The community model that Evalubase uses has great potential to provide another interesting data point to your organization's buying process
Charles Garry
eWeek

"The current research model sucks and there needs to be a new one."
VP, Corporate Development
Software Vendor

"I would absolutely have my people submit evaluations in return for a quarterly scorecard.
I would make this evaluation part of my IT staff goals."
CIO
American Scientific, Inc.

"Nowhere can we get data like this today. We can't get a big enough sample, or trend it.
This fills a necessary gap in the overall research landscape."
Financial Analyst
T. Rowe Price

"Your Best Defense Against an Uncertain Future is the Collective Wisdom of Your Peers."
CIO Magazine

"Ingenius!"
John Hammer
Pi Capital Group

"Gosh, this data is really dangerous!"
VP, Market Intelligence
SAP

"These IT product/vendor ratings and custom scorecards would be quite useful to us.
We have a difficult time anticipating the performance and applicability of technologies for particular solutions.
VP, IT Strategy & Architecture
Suncorp

"How can an IT analyst possibly know about the stuff we sell and how good it really is?"
Founder & VP
Ab Initio

"Anything that gets us more data on what's being purchased, and how by whom, we'd be very interested."
Competitive Intelligence Manager
IBM

"This would be of incredible valuable. I see there being a big demand for that.
It's very difficult to get first hand input on what experience there is with different technologies."
Analyst Relations Manager
PriceWaterhouseCoopers

"We recognize that analyst information is anecdotal.
We could use a more systematic or objective view of competition."
Market Intelligence Manager
IBM

"A knowledgebase of field reviews would be very useful.
Most analyst input is secondary and shallow.
After a couple years on the job analysts can't talk much from a position of experience."
Analyst Relations Manager
Cognos

"This is the kind of data we can really use for product development."
VP, Product Management
Oracle

"It's hard to get competitive info from analyst firms.
Analysts we talk to have no hands on experience"
VP, Marketing
Mindbox

"We would really be keen to use this knowledgebase to look for potential partners,
how to sell our product, and understand how customers buy and evaluate technologies."
VP, Marketing
IntelligentResults

"Any data we can get on how our customers and our competitors' customers
are actually using their products would be extremely valuable,
and something that's hard to get our hands on today."
Product Manager
Computer Associates

"I would make my developers fill out surveys.
The problem with [analyst firm] is: a high level for direction, but not detailed enough to make technology decisions."
CIO
San Francisco Airport Authority

"A knowledgebase of field-based reviews would be worth a lot.
We want to be a charter subscriber."
VP, Marketing
Group 1 Software

"I could see users or potential buyers having a serious demand for this type of information."
Financial Analyst
Warburg Global

"This kind of information is the Holy Grail for marketers."
Software marketing executive

"It's amazing to me that it's taken this long for someone to 'get it' and collect insights from real users in this way."
Damian V. Rinaldi
Wall Street software sector analyst