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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&#. Many vendors will also need to consider adding “buy it now&# options for solutions they would never have thought to have this for in years past.

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

The ROI Guy

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: 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? Power, cooling and data center space issues are gorwing. by 2010 [2].

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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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The tool analyzes TCO, including upfront acquisition costs management and support, for ShoreTel, legacy TDM systems and various competing UC vendors. 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: Can a Value Selling / Marketing Program.

The ROI Guy

This permanent shift towards frugal buyers has forced B2B vendors to fundamentally change the way they reach prospects and convert them to customers. Leading B2B vendors are implementing value selling / marketing programs, and have received dramatic benefits as a result. Here are the top six benefits: 1.