This white paper is designed to provide the initial basis for exploring the financial advantages of HP-UX 11i versus other platform alternatives, and empower organizations to consider all costs and benefits to help make better investment decisions. Utilizing TCO allows the decision makers to look beyond just the initial purchase price of the hardware and software assets, which historically has accounted for less than 30% of owning and operating typical server solutions, but is increasing with lower operating costs and improved business impact. TCO analysis can help IT make better business decisions by considering the total lifecycle costs and business benefits of a proposed solution. The analysis can be used by IT decision makers to provide guidance and awareness into the factors that contribute to HP-UX 11i and HP Integrity servers being the platform of choice in various project scenarios and competitive situations.