Is Server Pricing a Ray of Hope? E-commerce Web Server $1M average (Gartner)

• Will many % points go to Open Source?

  • All SW ?10-15%
    • HW about same as SW
      • People the other 70-80%
    • Not much change in license costs
      • Will SW savings get shifted to cost of people?

• But cost of downtime is a real killer

  • Lost revenues
    • # Hrs. offline x Total revenues / 8760 hrs. per year
  • Recovery costs

Previous slide

Next slide

Back to first slide

View graphic version