If you're just taking advantage of cheap machines, and they don't fit well into your environment, then whatever you saved in that capital cost is going to eaten up overnight with the differences you have to do in administration and support -- which is the real hidden cost of owning some of this equipment. |
IT managers need to get ahead of the game and understand these products, put the right security policies in place and embrace them. If you don't already have a group [in your company] focused on consumer land, you might be missing out. |
This has been an active business for many years, obviously through the IBM mainframe market and so forth, |
You have to make sure this equipment fits in with the new environment, |