Tuesday, December 1, 2009

To Be Certified, or Not to Be Certified: The Benefits of TEC Certification

Visit the TEC Vendor Showcase site and search for Pronto. Beside each of its eight solution sets, you'll see a black, white, and red "TEC Certified" symbol (for example, on Pronto's page in the ERP Distribution section). This means Pronto has requested TEC to certify its products- an impartial process in which TEC verifies that PRONTO-Xi does what Pronto says it does.

Hunkering over a TEC boardroom table during an interview in March 2009, Leister-his Blundstone-clad feet firmly planted on the floor-confirms that Pronto's status as TEC Certified is beneficial. "Being TEC Certified helps boost the credibility of our product, and our brand, in a market where we are not well known. Clients and prospects know that we can live up to our claims, because TEC has independently certified that what we say about our product's features and functionalities is true."

There are other benefits of going through the TEC certification process for vendors such as Pronto:

* Efficiency: Pronto can save time when responding to client requests for information (RFIs) because the TECcertified data gives Pronto a head start in responding to successive client projects.
* Increased exposure: products like PRONTO-Xi are more likely to be mentioned in select TEC publications written by TEC analysts, as they are assured the product data is accurate and reliable.
* Positive perception: the "TEC Certified" label prompts top-of-mind presence for the decision makers and consultants who regularly use TEC's services for evaluating and selecting enterprise software.

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