So, a couple of posts back, we worked out a sophomoric formula for calculating the total enterprise cost of fighting virus’. We thought that was well worth another look and decided to create a better and more workable formula that I.T. staff could actually use to calculate a real world estimate of the cost of virus’ in the enterprise. Here’s what we came up with:
TY [(ITR x IT) + (L x S) + DTL] = Total Cost of Virus
TY = Number of Years
ITR = Techs Hourly Rate
IT = Number Of Techs
L = Cost of Antivirus Software Licenses Per Seat
S = Number of Seats
DTL = Down Time Loss
Now, we’re not sure this can be completely accurate because DTL (Down Time Lost) is a highly subjective number. If you are fortunate enough, you’ll be able to calculate this yourself. I think it will be quite a difficult number to arrive at but, I’ve worked at places that had a very close approximation of what that figure actually was.
We’ve done this algebraically, we feel that this would probably be better served with a function of calculus but, we wanted the formula to remain as accessible as possible. Already, it’s pretty tough if you aren’t familiar with algebra at all.
This is what one Flint household does on a Friday night instead of drinking beer and lighting firecrackers like our neighbors are as I type this. I’ll leave it to you to decide whose time was better spent.