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Miro Consulting Lends Oracle Licensing Expertise to The Advisory Council December 14, 2009Bringing a wealth of Oracle and Microsoft licensing experience, Miro Consulting acts as client advocates pre, post and during software vendor negotiations and audits. Miro’s focus on vendor licensing issues and TAC’s broader programs create synergistic offerings that can lower the total cost of ownership (TCO). “Miro’s Oracle licensing expertise is second to none, and our clients are often looking for ways to optimize their IT spend and manage their enterprise vendor software licensing agreements,” said Peter Schay, President and CEO, The Advisory Council. “We are extremely pleased to be able to offer Miro’s expertise to our clients.” Through this newly formed alliance, TAC clients will be able to spend a consultative phone hour with an Oracle or Microsoft licensing analyst from Miro Consulting before making a determination on whether to engage Miro’s services fully. The Advisory Council Announces “Benchmark Ultra-Lite” Offering December 8, 2009TAC’s Benchmark Ultra-Lite offering is designed to enable businesses and their management teams to quickly get information that will help them answer questions on how they perform relative to the industry they are in, or to businesses similar in size to themselves — at a fraction of the price of traditional IT benchmarking services. This new offering provides a quick report of up to twenty performance metrics per assessment module for workload, costs, staffing, sourcing, complexity and ageing against industry peers and against our total benchmark database, which can be used to help make IT resource allocation decisions. Outsourcing Expert Stuart Harris Joins TAC Expert Decision Support Network August 31, 2009Stuart Harris has more than 30 years of international experience in the IT outsourcing industry, initially as a client, later as a service provider, and for seven years as a Partner at TPI, a leading sourcing advisory firm. His experience includes extensive service delivery and management while at a provider, and comprehensive sourcing life cycle advice while as a consultant. Stuart has advised clients on sourcing and renegotiation strategies while at TPI, and taken them through complex international outsourcing deals. Stuart’s specialty is in understanding outsourcing market prices and benchmarking; while at TPI Stuart developed their Mark to Market price assessment capability. The Advisory Council Announces The IT Equalizer™ Consulting Offering June 23, 2009The IT Equalizer™ is a consulting offering which helps CIOs and IT leaders take control of the demand for IT projects and services, and balance it with the resources and delivery capabilities of the enterprise. Using The IT Equalizer ensures that expectations of IT are clear across the enterprise, and that the business receives maximum value for IT spending. The Advisory Council Announces Hardware Reliability Benchmarking Offering June 22, 2009Most current hardware benchmarking efforts focus on comparing the acquisition costs of hardware capacity, as part of vendor negotiations seeking the best “deal.” This misses the broader advantages of selecting hardware on the basis of reliability. TAC’s Hardware Reliability Benchmarking offering, in contrast, enables IT buyers to compare the total-cost-of-ownership of equipment options. Recent Books by TAC Experts
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