The graph below represents Total Cost of Ownership expenses for 4 fulltime employees and accompanying annual expenses for setting up a marketing office in the United States as compared to Outsourced Expenses utilizing Performance Systems.
 

 

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The table below represents Total Cost of Ownership expenses for 3 fulltime employees and accompanying annual expenses for setting up a marketing office in the United States as compared to Outsourced Expenses utilizing Performance Systems.
 

* The higher amount was used for these calculations.
 
Note: The above expenses are merely estimates. Actual expenses will vary. Expenses such as the internal costs of supporting various software applications have not been included in the above analysis. A.G. Edwards estimates these costs to be 3-4 times the initial software cost on an industry-wide basis. These estimates are intended to capture the cost of IT people to manage, support and maintain the software, as well as hardware and other software costs, internal help desk issues and maintenance fees paid to the manufacturer.
 
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