Expert analyst guidance over five weeks on average to select and negotiate software
Save money, align stakeholders, speed up the process, and make better decisions
Use a repeatable, formal methodology to improve your application selection process

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Week 1

1
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Weekly
Advisory
Touchpoint

Phase 1

Awareness

Week 2

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Phase 2

Education & Discovery

Week 3

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Phase 3

Evaluation

Week 4

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Phase 4

Selection

Week 5

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Phase 5

Negotiation & Configuration

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The World Has Changed. Has Your
Approach to Software Selection Kept Up?

Explosion of SaaS Vendors and Technology Categories
Impossible to keep up with pace of change and available options
Scaling Demand to Deploy Technology
Growth of rogue and shadow IT
Antiquated ERP Software Selection Methods
Long, painfully inefficient selection processes
Sprawling, Incompatible Software Portfolio
Portfolio overlap, inefficiency, and support and integration costs

Accelerate and Improve Your
Software Selection Process

Use our tier-based selection process
18-step framework to select better software, faster
Align stakeholders and rapidly reach a better selection outcome
Optimize your process to improve the outcome

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100+
pages

Fact-Based, Comprehensive,
Unbiased Technology Reviews

Use fact-based evaluation and comparison data to differentiate vendors
Save time from duplicating existing market research
Use a comprehensive data set
Don't rely on gut instinct, "magic," or a simple five-star rating and comment

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Better, Faster, Cheaper,
Measurably Improved
Selection Results

Reduce the time it takes to make a software selection decision
Improve application satisfaction and alignment
Save money from the initially quoted list price
Spend time on high-impact, high-value selection activities

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100+
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Primary Software Selection Metrics

Selection Process
Elapsed Time

45 Days

Weeks Not Months

A simple measurement of the number of days from intake to decision

Faster

Selection & Implementation
Project Satisfaction

Measurable Results, not hidden frustation

Utilize our Project Satisfaction tool to measure stakeholder project satisfaction

Better

Application Portfolio
Satisfaction Score

Satisfaction Awareness

Utilize Application Portfolio Assessment tool to annually measure application satisfaction

Better

Dollars Saved from
Initial Quote

$100K

Hard Savings not List Price

Utilize our Contract Review Service to benchmark and optimize your technology spending

Cheaper

Insight and Data Visualization That Keeps Your Selection Team Aligned

Provide stakeholders with a clear selection process and graphical reports
Use focus groups to accelerate the selection process and build an aligned view of the marketplace
Save time on tedious demos and focus on key issues

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Founded in 1997: 20+ years of experience helping enterprises with software selection
A team of over 670 people
40,000 members
Info-Tech provides best-practice research to help CIOs systematically improve their IT departments

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Data Quadrant Report

Captures data from all vendors
Measures 11 common vendor capabilities
Compares unique product features for the category
Provides comparative rankings for all data points
Awards Gold Medalists in data quadrant

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Emotional Footprint Report

Captures data from all vendors
Focuses on 25 Emotional Footprint data points across five categories
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Product Scorecards

Deep dive on one vendor only
Over 100 data points on each vendor
Includes feature, customer engagement, discounting, and segmentation information
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Comprehensive Software Reviews to Make Better IT Decisions

We collect and analyze the most detailed reviews on enterprise software from real users to give you an unprecedented view into the product and vendor before you buy.

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