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BackgroundIn these turbulent times, it's refreshing to work with a company whose products actually work and that has trained Field Engineers who visit you before you ask ... this is called Old-Fashioned Service (and it's very, very rare). There is nothing wrong with outsourcing, BUT outsourcing development never works. Venture Capitalists and their devoted bean counters love the 'savings' of outsourcing development, but you get products riddled with bugs, and you pay the price. (Argent has no venture money - we finance our growth solely by sales of our products, so our products have to work.) While outsourcing for non-essential work can sometimes work, how many times have you been stuck talking to a - very polite - but totally useless person in a call center? You go around in circles. At Argent, we believe outsourcing your support makes no sense, and outsourcing development means the production products you use will always be deeply flawed. But it gets worse - much worse -- you have staked your career and reputation on these self-same products. Does the word 'betrayed' strike a distant chord? With our recent exponential growth, Argent's been hiring a lot of people from our competitors, and here are some direct quotes from these folks: "I made my numbers in four of the past five years, I did not make my numbers last year because all the development was outsourced, and it's full of bugs. I tried to hide Release 7 from customers but there's a growing backlash..." Senior NYC Account Manager "You mean I have my own Field Engineer? At my old company, I had to fly a person in every time I do a demo and we have three Field Engineers for all of the U.S." Atlanta Account Manager "I've been with *****, for eight years. I made my numbers for eight years. I just got laid off because they made a lot of acquisitions that did not work out and I paid the price." Los Angeles Account Manager One of Argent's competitors over-expanded and now has laid off 10% of their worldwide work force, with more layoffs to come ... Another competitor (the one from the first quote) outsourced all development, and the product simply stopped working - this is a critical production product that cannot fail. And there's the 900-pound gorilla's scum that's notorious for bloat, and whose few consultants are too busy to help you - lots of rich guys who tell you what to do ... Money"I'd love to upgrade to Argent, but I don't have room in the budget - I blew it all on TheBugMonster" or "The 900-pound gorilla gave me their product for 'free' - but it still does not work after six months, and my boss is getting antsy"
Here's where Argent can help - show us your last year's maintenance bill from BugMonster Inc. or 900-Pound-Gorilla, then take off $10, and that's your Argent price.
But what about implementation costs?
But what about training costs?
But what about conversion costs? What's the catch? The 'catch' is we like dealing with people - like you - who are on the ball. People who have standards and people who have self-respect. In other words - in one word - professionals. You're rare, and (sadly) getting rarer. And you share Argent's vision; Argent's been called the Porsche 911 - understated, but very, very effective. All trademarks and registered trademarks are acknowledged. |
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