IBM Express Application Package Selection Services
IBM’s Package Selection solution addresses a market need arising from the importance of selecting and implementing mission-critical packaged software and achieving the benefits necessary to be competitive. IBM’s solution provides a proven, rapid, efficient approach to helping clients embark on a path to implementing the change and attaining business benefits. Activities are based on proven industry best practices allowing us to focus on clients’ requirements and to provide better deliverables and results.
The advantage
For all companies considering a package implementation, IBM’s Package Selection solution leverages our deep industry expertise, extensive vendor experience and proven methods to provide an objective and rapid approach to helping clients embark on a path to implementing change and attaining business benefits.
These benefits include:
- Reduce overall cycle time of package implementation due to our focus on critical and unique needs and an efficient vendor evaluation process.
- Ability to leverage IBM’s vendor relationships that bring experienced implementation consultants to address issues and provide deeper perspective than the vendor sales people.
- Ability to provide end-to-end services beyond package selection, including project management, change management, process improvement, package configuration, hardware implementation, integration, hosting, and post-implementation application management.
Benefits
The rapidly changing technology landscape and array of vendor offerings, combined with pressure for companies to reduce costs and meet customers’ evolving needs, positions Package Selection as a critical business initiative to help overcome the following issues:
- Lack of knowledge and experience in evaluating packages (need to understand best practices).
- Using a methodology that provides a consistent approach to evaluating competing vendors and products in a particular application space or set of markets.
- Envisioning and gaining consensus on the best way to operate from process and systems perspective.
- Having a neutral party reconcile the agendas of different constituents within the organization.
Need help?
Contact the Express Advantage Concierge, a team of specialists dedicated to midsized business 1-877-IBM-ACCESS (426-2223).
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