A Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) comparison is a tool to help buyers of cloud services determine the direct and indirect costs of a product or system against their current operating model. A TCO not only considers the costs of software acquisition, staff and maintenance but many hidden costs which are not normally considered, for example electricity, cooling, staff training and ICT footprint. It produces a financially accurate starting point to then compare the costs of cloud services.
This document is part of the Cloud Policy Supplementary Guide and Toolkit that underpins the Cloud Policy.
Related documents
Policy
Fact sheets
- 1.1 Establish a governance framework for cloud transition
- 1.2 WA Government Data Offshoring position and guidance
- 2.1 Workforce capability gap assessment for cloud transition
- 2.2 Workforce development planning for cloud transition
- 2.3 Improving workforce capability for cloud transition
- 2.4 Reviewing workforce capability for cloud transition
- 3.1 Situational analysis to inform cloud transition
- 4.1 Risk assessment for cloud transition
- 4.2 Planning an approach for cloud transition
- 5.1 Assessing offerings from cloud providers
- 6.1 Preparing a procurement plan and strategy for cloud transition
- 7.1 Ongoing review and management of cloud contracts
- 8.1 GovNext-ICT products and services to assist with cloud transition
- 8.2 WA Government cloud transition case studies
