The Advisory Council - Vendor and Technology Analysis

Vendor and Technology Analysis
IT executives are constantly bombarded with new technology trends and products. While differentiating between which trend is hype, and which has long-term potential or immediate business value is tough, today's IT executive is faced with an even greater challenge -- navigating the myriad of 'best of breed' products. Which products will improve enterprise operations and the bottom line? Which bring increased productivity and greater effectiveness along with added features and functions?

While “magic quadrants” and feature and functions lists may satisfy some of the decision making criteria, only TAC’s customized multi-dimensional analysis reduces the time and cost of vendor selection and enables better business decision making.

Description

TAC score-carding expertise helps IT executives determine the fit and effectiveness of a vendor product or solution. Our Experts score-card vendor offerings by fitting them into a variety of business and technology scenarios, determining how the technology ranks in meeting your critical success factors.

At TAC, we know that “best in class” technology solutions are really best in class only if they fit your environment.

We begin by surveying the technology you have, planned projects, and acquisition strategies. This is a unique and complete record from which a TAC Expert will begin to evaluate product options. When faced with a decision on a technology, TAC will evaluate your options, assess whether your infrastructure portfolio is up-to-date, and ensure that key business conditions and enterprise operating environment are factored into the equation. TAC will help you determine the most appropriate business-technology solution for your organization. We utilize a combination of our extensive experience and a sophisticated methodology to help you make your decision, and can then support the implementation phase of a project process as needed.

Over the course of the project life cycle, a seasoned TAC Expert will provide a quarterly project review providing up-to-date information on the selected vendor, changing business conditions and trends, and assure that competitive terms and conditions are a part of your existing contracts. We will also keep you apprised of vendor up-sell and cross-sell strategies, highlight product usability information, provide gap analysis, and identify potential issues that can be the basis for unpleasant surprises.

Deliverables

Standard

TAC will provide our expertise and methodology-driven vendor and technology analysis approach and input. We will deliver a report offering insight into the effectiveness and fit to objective of each of the technology categories, vendor products, the vendor company, noting any other trends in the industry that may affect a decision regarding the business capability.

Optional

TAC can provide further value to your technology decisions. In addition to evaluating technology as part of our consulting service, TAC is available to assist you in planning to ensure project expectations and outcomes are carefully monitored, RFP creation and review, vendor relationship management, and performance reviews.

Target Audience

CIO, CFO, IT Executives, Senior Project Managers

Executives who find it challenging to sort through the many claims made by technology vendors

About TAC (The Advisory Council)

Founded in 2002, TAC provides IT organizations with enterprise-wide access to objective, actionable advice for resolving IT challenges and issues. Through its suite of services, products and workshops, TAC helps IT organizations make decisions more quickly and cost effectively. TAC�s Expert Network consists of hundreds of Experts, covering the full range of IT subjects. Clients include Fortune 1000 and midsize companies, government, and educational institutions.