Ex-Gartner Team Expands Technology Quote Comparison Service

May 07, 2008 - Press Dispensary - Business Buyguide (http://www.businessbuyguide.co.uk/quotes ), the UK’s largest technology and telecommunications quote comparison facility, has added another category to its fast growing service. The company, a UK based team of former Gartner senior executives, is the first of its kind to focus exclusively on business and technology.

With the threat of recession in sight, UK businesses are more than ever looking for ways to adopt the right new technologies while also reducing costs. Business Buyguide’s latest category, dubbed the ‘low cost telecommunications guide’, is one of more than 25 technology categories where buyers can quickly and easily compare up to six customised proposals from pre-qualified suppliers.

Segun Osu, head of operations and a former director at Gartner, comments: "The UK slowdown is pushing more business buyers in the direction of cost saving technologies that also help to manage the business more effectively. Businesses increasingly seek to justify their technology investments by both achieving cost savings and demonstrating rigorous supplier selection.”

Business Buyguide advises hundreds of technology and telecommunications business buyers every month. In one of its telecommunications studies, just 45% of respondents seeking new systems wanted to replace an existing system and more than 50% wanted new features and functionality aimed at driving competitive advantage. However, the same study from Business Buyguide showed that more than 95% indicated cost savings as a major factor in their selection criteria.

Business Buyguide’s quote comparison service has become popular with mid sized and small organisations, but even large corporates such as Virgin, BA and Morgan Stanley use the service to save time finding the most appropriate suppliers. The service is currently offered at no cost to buyers.

Hundreds of carefully selected suppliers - such as Alcatel Lucent, IT Network Group, Netsuite and Hello Telecom - provide buyers with fast, cost efficient quotations that match buyers' needs. By carefully reviewing buyer requirements, Business Buyguide’s technology and people find the right suppliers for the right buyers.

Jon Ryan, director at BluebridgeOne, Netsuite CRM’s top UK reseller, says: “Given the management team’s knowledge of our industry and their backgrounds as past directors and VPs of firms such as Gartner, we expected the best. The service delivers real sales results - we get access to new, favourably qualified buyers. It works very well for our business.”

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Business Buyguide is the UK’s largest technology quote request and comparison service. Business Buyguide was founded by former Gartner senior executives with over 40 years of experience in managing technology sales and marketing programs for more than 300 technology and telecommunications firms across Europe and the North America, including Alcatel, Avaya, Symantec and Microsoft. The company focuses on providing its clients with information and tools to make more informed business and technology investment decisions.

For further information, please contact:
Jenny Gherpelli, categories and programs , Business Buyguide
Tel: 01483 246504
Email:
Site: www.businessbuyguide.co.uk/quotes