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Technology Decision
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Calculate Technology decision ROIs with more
confidence
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Gain advice and guidance on purchasing decisions
from a vendor-neutral industry expert
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Drive the process
to define business goals and objectives
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Assess technical needs and design appropriate
infrastructure (independent of particular vendor solutions)
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Select
the appropriate vendors for consideration
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Develop an appropriate
RFP
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Work with vendors to receive quotes on appropriate
products
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Evaluate vendors against each other and requirements
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Develop
an ROI for the chosen solution
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Develop the Business Case to
take to executive management
Taos has a strong vendor-neutral stance. Meaning, we make it our
business to know and understand the variety of vendor hardware
and software solutions available to the IT space, but we do not
let our judgement become clouded by partnerships or resale relationships.
We gain our intimate familiarity by using the most common range
of systems and tools in our lab; by engaging in assignments for
IT vendors in their engineering, customer support, and internal
IT organizations; and by encountering the variety of products available
on our day-to-day engagements with our entire client community.
Our vendor-neutral stance allows us to make
sure we make the right recommendations for your environment and
your budget. It also means that we have a more holistic and experienced
view to bring to your unique challenges. And, thinking out of
the box - questioning the
question, as well as developing an answer - is fundamental to our
way of thinking.
With this in mind, and with our proven methodologies in hand,
we are able to quickly help your management define the driving
set of business goals and objectives, translate those into technical
requirements, and put together the right architecture to address
the requirements.
This is generally the right time to start engaging vendors. We
develop the appropriate RFP, including the technical requirements,
and ask vendors to propose the solution they think is most appropriate,
along with their pricing. Then, we begin the process of negotiating
with them to get to the final best architecture and final best
price. We develop a Decision Point Matrix against which to compare
the vendors and exhaustively consider the options.
In the end, we choose our recommendation with input
from you and, where desired, develop the business case and the
ROI for the chosen solution. Our final recommendation comes backed
with all the documented detail necessary to make an informed decision:
your business drivers and technical requirements; our process,
our methods for defining the architecture, and any supporting data
gathered from the existing infrastructure; the decision points
we considered to choose the appropriate vendor; and all the data
we used to determine the ROI.
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