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SmartBuy

One of our most innovative and relied-upon tools for procurement professionals, SmartBuy offers clients a one-stop online resource, giving you a benchmark to chart your price position. With SmartBuy, your bargaining power is strengthened when negotiating with suppliers. We've created a common, easy-to-use format that incorporates detailed specifications on all desktop PC, laptop, server, and workstation products so that you can accurately view models side by side across manufacturers.

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We save money for every one of our clients! Can you afford not to see how IDC can save you money on your next IT hardware purchase? SmartBuy is the only:

  • One-stop pricing resource for over 40,000 products worldwide
  • 24x7 online service that includes desktop PCs, laptops, servers, workstations, and peripheral accessories
  • Worldwide Industry Standard

Benefits

With IDC's SmartBuy:

  • Instantaneous price checks with the click of a button, save you time hunting for prices.
  • Detailed specifications in a common format allow you to view models side by side.
  • Data is refreshed daily, ensuring the most accurate and timely IT hardware pricing anywhere in the industry.

Without IDC's SmartBuy:

  • You'll spend countless hours price hunting for accurate pricing.
  • It is nearly impossible to analyze price and feature sets on multiple products in a common format.
  • Negotiations NOT in your favor without accurate pricing to chart your price position.

Want to retain control when negotiating with suppliers?

SmartBuy is a 24x7 Web-based pricing database. This accurate source gives you a benchmark to chart your price position, allowing you to retain control and receive aggressive pricing through the negotiating process.

Looking for prices outside the United States?

Look no further than IDC's SmartBuy pricing resource. Worldwide pricing coverage includes the following countries: Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and the United States.

Find it difficult to make model-to-model comparisons?

Our online pricing data resource is all in one consistent format, making model-to-model comparisons a breeze. Detailed specifications in one common format save you valuable time hunting down prices.

Purchasing products on a one-off basis? (monitors, printers, etc.)

SmartBuy is a true value-based analysis tool detailing specifications and pricing on over 40,000 products, allowing you to make more informed purchase decisions.

Product Coverage

Storage
Desktop PCs
PC servers
Servers
Portable PCs
Options
All PCs

Geographical Coverage

Australia
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
China
Finland
France
Germany
Hong Kong
Italy
Netherlands
Norway
Singapore
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
United States

Join the growing ranks of companies saving big on their IT hardware purchases. Here's a small list of clients benefiting from IDC's Procurement Tools.

AG Edwards
Allstate
American Express
Anheuser Busch
AT Kearney
AXA Group
Bank One
Becton Dickenson
Black & Decker
CitiGroup
EDS
Fidelity
Fleet Bank
Frito Lay
GE
ING Bank
Intel
John Deere
Kodak
KPMG
Level 3
Liberty Mutual
Merck
Motorola
Nabisco
Nalco Chemical
National Bank
Pharmacia
Philip Morris
Polo Ralph Lauren
Ralston Purina
Royal Bank of Canada
SBC Communications
Sprint
Sunoco
TRW
Warner Bros.
Xerox

Contact Information

To learn how you can streamline your IT decision-making process and save time and money, contact Joe Loiselle at +1-800-343-4952 or [email protected] .