Cloud Total Cost of Ownership: New Research and Guidance from the ECAR-TCO Working Group

Wednesday, October 01, 2014 | 2:30PM–3:20PM | Meeting Room W205B/C
Session Type: Professional Development

Higher education previously lacked a methodology to compare the costs of cloud and campus-based IT service alternatives. Members of the ECAR-TCO Working Group will provide insights and a flexible methodology for identifying the total costs of implementing cloud services that can be applied by higher education institutions.


OUTCOMES: Understand the challenges of calculating and comparing the costs of cloud and local campus computing specific to higher education * Understand the many factors that go into an accurate cloud/local campus computing cost comparison * Learn how to use the ECAR-TCO methodology to calculate accurate TCO comparisons personalized for your institution

Presenters

  • Jerry Grochow

    Research Affiliate, Sloan School of Mgmt, MIT

  • Thomas Trappler

    Associate Director, IT Strategic Sourcing, University of California, Office of the President

  • Sherri Yerk-Zwickl

    VP and CIO, Campbell University

  • Gabe Youtsey

    Chief Information Officer, Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of California, Office of the President

Resources & Downloads

Presentation slides for ECAR-TCO Working Group
2 MB, PDF
Uploaded on 10/12/2014