Cost Savings

Has your budget cut? But you’re still expected to provide high quality equipment for an ever growing number of students; then SoftXpand is perfect for you!

Total Cost of Ownership

SoftXpand Ecoware provides a 70% saving on the Total Cost of Ownership 

Compared to a stand-alone PC SoftXpand Ecoware not only save you money on the purchase cost, it will also save you money on:

• Maintenance – less hardware required
• Servicing – less hardware to service
• Running – less PC’s to run
• Licensing  - Only requires 1 Anti-Virus licence per system 

On like for like comparisons a complete SoftXpand Ecoware system is typically only around 45% of the cost of a standalone personal computer. Typical workstation costs are around £225 per seat compared with between £500-800 per seat for a desktop PC. 

When Sam Fisher (Head Teacher of Hope Primary School in Derbyshire) was asked how the SoftXpand Ecoware systems had benefitted her school she replied “The [ICT] skills of the children have improved significantly; teachers now plan to the use ICT more frequently and we have saved money”

 

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Energy

 

SoftXpand Ecoware reduces electricity usage by over 83%.

This is achieved due to:

• Reduced hardware – only having to power 1 PC instead of 6
• Reduction in the heat built up due to PC – avoids the need for costly air conditioning 

A typical SoftXpand Ecoware system with each workstation in operation only consumes around 120 Watts of power compared to 6 standalone PCs which in total consumes about 720 Watts 

 

 

Space

Does you IT suite look like this? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With SoftXpand Ecoware 5 out of every 6 PC’s are removed, leaving you more space in the classroom, making for a better working environment.

Before SoftXpand Ecoware this school IT suite had only 15 computers, it was crowded, hot and noisy

This is a picture of the same school after they installed SoftXpand Ecoware.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now the same classroom has 3 SoftXpand Ecoware systems giving 18 workstations which has made class timetabling so much easier, and the 3 computers used to run them has produced less heat, less maintenance and less networking.

Changing to SoftXpand Ecoware allowed the school the chance to make the most of the space they had available and make more PC’s available to their students.

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Environment

SoftXpand Ecoware is the Ultimate Green PC and we have the figures to back this. With SoftXpand Ecoware you will be:

• Saving 83% of the embedded CO₂ in the development of your PC’s
• Reducing your E-Waste by 80% by only having 1 pc instead of 6
• Saving 83% on your CO₂ output by only having to power 1 pc instead of 6

So as well as saving money on the purchase and running cost of the computers you will be also be helping to save the planet by having a Green IT suite.

When Steve Hodkinson, the IT technician at St Mary’s Catholic Primary School in Derbyshire was ask what he thought of the Ecoware systems MiniFrame UK had installed 3 years earlier in 2008, he said “our [Ecoware Systems] are still going strong. They have been a big hit with the teachers who make a beeline for the [Ecoware Systems] over the conventional machines. They can logon quicker and as you know time is at a premium in the world of teaching”