Need Help with Virtualization ROI/TCO? VMware’s Latest Online Calculator to the Rescue

Back in April of this year, VMware released the first version of its ROI calculator. And while it went a long way to help customers visualize the potential benefits of infrastructure virtualization, it stopped short by concentrating on the value of server consolidation. As the value proposition of virtualization continues to evolve beyond simple datacenter consolidation, so too has the VMware ROI/TCO calculator.

The latest version of the calculator helps provide a methodology for capturing the reduction in Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and Return on Investment (ROI) from implementing any of VMware’s virtualization products and solutions, including:

1. VMware Infrastructure (VI3)

2. VMware Lab Manager

3. VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)

You can quickly assess potential cost savings with the calculator by completing five easy steps:

1. Fill out a simple survey questionnaire. Answer a few questions about your company and then select whether you are interested in consolidation cost savings, virtual lab benefits or desktop control and manageability savings.

2. Customize assumptions. The calculator uses over 200 additional metrics to calculate a cost benefit/ROI analysis. These values can be reviewed and refined.

3. Review total cost savings and return on investment (ROI). You can see your customized cost savings, comparing your current (as is) total cost of ownership over the next three years and the cost savings estimated for a virtualized VMware environment.

4. Save analysis. You can save your analysis to review or re-open at a later time.

5. Obtain detailed reports. After registering, you can click on the report button to receive a full report of your personalized analysis results including the executive summary overview and detailed results by category in either a PDF or RTF format. Data can also be exported to a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.

Try the calculator for yourself, click here.