The Move to Windows7 can be trying. Costs, training, upgrades…all of these elements can make the change daunting, even for seasoned professionals. But with the Return on Investment (ROI) tool provided by Aliean, Inc. can take some of the unknowns out of the picture, the financial unknowns.
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ROI is just a measure about given costs, and expected returns for a purchase of a product, when will the breakeven point occur, a shorter return on investment the better because one can expect to make profits as soon after the breakeven point is reached.
Here is the tool ROI lite. There are two phases to it. Identifying the type of industry that the business is in and submitting the number of PC’s and branches that will be affected by the purchase. The second stage is to let the software prepare the analysis to determine the ROI point of return.
ROI Tool Lite - Select from the Drop Down Box
The profile will determine how to create the ROI; different industries have different associated costs.
ROI Tool Create the Business Profile
The profile operation is completed automatically.
ROI The PC - Profile Complete
Display of the Current Operating system profile
Current PC Operating System Profile
You have to select what type of upgrade strategy you want to pursue. There is an option to do an “Immidiate In place OS upgrade.” You can also do an Immediate PC replacement. No.3 means doing a compressed PC refresh…you replace old pc’s with new one’s.The final option involves an upgrade of the OS within the normal PC refresh cycle, meaning that it won’t be done now.
A look at the different upgrade strategies
Here is a graphics view:
Upgrade Strategy - Graphic
Determining what the ROI is, a brief review.
ROI - Analysis
What are the savings by moving to Windows 7?
Savings with Windows 7 - Completing the analysis
Now a graphics view
ROI Graphics
This tool can provide you with a quick way to determine how to proceed with your upgrade plans. Download ROI lite here.
