of ownership (TCO) effectively. |
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Demystifying Commodity and Blade Server TCO - Part Two: Numerical Analysis
Last updated: 08 Dec 2006, 10pp
Robert Frances Group believes corporations should make server purchasing and refresh decisions based on a holistic TCO approach that incorporates all cost components and common business practices. |
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Demystifying Commodity and Blade Server TCO - (Total Cost of Ownership) Part Three: Leasing Analysis
Last updated: 02 Feb 2007, 7pp
RFG believes corporations should fully understand the vendor funding opportunities and cost components of commodity and blade servers to optimize the selection of the proper life cycle and financing options. |
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The Language of Leasing PCs
Last updated: 23 May 2006, 6pp
Adam Braunstein, Robert Frances Group (RFG) analyst, lays out the language of leasing in this Research Note and goes one step further as he dares to compare PC financing from Dell, HP and IBM Global Financing. |
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A Rationale for PC Leasing and Refresh: Power Consumption and Monies Reinvestment
Last updated: 04 Apr 2006, 5pp
Robert Frances Group believes hard dollar savings alone, especially with the fair market and zero-percent leasing options available from leasing companies, can justify leasing new PC equipment. |
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A Rationale for PC Leasing and Refresh: Risk Mitigation
Last updated: 31 Mar 2006, 5pp
Robert Frances Group believes hard dollar savings alone, especially with the fair market and zero-percent leasing options available from leasing companies, can justify leasing new PC equipment. |
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The Downside of Keeping PCs beyond Three Years and How Leasing Can Help
Last updated: 01 Dec 2005, 11pp
Robert Frances Group believes PC leasing can offer valuable hard and soft dollar savings over purchasing, as well as valuable productivity gains for enterprises lacking effective PC life cycle disciplines. |
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Demystifying PC Total Cost of Ownership: How Leasing Can Help
Last updated: 04 Oct 2005, 5pp
Robert Frances Group believes minimizing PC costs requires IT and business executives to adopt a view of PC total cost of ownership (TCO) that includes consideration of breakage, operational, and residual value costs, as well as processes that leverage actual cost data. |
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