The 6th Sense Insurance Program
Pop quiz: What's the difference between a "nice to have" and a "need to have?" We've drawn up a list of three, seemingly unconnected, items you might rate as either nice to have or need to have. See which you think is the odd one out:
- Travel insurance
- Dell PowerEdge, duel-core, 4U rack-mounted server
- A Porsche 911
Obviously, the Porsche is the nice to have. You don't actually need a Porsche to get from A to B. But travel insurance and Intel servers? Well, travel insurance and a well spec'd Intel server qualify as need to haves. Why? Because, while they may seem like superfluous expenditures at the time of paying -- paying, that is, either for your holidays or when you are deciding whether to pick a cheaper server -- when you are caught in a crunch -- be it illness on holiday or scads of new users suddenly hitting your web site for a marketing offer -- their value, and the wisdom of your choice, speaks volumes.
Both will make your life easier, save you money in the short term, and -- in the case of the server -- help your company make money, as new business can hit the server and not get turned away by Error 404. Nice to have just became need to have.
In a similar vein, you have 6th Sense. We also help you save time and make money by, quite simply, by ensuring your software projects are delivered on time. We do that by letting you know where your project is, where your developers spend their time, and how your software developers are absorbing other technology and business decisions being made on a daily basis.
By factoring 6th Sense into your software strategy early on in the life of a project, you get a level of comfort that buying that travel insurance or that scalable server gives you once you have gone ahead and committed. 6th Sense lets you know what's happening and when, across your entire software environment -- not just part of it -- in real time, and in a format suited to your own viewing requirements.
That means you are no longer flying by the seat of your pants hoping everything will turn out ok. Sure, you can take that approach if you want, but too many people already do that. US companies waste billions of dollars each year due to the late running of software projects. Late running is caused by misplaced resources, poor Q&A, inadequate testing -- all areas 6th Sense gives you visibility into, and allows you to correct before things start spiraling out of control and the application has to go back to the workshop.
Let's face it. Almost everything is a nice to have until the worst-case scenario kicks in, and something happens that cannot be undone. How often have you uttered: "Damn, I wish I'd just paid that little bit extra and things would have gone differently."
6th Sense gives the insurance and comfort level you need to deliver good-quality software on time, and to act before potential problems become serious delays. You can choose not to take out that kind of insurance if you want, but we like to think most are people unwilling play the role of risk taker when it comes to their work.
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