I'll be on there also, but I might not have anything good at all to say.
Save something for the podcast Jhup
LOL!! I'd like to hear this podcast as it seems that Jhup has a lot (of good) to say.
If your client wants 300 CPUs cranking away at their data, totally crippling your business for everything else, you still charge them $0?
I'd charge the amount of time I spend on it multiplied by my hourly rate. Any other work that came in that I couldn't deal with using my equipment because I'd already committed to client A, I'd get an associate to complete.
Hypothetical (but I have had almost identical) cases -
Case 1. Image 200 laptops - dd, each 320GB, encrypted with BitLocker.
Deliver the images to customer.
You charge?
Same; the amount of time I spend on it multiplied by my hourly rate.
Case 2. Analyze 320GB Laptop.
Analyze for malware, competitive intelligence, IP theft, and HR violations listed in their employee manual.You charge?
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Exactly. Your fee for Case 2, if you charge no machine/software may end up higher despite finishing it in a week.
In case 2, the customer sucked the life out of your equipment for potentially weeks, but you who do not charge for machine/software time, only can charge for the setup, and maybe the HDDs you deliver the data on…
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Are Case 1 and Case 2 referenced correctly? Case 1 would take much longer.
thanks Jonathan. Yes, I meant case 1 would be the sucking the life out of your equipment with little return. D