A study by the Aberdeen research group shows that over a five-year period Progress Software`s OpenEdge platform has the lowest visible cost of ownership (VCO), compared to Oracle and Microsoft.
According to the research group, VCO is a way of estimating the cost of ownership that end users expect before the sales process starts. The Aberdeen study shows that the OpenEdge platform meets all business demands with 66% savings over Oracle and 40% over Microsoft, and Progress customers agree. The savings are attributed to the platform`s combined strength of low deployment costs in a Web-based environment, low ongoing fees, and low database administration costs.
"Progress has a reputation for reliability, ease of use and low maintenance that is unequalled in the industry," says Rick Parry, MD of Progress Software South Africa. "Given the current economic climate, both independent software vendors and direct customers are looking to streamline their operations without sacrificing performance. We offer them development, deployment and management technology powerful enough to exceed the high-cost alternatives such as Oracle and Microsoft, as well as guaranteeing that their investment will carry them well into the future."
Previously, Aberdeen and other market research firms have acknowledged the Progress RDBMS`s reputation for cost-effectiveness and hands-off administration. This is the first cost comparison study that analyses all the major components of an application built on Progress`s OpenEdge e-business platform, including database, application servers and client licences.
Highlights from the "Embedded Infrastructure Cost-of-Ownership Study: 2001 Update" - the fourth consecutive Aberdeen report to prove Progress as the company with the lowest VCO versus Microsoft and Oracle, shows the following:
* The lowest VCO for enterprise embedded infrastructure belongs to Progress OpenEdge by a margin of 66% when compared to Oracle.
* The lowest VCO for workgroup embedded infrastructure belongs to Progress OpenEdge by a margin of 40% when compared to Microsoft.
* Supplier technology continues to offset rising people costs.
* Managing and maintaining the embedded infrastructure is the largest expense of the long-term cost of such an infrastructure.
* Robust, reliable technology and cost-effectiveness are two compelling criteria for choosing database technology.
According to the report, Progress Enterprise RDBMS`s margin of VCO superiority is much greater than in 2000, primarily because Progress deployment costs are lower in a Web-based environment. Over a five-year period the report showed the VCO of an Oracle9i/Oracle9iAS database for 100 users at $737 581 compared to $251 500 for a 100 user Progress OpenEdge and Progress Enterprise RDBMS.
The VCO for implementing a basic 25-concurrent user Progress workgroup embedded infrastructure and maintaining it over five years is approximately $71 100, while the equivalent 25-concurrent user Microsoft embedded infrastructure is approximately $119 730, according to the report.
"This is all the proof we need to further convince our local business partners and end-user customers that Progress does deliver industry-specific services that help to meet the rigorous requirements of the market at a low cost of ownership," says Parry.
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