What Nobody Ever Tells You about Technology Projects

Make Sure Your Computer Services Provider Eliminates These Seven Technology Project Problems.

Surveys reveal the problems customers are most concerned about:

Problem	Probable Causes
Project does not do the job intended	Poor planning, vendor not understanding the business need, or bad advice from vendors
Project delays or extra costs	Poor planning, technical problems, or people problems
Something goes wrong that shuts critical business applications down	Poor planning, lack of expertise at implementing IT services
Project does the job for a short while but is only a band-aid that requires more work later	Poor planning, vendor not understanding future business requirements, being overly price conscious, or bad advice from vendors
Being sold features or capabilities you never need	Not understanding what you're buying, vendor not understanding business requirements, or an unethical vendor
Paying extra when things go wrong during implementation	Poor planning, buying on price alone, or vendor not understanding the technology environment
Paying standard or retail prices instead of wholesale prices when you buy hardware or software	Being too small to get discounts, not shopping enough, or dealing with a greedy vendor.

What does SlashBlue do to prevent these problems?

Because we act as your technology advisor, we understand both your business needs and your technical environment. A proactive business needs analysis and technical assessment by our team of certified professionals insures successful projects. Our professional approach drastically reduces delays, extra costs, and business interruptions. SlashBlue takes the worry and frustration out of technology implementation.

SlashBlue offers wholesale prices on equipment and software with no markup to customers; wholesale pricing saves customers 3% to 30% on hardware and up to 80% on software. Customers save hundreds to thousands of dollars on each project.

Our strong values and Code of Conduct insure you only buy what you need; everything we do, we do with your best interests in mind. We do not put our sales or profits ahead of doing what is best for you. We are your trusted technology advisor.

Client Savings Example

Here are some actual numbers from a competitive quote a client received and what they actually spent with SlashBlue:

Client received a quote for $12,789 from another firm. SlashBlue reduced the cost from both things the client did not need and discounts on hardware and software.

Total: $4,563.46 versus $12,789.00 bid from competitor; a savings of $8225.54 or 64.3%

While we cannot promise savings this large on your IT projects, we can promise that you will get only what you truly need, and you will get it at wholesale prices. Most important, you will get our expert assessment and installation services so you avoid the implementation problems noted above.

Testimonial from Inver Hills Church

“When our server crashed, we were faced with finding a replacement quickly. After looking at various bids, we realized that SlashBlue had our company's best interests in mind. They took time to review our current and future needs and were able to complete the job not only quickly and efficiently, but also under budget. We were so impressed with the quality of their service that we began their Uptime Assurance program in order to avoid future crashes and loss of data due to inadequate backup systems. SlashBlue has given us technological peace of mind!”

– Lisa Kaufenburg

If you have an IT project and you want us to get involved immediately, call us at 651-644-2190. Otherwise you can:

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We have developed a FREE checklist for owners and top managers. It's titled The Business Owners IT Security and Productivity Checklist. It will show you how to:

Identify Security, Reliability, and Productivity problems.
Evaluate existing service providers.
Justify technology investments to improve Security, Reliability, and Productivity

You can view the Checklist here, download the checklist in PDF format or we can e-mail the Checklist to you in PDF format.

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