Systems and methods for economic retirement analysis
First Claim
1. An economic retirement analysis method that comprises:
- identifying an existing component and a potential replacement component, wherein each of the existing component and the potential replacement component are one of software, hardware used to execute software, or a system that includes software or hardware used to execute software;
estimating costs associated with the existing component and the potential replacement component;
calculating, by an economic retirement tool stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium and executed by a processor, an economic retirement date for the existing component in view of the potential replacement component, the economic retirement date defined as a date when a maintenance cost for the existing component exceeds the sum of a maintenance cost for the potential replacement component and a porting cost for the potential replacement component,calculating, by an economic retirement tool stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium and executed by a processor, an acquisition cost recovery date for the one potential replacement component, the acquisition cost recovery date defined as a date when savings due to a difference between the maintenance cost of the existing component and the maintenance cost of the potential replacement component exceeds the sum of an acquisition cost of the potential replacement component and the porting cost for the potential replacement component;
storing the economic retirement date and the acquisition cost recovery date; and
determining, by the economic retirement tool, that the potential replacement component is economically viable when the economic retirement date is sooner than an end of life for the existing component and when the acquisition recovery date occurs before an end of life of the potential replacement component, the end of life for the existing component is when a vendor ceases to support the existing component, and the end of life for the potential replacement component is when a vendor ceases to support the potential replacement component.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for economic retirement analysis are disclosed. In some embodiments, the method comprises identifying an existing component and at least one potential replacement component, estimating costs associated with the existing component and the at least one potential replacement component, calculating an economic retirement date for the existing component and an acquisition cost recovery date for the at least one potential replacement component, and storing the economic retirement date and the acquisition cost recovery date. Some system embodiments comprise a first memory that stores economic retirement software, a second memory that stores cost data in association with a component, and a processor that executes the economic retirement software. The economic retirement software configures the processor to calculate an economic retirement date of the existing component and store the economic retirement date.
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1. An economic retirement analysis method that comprises:
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identifying an existing component and a potential replacement component, wherein each of the existing component and the potential replacement component are one of software, hardware used to execute software, or a system that includes software or hardware used to execute software; estimating costs associated with the existing component and the potential replacement component; calculating, by an economic retirement tool stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium and executed by a processor, an economic retirement date for the existing component in view of the potential replacement component, the economic retirement date defined as a date when a maintenance cost for the existing component exceeds the sum of a maintenance cost for the potential replacement component and a porting cost for the potential replacement component, calculating, by an economic retirement tool stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium and executed by a processor, an acquisition cost recovery date for the one potential replacement component, the acquisition cost recovery date defined as a date when savings due to a difference between the maintenance cost of the existing component and the maintenance cost of the potential replacement component exceeds the sum of an acquisition cost of the potential replacement component and the porting cost for the potential replacement component; storing the economic retirement date and the acquisition cost recovery date; and determining, by the economic retirement tool, that the potential replacement component is economically viable when the economic retirement date is sooner than an end of life for the existing component and when the acquisition recovery date occurs before an end of life of the potential replacement component, the end of life for the existing component is when a vendor ceases to support the existing component, and the end of life for the potential replacement component is when a vendor ceases to support the potential replacement component. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An economic retirement analysis system that comprises:
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a first memory that stores economic retirement software; a second memory that stores cost data associated with an existing component; and a processor configured to execute the economic retirement software, wherein the economic retirement software configures the processor to; receive data identifying the existing component and a potential replacement component and information that determines a cost associated with the existing component or the potential replacement component; calculate an economic retirement date for the existing component, the economic retirement date defined as a date when a maintenance cost for the existing component exceeds a sum of a maintenance cost and a porting cost for the one potential replacement component; calculate an acquisition cost recovery date of the potential replacement component, the acquisition cost recovery date defined as the date when savings due to the difference between the maintenance cost of the existing component and the maintenance cost of the potential replacement component exceeds the sum of an acquisition cost and a porting cost for the potential replacement component; store the economic retirement date in the second memory; and determine that the potential replacement component is economically viable when the economic retirement date is sooner than an end of life for the existing component and when the acquisition cost recovery date occurs before an end of life of the potential replacement component, the end of life for the existing component is when a vendor ceases to support the existing component, and the end of life for the potential replacement component is when a vendor ceases to support the potential replacement component. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for economic retirement analysis that comprises:
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identifying an existing component and a potential replacement component; estimating a maintenance cost for the existing component and a maintenance cost and a porting cost for the potential replacement component; calculating, by an economic retirement tool stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium, an economic retirement date for the existing component; storing the economic retirement date, wherein the economic retirement date is defined as a date when a maintenance cost for the existing component exceeds a sum of a maintenance cost and a porting cost for the one potential replacement component; determining, by the economic retirement tool, that the potential replacement component is economically viable when the economic retirement date is sooner than an end of life for the existing component and when the acquisition recovery date occurs before an end of life of the potential replacement component, the end of life for the existing component is when a vendor ceases to support the existing component, and the end of life for the potential replacement component is when a vendor ceases to support the potential replacement component; and ranking, by the economic retirement tool, the potential replacement component determined to be economically viable, wherein the ranking comprises; calculating a sum of the maintenance cost for the existing component through the economic retirement date, the maintenance cost for the potential replacement component determined to be economically viable until a vendor of the potential replacement component ceases to support the potential replacement component, the acquisition cost for the potential replacement component determined to be economically viable, and a porting cost for the potential replacement component determined to be economically viable. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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