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Seasonally adjusted simultaneous user pricing
Bernie Sloan Writes: From: "Sloan, Bernie" <bernies@uillinois.edu> Subject: Seasonally adjusted simultaneous user pricing Date: Fri, 7 Feb 1997 13:53:29 -0600 I touched on this briefly in a posting last week, but I thought I'd raise the question more specifically today. When estimating the number of simultaneous users required, you should consider peak use times, i.e., to make sure that users have sufficient access at times when demand is highest, and when, in theory, folks need access to the resource the most. The problem is that, if you try to provide for reasonable access during peak use times on the calendar, you wind up with excess resources that are paid for, but unused, the rest of the time. For example, an academic library might need 20 simultaneous users for the four months or so when students are busiest researching papers, etc., but might only need 5 simultaneous users for the remainder of the contract year. Is anyone aware of any vendors that offer "seasonally adjusted simultaneous user" pricing? For example, paying for 20 users for the four months you might need them, and then paying for 5 for the rest of the year. I'd like to know if the vendors out there think this concept has any validity. Bernie Sloan ************************************ Bernie Sloan Senior Library Information Systems Consultant University Office for Planning & Budgeting University of Illinois (217) 333-4895 BernieS@uillinois.edu ************************************
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