Via a recent study, IDC sought to measure the business value of refreshing the server infrastructure in enterprise IT departments and therefore the impact on business outcomes. By refreshing servers in a timely fashion, IT can avoid operating costs that increase signi cantly in years 4-6 of a server’s life span and substantially outweigh the initial cost of buying a new server while bene ting from improved performance and agility. Study participants described specific, recent server refreshes that have: