Bob has launched a new application management focused community under the name AppDetails. There is a tip library, message boards and lots of articles about relevant IT solution products. To help the community on a more personal level, he’s providing a “recommendation service” to connect IT Management with the right set of products and services. It is great to have a credible industry expert to help guide product and technology selections. One hidden benefit may be that his service can provide a welcome objective separation between companies and vendors.
When seeking a systems management solution or service provider, one might reach out to multiple IT companies for quotes, requiring an exhausting effort in answering the same questions again and again, spending hours on the phone or, worse yet, non-responsive web forms and annoying pop-ups. Next, the sales and marketing triggers following such inquiries can be very unwelcome. Nobody likes feeling like a sales target. AppDetails solves this problem by collecting and providing information and pricing on your behalf via their recommendation service. They can get pricing information and materials for you so you need not engage with the vendor directly until you are ready.
AppDetails doesn’t actually sell anything. Instead, they get paid on referrals so the service is free to you. The more relevant the referrals are to your need, the more the system provides value to you and to the vendors. It is through excellent matching that AppDetails creates value for all of its stakeholders.
It’s interesting to see a site with all the products laid out in one place and even nicer to see this free personalized service attached to the community there. If you are looking for application or systems management products or services, I recommend putting AppDetails between you and the vendors so you can gain from Bob’s market expertise and protect yourself from unwanted marketing and sales activities.
A video of how the service works can be found here: https://youtu.be/2vss9sns01Q. Visit his site at https://www.appdetails.com/