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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: TCA Champ - Oracle or Microsoft SQL Server?

The ROI Guy

As platforms continue to evolve in the technology industry, a central concern for IT executives is implementing the right systems to maximize the return on each investment. Two of the leading choices are Microsoft SQL 2005 and Oracle Database 10g. for Microsoft SQL Server 2005. per user versus $18.05 per user for Oracle.

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: VMware launches new version of ROI / TCO.

The ROI Guy

Tom’s latest entrepreneurial endeavor, Alinean, was founded in 2001 to develop SaaS software for changing the way B2B sellers reach frugal buyers with interactive white papers, assessment, ROI and TCO tools. Tailwinds for Marketing Automation Software - Insi. SOA - What to do next to maximize ROI?

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: How TCO is a common sense sales and.

The ROI Guy

Cold, hard decisions are being made on where to trim personnel, hardware and software spending. Tom’s latest entrepreneurial endeavor, Alinean, was founded in 2001 to develop SaaS software for changing the way B2B sellers reach frugal buyers with interactive white papers, assessment, ROI and TCO tools.

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The ROI for Information Lifecycle Management (ILM)

The ROI Guy

With consolidation to storage area networks and advances in storage management software packages, the concept of hierarchies and intelligent management like information lifecycle management (ILM) is again at the forefront of storage architecture planning. As for ILM adoption, Gartner Inc.

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

The ROI Guy

Tom’s latest entrepreneurial endeavor, Alinean, was founded in 2001 to develop SaaS software for changing the way B2B sellers reach frugal buyers with interactive white papers, assessment, ROI and TCO tools. Tailwinds for Marketing Automation Software - Insi. SOA - What to do next to maximize ROI?

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Tom Pisello: The ROI Guy: Tech Marketers May Need to Rethink.

The ROI Guy

According to Harte-Hanks, “The key for marketers and sales people, of course, is to stake out a strong position early in the process, maximize influence through effective targeting and message delivery, and make an impact on the decision-makers before it is too late.&# Tailwinds for Marketing Automation Software - Insi.

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Everything is on fire, but I feel fine

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The software company I work at had a system slowdown today. You’ve almost certainly had a frustrating experience, maybe with software or maybe something else, when a tool is not working like it’s supposed to. The software I support is, at its core, an efficiency-promoting tool for salespeople. It’s just the worst, isn’t it?