Generally, if you know what you want and you just need to bounce some ideas around, I'd give you my guys time for free to tweak the end solution, with the belief that we'd be doing the implementation. If you wanted them to actually start from a blank slate, do a requirements gathering, and design a solution for you, we'd want to charge you for that, as the design and requirements would be deliverables in their own right that you might or might not use to procure an implementation solution from us.
(And I'm hardware agnostic. I only care about Services). What you have below, "give them your needs", implies the first scenario above. Which ain't necessarily the case here... On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 2:44 PM, Paul Hutchings <[email protected]>wrote: > Not sure if it differs in the US but I'm a bit unsure why you're talking > about "hiring" consultants? > > Why not just invite in a bunch of VAR's, go through your needs and ask them > to quote on a solution? > > And to echo others thoughts, manufacturers will obviously have an agenda, > resellers will have an agenda (to sell you something just from a bit wider > pool), and even the best meaning consultant will have a certain bias based > off what they're familiar with (not to say it won't be a good solution, but > you take the point). > > I wouldn't expect you to have to be paying anyone a bean to get some > detailed options. > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > -- Gary K. Slinger Voice: 727-475-1947 // gChat [email protected] // Skype: garyslinger Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/garyslinger ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
