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ROInow! for SMS 2003

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What will this tool help me decide?
If Microsoft SMS is Right For You

ROInow! for Microsoft SMS 2003 is a software tool that will help you determine the financial impact of deploying Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003. By answering a limited number of questions, ROInow! will generate a complete business report which includes the likely costs and benefits of deploying Microsoft SMS 2003. You will be able to understand the costs and benefits of installing SMS 2003 to a Greenfield environment, upgrading from SMS 2.0 to SMS 2003, or migrating from non-Microsoft products to SMS 2003. It will even automatically generate financial metrics, including Return on Investment (ROI), Internal Rate of Return (IRR), Net Present Value (NPV), and Payback Period.

ROInow! will allow you to understand the financial implications of SMS 2003 for asset management, security patch management, and software distribution. If you are trying to decide if you should deploy Microsoft SMS 2003, then this is the product for you!

Interview Process:		The software will guide you through an interview process. You will be able to select from several hundred server options and get the appropriate street price. You will also be able to select from 17 industry groups (see the default data for employee salaries, benefits, depreciation method and schedule, cost of capital, etc). You can also easily change your cost and benefit assumptions for each year. Assign costs on a server or a device basis.

Results:		The software will combine your responses with our industry knowledge to create a full Return on Investment business case. You will be able to see how “time to market” impacts your financial results, as well as the financial impact for each key SMS product feature. The analysis will include the impact of the ten key variables on your deployment costs, as well as the details on how networking costs should be shared across projects. You will also be able to see the case for treating training as an investment, rather than a cost.

A Step Further:		Once you have reviewed your analysis, you will be able to go back and change any of the underlying assumptions.

Customized Business Report

CIOview's software creates a complete business case, detailing the costs of possible solutions. For the financial people, it includes cost factor breakdown. For the technical people, it includes a complete break-down of deployment.

With a tool this powerful, you can give everyone the information they want…and look great doing it.

Purchasing Research - Done!

Conducting the research necessary to make a purchasing decision can be very time consuming. The process of reading through reviews, listening to the experience of colleagues, and trying to sift through the marketing materials can make it difficult to reach a clear decision. CIOview's software takes all of the pertinent industry information into account and applies it to your specific situation – giving you the most accurate analysis possible.

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	Extensive What if Analysis After you have reviewed your cost comparison, the software allows you to drill-down and change any of the underlying assumptions. The software is intelligent enough to allow you to change everything from the server model selected, to the cost of the power for the servers. This means you can continue to modify your report until you reach the completed solution you desire.

Respected Independent Third Party

You can be assured that as a third party provider, we provide you with only objective information. This independence is recognized by some of the top names in the IT field through the use of our products and strategic partners with associations such as ISECOM and AIIM.

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Cost Analysis

By answering as few as 20 questions, ROInow! will automatically generate your costs for:

Software
Servers and storage
Networking
On-going personnel
Training
Support and maintenance
Services
Facilities

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