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While slimmer IT budgets will tempt evaluators to pick solutions with the lower price
tag, often organizations will end up spending significantly more on downgraded
solutions over time. Organizations looking to deploy mobile computers outside the
office space with operational-critical or even high value, applications will want to
consider a higher grade of ruggedness through the lens of a TCO analysis.
Such a TCO analysis must quantify the differences between rugged and commercial-
grade solutions. They must also take into account the increasing cost of lost
productivity and IT support due to further integration of mobile computing into core
operations and company image. Through such a metric, organizations can determine
the solution which will best serve the company and cost the least over the life of the
deployment.
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