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

The ROI Guy

Wednesday, February 04, 2009 Microsoft Virtualization with Hyper-V - better value? 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).

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

The ROI Guy

But up-front purchase price isn’t everything. Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi. 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.

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

The ROI Guy

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. New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi. Latest Research. Let the Good Times Roll?

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

The ROI Guy

Alinean recognized by BtoB Magazine’s as one of To. New TCO Calculator: EMC SMB Virtual Solutions Advi. 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. Provocation-Based Selling: Loosening the Status-Qu.

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

The ROI Guy

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. Latest Research.

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

The ROI Guy

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: IT Budgets into 2011 - Robbing Peter to.

The ROI Guy

The good news is that the second half of 2010, projections are in line with Gartner’s survey in the fourth quarter of 2009 when CIOs reported IT budgets would increase, on average, by only 1.3%, and spending outlooks are more positive than earlier surveys. for 2009, showing that a spending recovery is in place, but marginally.