New Product Evaluation

The New Product Evaluation process applies a standardized and proprietary methodology that guides us in our evaluation and selection of new technology products. It assures only the most appropriate technologies will be adopted.

We have access to a steady stream of such products because of our long-term relationships with numerous technology partners, who see that we get early access to their most promising emerging technologies.

We rigorously test these products in our state-of-the-art Technology Lab against a comprehensive set of criteria we have developed over many years. Is the performance as specified? What is the cost/performance ratio? Are there data center interoperability issues? Does the product solve an important business problem? Are there integration or management issues?

We adopt only those products that both meet our stringent criteria, and enhance our product line-up to address the demands of our customer base.

NPE assures clients that the products our Product Resale Group carries not only offer best-of-breed performance and features, but also are proven to solve serious business problems. It allows us to speak with confidence about every product we offer and provide knowledge about those we don’t.

Our New Product Evaluation process is an essential resource for our Infrastructure Services Group and Business Intelligence Group, whose deployments are based on products already vetted by this best-practice evaluation. Clients using our Staffing Services Group also benefit from our New Product Evaluation process, because the consultants we choose are proficient with NPE-selected products, which allows them high rates of success on-site.

NPE even provides partners invaluable feedback for products we do not select, allowing them to continue improving the technology and optimize its market-readiness. Our detailed feedback includes not only our thorough Lab evaluation, but also assesses the product’s ability to meet user needs, based on aggregate exposure to our many customers.