Did you know that 75% of network faults are caused by poorly installed
cabling, associated connectivity and leads?
Here are the figures...
| Element |
Percentage of Overall Cost |
Expected Lifespan |
| SOFTWARE |
40% |
5 years |
| COMPUTERS |
30% |
3 years |
| SERVERS |
20% |
3 years |
| NETWORK CABLING |
10% |
15 years |
We can see therefore that your network cabling infrastructure is
more important as the active equipment itself.
Poorly installed cabling causes data errors, re-transmissions,
collisions and other transparent problems that can crash your network
or at best slow it down to the point of frustration.
Cabling itself accounts for a small proportion of your IT budget,
yet it is expected to perform for 15 years. As you are aware, your
entire network, the servers, PC's, modems, printers and routers
are totally reliant on the cable infrastructure that supports their
operation.
Take the total costs over the 15 year life of the network cabling
given an IT budget of £100,000 this year. Refer to the expected
lifespan chart above.
After 15 years, the cost of your IT system can be broken down as
follows...
| Element |
Cost |
% of Overall Cost |
| SOFTWARE |
£120,000 |
32% |
| COMPUTERS |
£150,000 |
39.5% |
| SERVERS |
£100,000 |
26.5% |
| NETWORK CABLING |
£10,000 |
3.8% |
As you can see from the above, the most important part of
your network costs the least at just 3.8% of the overall
budget over it's guaranteed lifespan of 15 years.
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