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ROInow! for Portals

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The Financial Impact of Deploying Portals

ROInow! for Portals is a software tool that will help you determine the financial impact of deploying Portals. By answering a limited number of questions, ROInow! will generate a complete business report which includes the likely costs and benefits associated with Portals in an NT or UNIX environment. It will even automatically generate financial metrics, including Return on Investment (ROI), Internal Rate of Return (IRR), Net Present Value (NPV), and Payback Period.

Portals connect people to the applications, content, and resources they need. They also connect people to each other – through community pages, shared bookmarks, contact lists, and personal productivity portlets.

ROInow! will even allow you to understand the key portal requirements that have a direct impact on the time and effort it takes to deploy a portal solution. If you are trying to determine the financial impact of deploying portals, then this is the product for you!

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 choose from 17 industry groups (see the default costs for employee salaries, benefits, depreciation method and schedule, cost of capital, etc). Choose to assign costs on a per user or transaction basis. The software allows you to easily change you cost and benefit assumptions for each year of the analysis.

Results:		The business case will allow you to fully understand the implications of a portal project. Using ROInow! can prevent you from making the classic 5 mistakes. You will also be able to see the impact of the 10 key variables on your deployment costs, and understand how networking costs should be shared across projects. The software will show 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 the underlying assumptions. This means that you can use a different risk analysis model, or determine how various warranty and support terms will affect your project.

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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