Annual Report Card Awards 2006
2006 Entry Level Servers
Criteria Derived Importance (%) Imp. Ratings (Avg. = 1) HP IBM Sun Average
Product quality/reliability 6.3% 1.15 82 78 77 79
Richness of features/functionality 5.7% 1.03 79 75 75 76
Technical innovation 5.8% 1.05 80 77 75 77
Compatibility & Ease of Integration 5.9% 1.07 80 72 72 75
Product Innovation Average 23.6% 80 75 75 77
Pre sales support 5.2% 0.94 62 66 57 62
Post sales support 5.4% 0.98 66 65 59 64
Quality of technical support 5.8% 1.05 70 71 64 68
Marketing support 4.8% 0.87 61 58 47 55
Support Average 21.2% 65 65 57 62
Partner portal 5.2% 0.94 61 65 60 62
Services engagement opportunity 5.1% 0.93 66 64 57 62
Solution provider program 5.0% 0.91 64 61 59 62
Communication 5.0% 0.91 63 64 56 61
Channel conflict 5.9% 1.07 66 61 58 61
Revenue/Profit potential 5.7% 1.04 66 62 52 60
Ease of doing business 5.8% 1.05 64 68 60 64
Partnership Average 37.7% 64 64 57 62
Proactively recommend to a customer 4.8% 0.75 83 79 80 81
Likelihood to recommend to a peer/friend 5.1% 0.80 87 81 83 84
Likelihood to remain a partner 3.6% 0.55 90 86 89 88
Deserve loyalty 4.1% 0.64 79 74 70 74
Loyalty Average 17.5% 85 80 80 82
Weighted Total including Loyalty 72 70 65 69
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Product Innovation Scores
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Loyalty Scores
Importance rating: Solution Providers rated importance of 15 criteria, plus loyalty, in the Annual Report Card survey. Ratings from survey participants are reported as an index to the average category importance score, with 1 designating average.
Derived importance: Upon rating importance, weights were applied to each of the 15 criteria, plus loyalty, based on the results of a regression analysis.

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