Purchasing a technology product is only the first step – a variety of factors contribute to the total TCO for your investment. Fortunately, a little consideration up front can help you determine the budget for any maintenance, training and replacement costs over the long term.

Because SMART strives to maintain a low TCO for its products, it carefully considered the Consortium for School Networking’s TCO budget checklist during the design of the SMART Board interactive whiteboard:

• Professional development
• Software
• Technical support
• Replacement costs

For a detailed analysis on the affordable TCO of SMART’s interactive whiteboards, see the Evaluating Total Cost of Ownership for SMART Board Interactive Whiteboards Whitepaper (PDF, 68KB).

See other research reports on interactive whiteboard use in the classroom.