The new white paper "Reducing Hardware Maintenance Costs: The First Aid Kit Option" was made public recently by Abacus Solutions. The report examines IT maintenance cost trends and offers solutions on how companies are leveraging refurbished servers and OEM spare parts to control their IT budgets.

    Patrick Hiller, CEO of Abacus Solutions, stated: "The high cost of maintenance as a total percentage of the IT budget has led to increased scrutiny, particularly as the cost of refurbished servers and OEM equipment has declined. Additionally, the plug-in attributes of system components today make replacement parts easier than ever to immediately 'hot swap' - meaning no system downtime if the replacement part is on-hand. This white paper provides a first-hand look at the significant time and cost savings associated with creating an on-site First Aid Kit."

    The free report, can be read at the White Papers Library at abacusllc.com, and it offers an in-depth look at the trends driving reassessment of service and how building a first aid kit for sick systems saves companies anywhere from 45% to 85% annually on maintenance costs without impairing system dependability. Even more, by extending the useful life of existing systems, companies minimize overall acquisition, training and upgrade costs.

    Abacus Solutions architects multi-platform enterprise-level, server, storage and networking solutions by offering technologies from leading vendors. Whether new or expertly refurbished and warrantied equipment is needed, Abacus works directly with, and across, the purchasing and IT departments at both strategic and deep-dive technical levels to match the right equipment, budgets and processes to a company's direct needs -- delivering technology much faster than working directly with OEM vendors, at a fraction of the cost. visit abacusllc.com.

    Abacus Solutions is a multi-platform provider of new and used servers, refurbished servers, plus many other IT infrastructure products and services. We sell to resellers as well as to large and medium sized end-user businesses. They offer a smart set of solutions designed to simplify the enterprize by:

    * Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity
    * Consolidation & Virtualization
    * Microsoft Email Archival for regulatory compliance

At Abacus Solutions, their philosophy is straightforward: to simplify your IT infrastructure. They distinctly align our specific needs to the right mix of products and services, and in turn, deliver more than equipment, more than a transaction.

For more information visit http://www.abacusllc.com