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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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But up-front purchase price isn’t everything. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. The tool suite results in over 1,000 leads per month, with estimated 4 to 5% conversion rate of leads to sales. Provocation-Based Selling: Loosening the Status-Qu. Powered by Blogger.

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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 recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Provocation-Based Selling: Loosening the Status-Qu. Powered by Blogger.

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

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Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Consolidate to 7 x 4 CPU virtualized servers (net 93 server savings), a 14.3 to 1 consolidation ratio. Deliver $575,000+ in average net TCO savings per year 3. 1.38M in net present value (NPV) savings over 3 years (with a 10% discount rate) 4. Powered by Blogger.

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

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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. Powered by Blogger.

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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. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To.

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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. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. Provocation-Based Selling: Loosening the Status-Qu. The Big O – Outcome Selling The Demand Spectrum and Value-Based Sales & Market.