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Investigate Alternative Office Suites
Do we have the wrong product or did we just overbuy MS Office?
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Your Challenge
- Organizations spend a lot of money renewing their Microsoft Software Assurance and Enterprise Agreements for Microsoft Office.
- Most organizations don't upgrade MS Office every three years upon release of a new version, due to a lack of must-have features.
- Justifying continued investment in MS Office, with prices remaining steady, is becoming more difficult when there are cheaper SaaS or even free alternatives.
Our Advice
Critical Insight- Most organizations will not realize a reduction in costs through an enterprise-wide migration from MS Office to an alternative, because non-monetary barriers to switching are too great.
- However, money-saving opportunities exist for many organizations by implementing a limited deployment of an alternative to targeted groups, while keeping MS Office for most users to reduce the overall number of Office seats.
- When the deployment of an alternative suite is validated, OpenOffice is the alternative of choice. No other alternative suite stands up to the features and familiar feel of OpenOffice.
- Successful limited deployment requires a formal plan to communicate the migration to management and end users.
- Understand the major differences between MS Office and alternative desktop productivity suites.
- Compare total cost of ownership for different products.
- Assess hybrid desktop productivity strategies,employing both locally installed alternatives and on-demand products, to reduce the cost of Microsoft Office instead of totally replacing it.
- Communicate the results and ensure a smooth implementation when deploying an alternative office suite.
Get to Action
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Understand the barriers to switching office suites.
Make the right deployment decision and communicate results.
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Assess alternative office suite deployment opportunities within your organization.
Justify staying with MS Office, deploying a limited number of alternative office seats, or deploying an office alternative enterprise-wide.
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Solution Road Map
Other Solution Sets in Office Products
1. Make the Decision to Upgrade to Microsoft Office 2010
Make sure that the suite upgrade doesn't go sour.
Make sure that the suite upgrade doesn't go sour.
2. Investigate Alternative Office Suites
Do we have the wrong product or did we just overbuy MS Office?
Do we have the wrong product or did we just overbuy MS Office?
3. Select the Right Document Format
With a MS Word hammer, the world looks like a word processing nail.
With a MS Word hammer, the world looks like a word processing nail.
4. Build a Strategy for Document Security and Electronic Approval
Reduce risk and accelerate document approval without overspending.
Reduce risk and accelerate document approval without overspending.
