Vendor Selection and Competitive Analysis
Competitive Profiles (CP) is a continuous, global information service that provides comprehensive data coverage of the features, pricing, and performance characteristics of a wide range of enterprise IT products and services. Updated daily and delivered through a web browser, Competitive Profiles couples a rich online database of component-level statistics with a powerful suite of interactive analysis tools. This robust combination offers a wealth of information and comparative capabilities to meet a broad array of IT decision support needs.
The CP family of IT-industry intelligence tools currently consists of the following three modules:
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CPSystems allows you to compare server technologies and related decision data. It is updated daily with the very latest industry changes. Data coverage includes comprehensive server pricing, performance results analysis, features evaluation, and historical data on obsolete systems. Coverage Areas: UNIX servers, industry-standard servers, blades, operating systems, system management software |
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CPStorage allows you to compare storage technologies and related decision data. It is updated daily with the very latest industry changes. Data coverage includes comprehensive storage products pricing, storage products features evaluation, and historical information on current as well as superseded storage solutions. Coverage Areas: storage arrays, SAN equipment, storage software, tape and backup products |
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CPService enables comparative assessment of the service and support offerings that apply to the leading server and storage products marketed by tier-one vendors. Coverage includes service and support pricing, features analysis, and cost of ownership modeling. CPService is an invaluable resource to anyone tasked with comparative analysis of infrastructure services solutions. Of significant value add is CPService’s capability to compare server products and analyze their cost of ownership. Coverage Areas: warranty service offerings, post-warranty service offerings, software support services, mission-critical and high-availability service and support offerings |
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