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Vendor Discounts on Computer Equipment (Mar. 2009)
Market intelligence on current discounting practices for computer equipment can be difficult for buyers to obtain. Vendors often require non-disclosure agreements as a condition to receiving their largest and best discounts. As a result, future buyers may find it difficult to determine whether the discount offered is typical or whether a better deal can be negotiated. This updated report, based on our knowledge of current market conditions, provides IT buyers with insight and guidance concerning current discount structures on a variety of computer equipment. Categories include personal computers (desktops, notebooks, and monitors), servers (blade servers, mainframes, and midrange servers), workstations, disk systems, tape storage, miscellaneous I/O, and networking equipment. Vendors include IBM, HP, Sun, EMC, HDS, StorageTek, Cisco, Juniper, and CipherOptics. (21 pp., 14 figs.)[Executive Summary]
March, 2009
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Vendor Discounts on Computer Equipment (Mar. 2008)
Market intelligence on current discounting practices for computer equipment can be difficult for buyers to obtain. Vendors often require non-disclosure agreements as a condition to receiving their largest and best discounts. As a result, future buyers may find it difficult to determine whether the discount offered is typical or whether a better deal can be negotiated. This updated report, based on our knowledge of current market conditions, provides IT buyers with insight and guidance concerning current discount structures on a variety of computer equipment. Categories include personal computers (desktops, notebooks, and monitors), servers (blade servers, mainframes, and midrange servers), workstations, disk systems, tape storage, miscellaneous I/O, and networking equipment. Vendors include IBM, HP, Sun, EMC, HDS, StorageTek, Cisco, Juniper, and CipherOptics. (6 pp., 15 figs.)
March, 2008
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Vendor Discounts on Computer Equipment (Dec. 2007)
Market intelligence on current discounting practices for computer equipment can be difficult for buyers to obtain. Vendors often require non-disclosure agreements as a condition to receiving their largest and best discounts. As a result, future buyers may find it difficult to determine whether the discount offered is typical or whether a better deal can be negotiated. This updated report, based on our knowledge of current market conditions, provides IT buyers with insight and guidance concerning current discount structures on a variety of computer equipment. Categories include personal computers (desktops, notebooks, and monitors), servers (blade servers, mainframes, and midrange servers), workstations, disk systems, tape storage, miscellaneous I/O, and networking equipment. Vendors include IBM, HP, Sun, EMC, HDS, StorageTek, Cisco, Juniper, and CipherOptics. (6 pp., 15 figs.)
December, 2007
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Vendor Discounts on Computer Equipment (Nov. 2006)
Market intelligence on current discounting practices for computer equipment can be difficult for buyers to obtain. Vendors often require buyers to sign non-disclosure agreements as a condition to receiving their largest and best discounted. As a result, future buyers may find it difficult to determine whether the discount that the vendor is offering is typical or whether a better deal can be negotiated. This updated report, based on our current knowledge of current market conditions, provides IT buyers with insight and guidance concerning current discount structures on a variety of categories of computer equipment. Categories include personal computers (desktops, notebooks, and monitors), servers (blade servers, mainframes, and midrange servers), workstations, disk systems, tape storage, miscellaneous I/O, and networking equipment. Vendors covered include IBM, HP, Sun, EMC, HDS, StorageTek, Cisco, Juniper, and CipherOptics. (6 pp., 15 figs.)
November, 2006
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Vendor Discounts on Computer Equipment (June 2006)
Market intelligence on current discounting practices for computer equipment can be difficult for buyers to obtain. Vendors often require buyers to sign non-disclosure agreements as a condition to receiving their largest and best discounted. As a result, future buyers may find it difficult to determine whether the discount that the vendor is offering is typical or whether a better deal can be negotiated. This updated report, based on our current knowledge of current market conditions, provides IT buyers with insight and guidance concerning current discount structures on a variety of categories of computer equipment. Categories include personal computers (desktops, notebooks, and monitors), servers (blade servers, mainframes, and midrange servers), workstations, disk systems, tape storage, miscellaneous I/O, and networking equipment. Vendors covered include IBM, HP, Sun, EMC, HDS, StorageTek, Cisco, Juniper, and CipherOptics. (6 pp., 15 figs.)
June, 2006
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Vendor Discounts on Computer Equipment (Feb. 2006)
Market intelligence on current discounting practices for computer equipment can be difficult for buyers to obtain. Vendors often require buyers to sign non-disclosure agreements as a condition to receiving their largest and best discounted. As a result, future buyers may find it difficult to determine whether the discount that the vendor is offering is typical or whether a better deal can be negotiated. This report, based on our knowledge of current market conditions, provides IT buyers with insight and guidance concerning current discount structures on a variety of categories of computer equipment. Categories include personal computers (desktops, notebooks, and monitors), servers (blade servers, mainframes, and midrange servers), workstations, disk systems, tape storage, miscellaneous I/O, and networking equipment. Vendors covered include IBM, HP, Sun, EMC, HDS, StorageTek, Cisco, Juniper, and CipherOptics. (6 pp., 15 figs.)
February, 2006