EOH Technology Consulting, a Certified Professional Services Provider of Technology Evaluation Centers (TEC) - the first web-native technology research enterprise - says SMEs need to consider using its TEC methodology to assist in IT decision-making.
At a recent Gartner Symposium in the United States, TEC presented SME software selection options to this growing market sector and received positive feedback. EOH Technology Consulting says it anticipates the same for South Africa and encourages SMEs to consider this option.
According to Gartner, 70% of IT projects fail or fall short of expectations. EOH Technology Consulting says this is a major reason why SMEs would be responsive to TEC`s stated objective of assisting in complex evaluations of enterprise software.
Keith Fairhurst, EOH Technology Consulting, says: "SMEs are thirsting for a methodology to increase the success rate in their enterprise software evaluations and selections. Since 1993, TEC has developed the tools and methodology to streamline the evaluation and selection process. Providing the backbone technology and methodology to its consulting partners, TEC`s solution combines the right technology with a proven methodology and knowledge capital in 24 major software categories, ensuring a higher success rate for its customers."
TEC`s world-class framework, which reduces the time spent selecting software, ensures the customer has an easy to use set of criteria, which covers the vast majority of the requirements and helps customers make a decision based on best practice. A further benefit is the ability to model options and select the right solution more easily and far quicker than generally anticipated.
"In the end, SMEs are selecting practical solutions that have been proven to work, thus reducing the risk of a wrong decision and blowing an already restrictive budget," says Fairhurst.
Visit EOH Technology Consulting at this year`s Gartner Symposium/ITXpo taking place at the Cape Town Convention Centre from 31 July to 2 August.
For more information, contact EOH on (011) 607 8100 or visit www.eoh.co.za.
Share
EOH is a business and technology solutions provider creating lifelong partnerships by developing business and IT strategies, supplying and implementing solutions and managing enterprise-wide business systems and processes for medium to large clients.
EOH operates in the following three clusters of business units as a fully integrated business:
Consulting - Concentrated under the EOH KPMG Consulting brand are business units offering services ranging from strategic and business process consulting, project services, change management, supply chain optimisation and education.
Technology - Through a number of subsidiary companies, EOH is able to sell, implement and support a range of world-class business applications including ERP, CRM, business intelligence, advanced planning and scheduling, e-commerce and manufacturing execution systems.
Outsourcing - EOH offers comprehensive maintenance and support of client`s IT infrastructure and applications through the rendering of full IT outsourcing, application hosting and managed services. In addition, EOH offers full business process outsourcing services.
EOH has a presence in all major centres in South Africa and Botswana, and operates in the rest of Africa.
Technology Evaluation Centers
Technology Evaluation Centers (TEC) (http://www.TechnologyEvaluation.Com/press) is a leading online source for impartial technology and consulting evaluations. TEC has been aiding software selection since 1993 to reduce the cost, risk, and time associated with software selection. It has 24 online technology evaluation centres, ranging from ERP, CRM and SCM, to business intelligence, that contain thousands of detailed criteria on over 500 technology solutions. TEC receives over 1.7 million visitors per month to its sites, and millions of page views per month are generated by a global audience of senior c-level and VP executives, technology and functional managers, consultants, and IT professionals.
For more information, see the company`s Web site at http://www.TechnologyEvaluation.com/press.
Editorial contacts