Hi Taoman, ...extreme?
"I think you may have picked an extreme example to illustrate the relevance of TSIM product." Why is it extreme? The IBMs and Amdahls of the world service a lot of customers. Is it because of the size of their individual customers? Could you explain what your have in mind, please?
Well, I thought size was everything....(oops, I forgot that levity is a criminal offense here -- "Help Ma, they're ushering me to death").
But, seriously, if you're looking for IT budgets in the millions, then that's where you need to look. The smaller players -- say, an independent local bank with a handful of offices in the 3 nearest cities may be more representative of the client profile you have in mind, but an IT budget of maybe a few hundred thousand each year. Maybe banks are a bad exapmle. The banker's I've met are pretty reluctant to spend money (cheapskates actually), so they'll try and follow the road map in SR97-16 appendix B, and its associated 'system examination' docs from the Fed BOG. The Fed actually has published a weath of planning and assessment documentation that would help any company, but it requires more 'manual paper-pushing' and doesn't come with pretty buttons like the TSIM software.
I didn't see that T2000 packages were $25k. What I saw is that they start at $25K and triple. I wouldn't know about last year's losses because I'm still making up my mind whether I buy the TSIM concept. I'll bet the fundamentals are a speculator's dream, eh? Well, if the concept is valid, that might work itself out. "The Wai-ai-ting is the Hardest Part." (Ooops, I sang...Does that get me 10-15 in the slammer, or just a few kicks from the ushers?) |
