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Timing is Everything

John Barrows

I can’t tell you how many ideas I’ve heard about (or come up with myself) that were great ideas at the time, but failed because the market wasn’t ready for them. Unfortunately, they developed it in 2006 when the market wasn’t ready, so it died. Good Ideas, Bad Timing. Uber wasn’t the first Uber. G2 is all about intent data.

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Q&A for SearchCIO: The State of ROI from IT

The ROI Guy

Between utility computing and offshore outsourcing, it's a pretty safe bet that the data center of tomorrow won't look like the data center of today. Three areas will be the focus of investments: Continued consolidation of servers and storage to minimize the assets and associated TCO needed to deliver services.

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

The ROI Guy

Wednesday, November 08, 2006 TCA Champ - Oracle or Microsoft SQL Server? Since labor costs and equivalent outsourced services dominate most IT budgets -- over 56% of IT spending on average -- selecting platforms with lower implementation and ongoing management costs can significantly improve overall IT efficiency.

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

The ROI Guy

As computing infrastructure has moved towards commoditization it still needs to provide a solid infrastructure of service and performance in order for the company to achieve higher goals. These projects should seek to deliver solid service levels while lowering total cost of ownership. Not exactly.

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IT Budget Time: Getting YES from a frugal CFO

The ROI Guy

IT spending is expected to grow again for the second straight year, with average 5-8% increases expected again for 2006. With the focus on optimizing scarce resources, IT executives should document the current mix and trends in spending between in-house versus outsourced. > 6) How does current performance compare to peers?

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PODCAST 58: Evolution of Scaling a Business and Shaping the Future of Modern Organization w/ Jake Dunlap

Sales Hacker

Skaled is a modern sales-consulting firm that helps companies implement best in class sales and marketing processes and technology. How to better optimize your go to market. We’re still expanding our product set, doing creative services. What You’ll Learn. The evolution of scaling a company. Why we need sales development.

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PODCAST 58: Evolution of Scaling a Business and Shaping the Future of Modern Organization w/ Jake Dunlap

Sales Hacker

Skaled is a modern sales-consulting firm that helps companies implement best in class sales and marketing processes and technology. How to better optimize your go to market. We’re still expanding our product set, doing creative services. What You’ll Learn. The evolution of scaling a company. Why we need sales development.

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