Gartner, Inc. (www.gartner.com) defines TCO as the total cost of using and maintaining an IT investment over time. TCO calculations include a combination of direct costs (hardware, software, operations and administration) and indirect costs (end-user operations and downtime).
Cone Function. Each coniferous tree produces both male and female cones. Male cones are much smaller and less showy than their female counterparts. During spring, pollen produced from the male cones is carried by the wind through the female cones fertilizing their egg cells and prompting them to produce seeds.dentification. Seeds are found in both coniferous and flowering plants. They range widely in size, from tiny, barely visible grains to large, bulbous nodules two inches or more in length. Seeds can be firm and fleshy, rough and woody, or hard and smooth.
The name conifer comes from 'cones', which are reproductive organs that either bear pollen or seed. The pollen, which is the male reproductive part, is carried by the wind from the male cone to a seed cone, which is the female reproductive part. The male and female cones may be on the same tree.he plants in the taxonomic division coniferophyta are all conifers, meaning they bear cones. Most of the plants in this division are large trees like the Coast Redwood which grow to over 100 meters in height. The smaller plants may be as little as one meter high.