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When it comes to The Network, I constantly comment on the importance of our vendor-neutral perspective. But maybe I need to be a little more specific. Technology asset managers are generally so innundated by vendor hype that it becomes nearly impossible to distinguish the genuine value of any offering. It's time you had a resource you could trust to deliver strategic information without selling you even more tech toys to get the job done!
I don't know about you but every time I search out a white paper or advice, there are always strings attached. The constant underlying messages are virtually the same: "Buy our product!" "Here's how our consulting services can solve all your problems." or "We represent you."
My bottom line is this: ANY white paper that flogs a product or paid
service is a white paper that comes with economic strings attached.
But, could it be that that is precisely what you want? Do you actually enjoy
investing an enormous amount of time sifting through the sales hype
searching for that single nugget of truth that you can convert into
technology or ITPM cost & risk reductions? Are you in any way fed
up with solutions that are always predicated on purchasing the specific
product or service?
The Business Technology Consumer Network is here to help you cut
IT costs & risks: Period! We're not here to drain your budget. We
do not exist to sell products and services for software or consulting
corporations. We're here, as a group, to provide you with
vendor-neutral knowledge & advice for optimizing IT Portfolio
Management (ITPM). We don't
do sales hype & we don't deliver white papers written by or for vendors.
Maybe it's time to cut the strings. I firmly believe that it's time the
consumers of business technologies had access to knowledge that is
genuinely developed
BY technology asset management professionals FOR
technology asset management professionals--advice that doesn't cost a
bundle to implement. Next time you have to make an IT decision, try
using our acid test. Ask yourself:
"If there are vendor materials involved, can I depend on this option to be free of hidden agendas?"
If the product or service is not vendor-neutral, how can it represent
your specific needs? Or, to put it another way: If vendors ARE
involved, how could I not understand that they value their revenue
streams significantly more than my unique needs? Remember the really great old quote:
"We're from the government & we're here to help..."
It works just as well with vendors, resellers and anyone else who is
more interested in the revenue streams you represent than in your actual business needs.
Please do not get me wrong--there are plenty of perfectly ethical
companies out there who really do want to help. It's just very scary
how many pocket-pickers wind up high on the search engine lists.
Agree? Disagree? Think I'm out of my mind? Let us know & we'll follow up.
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