A company wants to replace its physical tape library with a virtual tape library (VTL). To deploy the
VTL, the company spends $300,000 for the hardware costs and $50,000 for the implementation
charges.
Once the data is migrated from the physical tape library to the VTL, the physical tape library will be
decommissioned for a cost of $50,000. The company will gain $70,000 per month due to this VTL
implementation.
What is the return on investment (ROI) in one year and the break-even point for the companys
initial investment?

A company wants to replace its physical tape library with a virtual tape library (VTL). To deploy
the VTL, the company spends $300,000 for the hardware costs and $60,000 for the
implementation charges. Once the data is migrated from the physical tape library to the VTL, the
physical tape library will be decommissioned for a cost of $50,000. The company will gain $60,000
per month due to this VTL implementation.
What is the return on investment (ROI) in one year and the break-even point for the companys
initial investment?

A company has a shared pre-staged infrastructure at an alternate site. This approach enables the
company to rebuild systems and applications in the event of a disaster.
What is the term for this strategy?

In the context of “establishing information availability,” what is an operation management activity?

Based on strategic plans regarding green initiatives, an IT department is considering server
consolidation in its data centers. Which set of elements should be included in the business value
analysis to maximize the ROI for such an initiative?

A company’s IT department is comparing two technology proposals. Option 1 would retain legacy
equipment while Option 2 would replace the existing equipment with a new one.
Option 1:
Total operation costs = $400,000 per year
Annual storage requirements = $100,000 per year
Option 2:
Initial investment = $1,250,000
Recurring annual operation costs = $150,000 per year
Annual storage requirements = $100,000 per year
The company’s write-off costs for the legacy equipment is $50,000. As a business analyst using a
TCO analysis, which option would you recommend?

A company has estimated a cost of $220,000 to build its new data center. The new data center will
serve an additional 20,000 clients for which the company will gain $30,000 per month. In addition,
the company has agreed to spend $1,000 every month in support costs.
In order to achieve a break-even point, what is the minimum time period the data center must be
operational?

A company has estimated a cost of $240,000 to build its new data center. The new data center will
serve an additional 20,000 clients for which the company will gain $35,000 per month. In addition,
the company has agreed to spend $2,000 every month in support costs.
In order to achieve a break-even point, what is the minimum time period the data center must be
operational?

After careful consideration, a company has decided to implement a data deduplication solution
within its backup environment. Implementing the data deduplication solution will require the
following investment:
1. License costs = $150,000
2. Other one-time costs (for example, installation charges) = $60,000
Continuing as is, storage requirement projections over the next three years would total 75 TB.
Employing deduplication will allow the storage requirements to be reduced to 45 TB. The cost of
storage is $50,000 per TB.
What is the return on investment (ROI) percentage for this project?

Which critical success factors need to be addressed in a business value analysis?