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Business Value for BMC Mainframe Solutions

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If a BMC Mainframe Solution is Right For You

ROInow! for BMC Mainframe Solutions is a software tool that will determine the financial impact of a BMC mainframe solution. By answering a limited number of questions, ROInow! will generate a complete business report which includes the likely costs and benefits of deploying a BMC mainframe solution, justifying an existing investment or license renewal, or managing additional mainframe subsystems with an existing BMC solution. 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! allows you to see the financial impact for each of BMC’s 10 solution categories. You can also change any of the assumptions (such as downtime costs) to see how it will impact your financial results. If you need to understand the financial implications of a BMC Mainframe Solution, then this is the product for you!

Interview Process:		Select from several hundred mainframe options to see the appropriate street price. Choose from 17 industry groups (see default costs for employee salaries, benefits, depreciation method and schedule, cost of capital, etc). You can choose to assign costs on a MIPS or business unit basis.

Results:		The software will combine your responses with our industry knowledge to create a business case. It will allow you to see the impact of the ten key variables on your deployment costs. You will also be able to understand how ongoing costs should be shared across projects. See the case for treating training as an investment, rather than a cost.

A Step Further:		Once you have reviewed your analysis, you can go back and change any of your decisions or the underlying assumptions. This means that you can use different risk analysis models or see how the various warranty and support terms affect your project. You can also easily change your cost and benefit assumptions for each year.

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, the software will automatically generate:

Upfront Costs

Software licenses

Services

Training

Annual Costs

Support and maintenance

Benefits

Productivity

Cost avoidance

Downtime

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