CoSN TCO Publications and Presentations

TCO Backgrounder

A two-page overview of CoSN's TCO Leadership Initiative and the CoSN-Gartner tool.

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Date	Fri 02/24/2012 @ 12:17
Author	Richard Kaestner
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CoSN TCO Presentation

Designed to be a 1-hour session, a brief overview of the TCO tool is covered, along with a discussion on what TCO is and why one would want to perform a TCO assessment. An overview of interpreting the results and intro to VOI is also covered.

Also available from CoSN is a complete TCO workshop and a webcast series for training on the CoSN-Gartner TCO tool. This workshop goes through a complete online demonstration with data from a study district.

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Date	Tue 04/06/2010 @ 04:54
Author	Richard Kaestner
EMail	rich@cosn.org

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CoSN 2010 Compendium - Weathering the Storm

In the nine-page article, district and regional leaders share advice on responding to the economic downturn without cutting vital services.

The monograph details eight approaches for dealing with the economic crisis, as shared by ten chief technology officers (CTOs) and superintendents from school districts across the nation.

This publication is available in the MyCoSN member area of the CoSN website.

To read the executive summary of Weathering the Storm, please click here

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Date	Fri 03/19/2010 @ 02:08
Author	Richard Kaestner
EMail	rich@cosn.org

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CoSN TCO - VOI Workshop

Along with this presentation, the TCO - VOI Workshop includes a live demo of the CoSN-Gartner TCO tool, a VOI benefits exercise, a review of the VOI benefits worksheet and, if time permits, a demo of the VOI Project Cost Estimator.

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Date	Wed 01/20/2010 @ 08:46
Author	Richard Kaestner
EMail	rich@cosn.org

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EdTech Magazine - Getting the Answers

June, 2008 by Rich Kaestner

It’s difficult to know where you are going if you don’t know where you are. Perform a district-wide baseline TCO assessment, then play "what if" games by changing inputs and gauging the results.

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Date	Thu 12/17/2009 @ 04:53
Author	Richard Kaestner
EMail	rich@cosn.org

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EdTech Magazine - Understanding Your Costs

December, 2009
Article by CoSN's TCO Project Director on understanding the role of Total Cost of Ownership as both a strategic (planning) and tactical (IT efficiencies) tool for dealing with budget cuts.
http://www.edtechmag.com/k12/issues/december-2009-january-2010/understanding-your-costs.html

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Date	Thu 12/17/2009 @ 04:52
Author	Richard Kaestner
EMail	rich@cosn.org

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A Holistic View of the Total Cost of Technology

“A Holistic View of the Total Cost of Tech” by CoSN’s TCO Project Director, Rich Kaestner, was published in ASBO’s School Business Affairs (Nov. 2008), a publication for school business officials. This article encourages schools to look at end-user productivity ramifications of inadequate support staff and antiquated equipment, presenting an important message as we enter difficult economic times.

This article originally appeared in the November 2008 School Business Affairs magazine and is reprinted with permission of the Association of School Business Officials International (ASBO). The text herein does not necessarily represent the views or policies of ASBO International, and use of this imprint does not imply any endorsement or recognition by ASBO International and its officers or affiliates.

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Date	Mon 08/10/2009 @ 05:42
Author	Richard Kaestner
EMail	rich@cosn.org

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CoSN-Gartner TCO Tool Intro: Why TCO Matters

Technology is an increasingly essential K-12 resource. As budgets tighten, however, districts are coming under pressure to articulate the costs and benefits of existing and planned technology expenditures. Increasingly, educational policy makers are seeking evidence that their highly visible investments in technology are meeting educational needs and that these information technology (IT) investments are closely monitored and well-managed.

The objectives of this project are to:

􀂄Provide a simplified methodology for calculating TCO that specifically addresses the needs of the K-12 community.
􀂄 Enable K-12 institutions to calculate their own TCO based on this framework, and to help them create a baseline for future TCO comparisons.
􀂄 Highlight issues that will help schools improve the ways they manage their technology assets, adopt best practices, and simplify the management of information technology resources.

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Date	Mon 08/10/2009 @ 05:41
Author	Richard Kaestner
EMail	rich@cosn.org

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