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Gartner: Are Your Ready for More Buyers and the IT to Business Shift?

The ROI Guy

According to Gartner, the average enterprise technology buying team now includes more than 13 people ! This includes seven to eight who are actively driving the buying effort, and five to six people who occasionally get involved, particularly in validation checkpoints, reviews and approvals.

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

The ROI Guy

At the same time, B2B buyers are taking advantage of the wealth of information available via the Internet and social media to become more empowered, taking charge of the buying cycle. These two market drivers will have important implications into 2011 and beyond for B2B sales enablement and marketing strategies and budgets.