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The ROI Guy
FEBRUARY 4, 2009
What we did do is model the licensing and implementation cost advantage claims independently, comparing typical environments and using list price for all competitive licenses and Open pricing for Microsoft (available to most organizations). Do these features yield cost savings that make the purchase price savings moot?
The ROI Guy
JANUARY 17, 2011
But up-front purchase price isn’t everything. Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz Labels: Alinean , Executive Assessment Tools , Frugalnomics , Pisello , ROI Calculator , TCO Calculator , Value Marketing , Value Selling 3comments: Jeff Ogden said. Tom then served Gartner as a Managing VP.
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The ROI Guy
SEPTEMBER 4, 2007
Tuesday, September 04, 2007 The Business Value of Server Virtualization One of the key issues in IT today is that normal operating expenses consume way too much of the annual budget – 61% on average in most organizations is spent keeping the lights on, and 25% spent on regular migrations and upgrades. to 1 consolidation ratio.
The ROI Guy
DECEMBER 6, 2010
The consumer is now in charge: researching specifications, configuring and customizing solutions, getting peer reviews and advice, comparing prices, and “buying now&#. Tom’s ROI and TCO experience began in 1993 with his first entrepreneurial venture, Interpose (acquired by Gartner in 1998).
The ROI Guy
DECEMBER 14, 2005
Indeed, if one examines basic IT infrastructure like servers, storage and basic applications such as e-mail, Mr. Carr’s assertions are completely correct - that indeed most infrastructure solutions have become commodities with uniform products, standardization and little pricing power for the IT solution providers.
Webbiquity
JULY 19, 2010
Vendors didn’t want to reveal pricing and specifications to their competitors, and in many cases buyers didn’t want their own competitors to be aware of what they were buying (as it could tip off competitors to new product designs or process improvements) or even the terms they were getting. Post on Google Buzz.
The ROI Guy
JULY 22, 2010
Results from the ShoreTel TCO Tool are supported by ShoreTel’s Lowest TCO Guarantee program, so that if ShoreTel’s TCO Tool and/or additional independent data determine our TCO is higher than a competing solution, ShoreTel will lower its price to beat the competition. Tom then served Gartner as a Managing VP.
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