Executive Update

Developing and Using a Financial Model for Virtualization Technology Investment: Part II

Posted July 14, 2008 | Leadership |

In the first Executive Update of this two-part series,1 we set out a financial model that companies can use to evaluate potential investments in virtualization technology. We worked through the first two steps of the model -- data collection and financial analysis -- for our example company, Big Host, which is based on composite data from our recent work.

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Steven Kursh
Steven Kursh is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Engineering at Vanderbilt University and an independent consultant focused on the software industry and intellectual property. He is a former Senior Consultant with Cutter Consortium's Business Technology & Digital Transformation Strategies practice. Dr. Kursh has extensive experience in software development, software project management, contract performance, intellectual property, and… Read More
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