VMware has released a free, self-service Web-based TCO calculator to help virtualization users estimate their return on investment using VMware Infrastructure, and it includes a detailed report on potential cost savings. VMware describes the calculator as a sophisticated, user-friendly tool that requires just a few user inputs to quickly generate a detailed report assessing each area where a customer can expect VMware has released a free, self-service Web-based TCO calculator to help virtualization users estimate their return on investment using VMware Infrastructure, and it includes a detailed report on potential cost savings.VMware describes the calculator as a sophisticated, user-friendly tool that requires just a few user inputs to quickly generate a detailed report assessing each area where a customer can expect potential savings. The TCO Calculator uses a robust methodology based on VMware customer surveys and experience in the field from working on VMware Infrastructure production deployments.The free calculator can be used by IT decision makers to help find ways to address continually escalating data center infrastructure and administrative costs from hardware acquisition, management, power and cooling, real estate and disaster recovery. Using the VMware TCO Calculator, customers now can quickly estimate the potential savings of implementing VMware Infrastructure as a core element of their IT architecture. “Virtualization is an effective initiative companies can undertake to reign in the spiraling costs of maintaining an enterprise data center,” said Raghu Raghuram, vice president of product and solutions marketing at VMware. “The VMware TCO Calculator is a helpful utility that enables customers to visualize the potential benefits of infrastructure virtualization and assists them in creating a roadmap for getting started.”The access the calculator, click here. Software Development