This thrust DoD and its
vendors into the world of CC product evaluations--the subject of NSTISSP #11.
At the same time that these
vendors eagerly claim iSCSI leadership and iSCSI strategies, they are careful to position their iSCSI devices at the low-end of the market to protect their high-end Fibre Channel business.
His plan was to promote the district and its plans, ask for greater commitments on the part of the partners, and ensure
vendor buy-in at the management level as a hedge against changes at the sales level.
Vendors participate by invitation only, therefore they must be pre-approved as being able to fulfill the requirements of the buyer.
In Bruce's case the
vendor just stopped shipping merchandise altogether.
Sean Basinzki of Urban Justice Center comments, "I don't understand why they are being asked for this sort of documentation, since street
vendors are also small businessmen.
Does the
vendor understand the rules that govern regulated vehicles?
More importantly, however, taxpayers will be faced with an administrative nightmare of having to separate
vendor allowances for cooperative advertising from other allowances or rebates that they must treat under the regulations as part of the cost of inventory.
Remember that after all the tough negotiations, you want the
vendor to be your ally in using your system to its full potential.
Some
vendors are using a new breed of easy to use development tools to differentiate their application servers allowing application deployment to their company's application server.
What makes a selection especially difficult is that all of these
vendors have their strengths and weaknesses--and there is no such thing as a perfect system.
