In this section I want to get a rough idea of my current IT costs. Now, as Part 1 suggested I already have some services in the cloud, so I am not starting completely from scratch.
I am also adding some new capabilities (online backup, etc) to the mix, so the final costs may en up being higher, but I'll have a better service for it. These are just for a guide only.
- DevRig
- Initial Cost - £2500
- Yearly Upgrade Cost - £500
- Power Cost - ~£150/year
- Windows Home Server
- Initial Cost - ~£350
- Yearly Upgrade Cost - £50
- Power Cost ~£75/year
- Broadband
- Initial Cost - £0
- Yearly cost - £307.20
- Software licences
- MSDN - Initial Cost - Free (BizSpark)
- Evernote - £28/year
- MobileMe - £30/year
- DropBox - £62/year
- FreeAgentCentral - £300/year
- 123-reg mail boxes ~£11/year each
- GMail - Free
- Skype
- Initial Cost - Free
- Yearly cost ~ £120
- Domains
- Renewals: Yearly Cost - £30
- DynDNS: Yearly Cost - £10
So, counting everything up, my yearly costs for IT equate to about: £1673.20
I am a bit surprise at that. I didn't realise it would be so much. I will keep updating this list as I remember more services I use, and also I will create more posts in this series to take account of changes.
Feel Free to comment on any of this.