Total Economic Impact (TEI)

• Cost — impact on IT.
• Benefits — impact on business.
• Flexibility — future options created by the investment.
• Risk — uncertainty.

Total Economic Impact provides the methodology, training, tools, techniques, and technology expertise you need to implement enhanced technology decision-making processes.

The key to a firm's success is a dependable source of information to drive effective technology decisions. Through TEI assessments, you are able to understand and demonstrate the worth of a technology to an organization, align its implementation with business strategy, and improve your partnerships with other key business stakeholders.

Align your technology investments directly with your business objectives.

Quantify and communicate the overall value of technology initiatives.

Make sound business decisions regarding implementation options.

Justify, quantify, and optimize your technology spending.

Relate the initiative to others to create a portfolio view of your plans.

Learn more about TEI for IT organizations (PDF).

Through TEI assessments, you are able to demonstrate the tangible business value and return on investment (ROI) of your products and services, as well as develop compelling sales proposals and marketing messages that are relevant to both IT professionals and business stakeholders. TEI helps technology providers:

Quickly demonstrate the total value proposition of your offering, using your existing customer or prospect data.

Help your prospects justify funding more quickly by communicating the solution's full value in business terms.

Provide a cobranded analysis to support the validity of the findings.

Sharpen your marketing messages.

Use your existing customers' experiences to communicate the benefits of your offering to your prospects.

Decrease the sales cycle and increase win rates.

Learn more about TEI for technology providers. (PDF)