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  • 1.  Allocating Software Cost

    Posted 10/14/15 03:49 PM

    I'd like to hear how others are allocating the cost of server software to applications.  Most of our SW contracts are with a handful of vendors.  We typically don't know the cost of individual SW products, just the aggregate cost of the contract.  And most of the SW is used by many applications.  So we allocate total contract cost by server.  We want to break out the cost of these contracts by product, so we can leverage data we already have that tells us which products are deployed on which servers and be able to allocate product cost by server, rather than vendor cost by server.  If you have done anything similar to allocate SW costs at a granular level, let's talk!  I'll be at the TBM conference in Chicago.  Thanks.







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  • 2.  Re: Allocating Software Cost

    Posted 10/21/15 05:45 PM

    Steve, I will also be in Chicago, and I have an idea on how to resolve this issue I'm dealing with at the moment.

     

    Would love to connect with you live to talk about it.


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  • 3.  Re: Allocating Software Cost

    Posted 10/21/15 06:07 PM

    Let's meet up and talk in Chicago.  My cell # is 301-0351-6804.


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  • 4.  Re: Allocating Software Cost

    Posted 03/14/16 06:36 PM

    Hi Steve, Juan,

    This is an open question. Can I assume you had an in-person meeting that resolved the issue and close this question here? If either of you would like to share the knowledge or best practices around splitting software costs in a joint contract deal, please feel free to add to this question.

     

    Regards,

    Shobha


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