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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: Microsoft Virtualization with Hyper-V.

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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?

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: Value Selling Tools and the Buying Lifecycle

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It is best to look at what tools are needed to address each stage in the buying lifecycle, and have tools specifically designed to help move the decision making from initial engagement to delivery. But up-front purchase price isn’t everything. Drive Budget Planning with the “IT Hierarchy of Ne.

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: Predictions for 2011: The End of B2B.

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The consumer is now in charge: researching specifications, configuring and customizing solutions, getting peer reviews and advice, comparing prices, and “buying now&#. Alinean Launches Interactive White Papers Marketing Hierarchy of Needs: Achieving Marketing. Drive Budget Planning with the “IT Hierarchy of Ne.

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: The Business Value of Server Virtualization

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Alinean Launches Interactive White Papers Marketing Hierarchy of Needs: Achieving Marketing. Drive Budget Planning with the “IT Hierarchy of Ne. IDC: Tech Marketing Budgets Up, But Lag Revenue Gr. Is Marketing Too Busy? Powered by Blogger. to 1 consolidation ratio. They do if they are.

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: The IT Hierarchy of Needs: Categorizing.

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Wednesday, December 14, 2005 The IT Hierarchy of Needs: Categorizing IT Projects for Success The book written by Nicholas Carr, “Does IT Matter,&# continues to stir debate with various pundits, and certainly remains a hot topic in recent budget planning meetings between the CIO and Cx-level executives.

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: ShoreTel And Alinean Launch Online TCO.

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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. Drive Budget Planning with the “IT Hierarchy of Ne.

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: Can a Value Selling / Marketing Program.

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Sell value vs. price - Traditional sales professionals focus on price, and therefore leave the discussion open to discounting. Delivery credibility to Overcome the Skeptics – Frugal buyers absolutely require vendor assistance in diagnosing issues, developing roadmap/plans, and quantifying the value of proposed solutions.