The Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of a Cloud Solution

question 42

Multiple Choice

The Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of a Cloud solution may change and in the worst case increase. How can this happen?

• A) In certain cases the TCO is intentionally shortened by lack of vision on future developments.
• B) In certain cases the TCO is just not the right measure for calculating relevant costs and expenditures.
• C) In some cases customers have not acted upon a good business case.
• D) In some cases only the distribution of different components that add up to the TCO may change.

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