Calculate Your Windows Mobile Total Cost of Ownership
Microsoft and Alinean have built the Windows Mobile Messaging TCO Tool, a website that takes some information about your business and tells you how much you would pay to implement Windows Mobile for mobile messaging versus how much the same setup would cost with a BlackBerry system. The tool takes into account the cost of devices and software, the amount of service desk time that would be required, and other costs.
You can see a sample company I computed above. The Windows Mobile setup came out to $800 per employee per year, while the BlackBerry cost $1230. Annoyingly, the big differences came lumped under the “Other” category, with $85,863 being allocated to Mobile Messaging Device Support and Maintenance Contracts for the BB, and none for WinMo, as Microsoft considers those costs part of the Exchange contract.
Look at the numbers above or try out the tool and compare to your own experience. Is the tool giving both sides a fair shake, or is it biased or making bad assumptions? Let me know what you find.
I think I’m obligated to point out the the iPhone’s total cost of ownership calculation is simple: Cost of iPhone plus cost of Windows Mobile or BlackBerry, since the iPhone’s enterprise offerings are still undelivered.
(via Jason Langridge)
