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13 Important Companies You Never Heard About.


Atenga provides revealing data on these secretive se·cre·tive  
adj.
Having or marked by an inclination to secrecy; not open, forthright, or frank. See Synonyms at silent.



se
, yet successful software companies

WESTLAKE Westlake, city (1990 pop. 27,018), Cuyahoga co., NE Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland; inc. as a city 1956. A growing city, its various manufactures include ink and plastics.  VILLAGE, Calif. -- Price Optimization Software Free and Open Source software
  • ASCEND — mathematical modelling system
  • OpenOpt (license: BSD) — toolbox with connections to lots of solvers, for Python language programmers
  • COIN-OR SYMPHONY — integer programming, Common Public License
 has routinely proven its ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). , but few are aware of this technology. Why is it such a secret? Two reasons: One, the users gain such a great advantage, they don't don't  

1. Contraction of do not.

2. Nonstandard Contraction of does not.

n.
A statement of what should not be done: a list of the dos and don'ts.
 want their competition to find out. Two, customers don't like to know companies just spent up to $1.5 million or more on a system designed to get as much money from them as possible.

But it's hard to keep this a secret for long. As companies reap ever diminishing returns diminishing returns

the characteristic of any production system in which increases in variable inputs result in increasing reduction of total output. An indicator of when to stop making additional inputs to the system, when the input exceeds the additional output.
 on cost cutting and efficiency becomes more and more difficult to increase, they are starting to pursue new and alternative ways to improve their profit. Upper management is starting to ask more about Price Optimization Software.

That's why Atenga, a leader in price consulting, is releasing the first ever comprehensive Price Optimization Software Overview and Buyers' Guide. This 91-page publication contains all the vital information about Price Optimization Software that is needed to make informed and intelligent buying decisions.

The guide includes:

* The pro's and con's of implementing the software, as told from Atenga's own selection of Price Optimization Software end users.

* A detailed analysis of the 13 major software venders that comprise the industry, compiled from public literature, Atenga conducted interviews, and face-to-face product demonstrations.

* A thorough list of questions and issues to address before making a purchasing decision - including a vender questionnaire and a data quality assessment.

* And more...

Journalists interested in this guide may receive further information by sending a request to matt@atenga.com. Companies who are interested should contact dennis@atenga.com.

About Atenga, Inc.

Atenga, Inc. (www.atenga.com) is the nation's leading price consultancy providing services to commercial and industrial firms worldwide. The company provides its clients with targeted market research and prescriptives that leverage the attributes that drive their customers' willingness to buy and influence their willingness to pay Willingness to pay (WTP) generally refers to the value of a good to a person as what they are willing to pay, sacrifice or exchange for it. See also
  • Becker-DeGroot-Marschak method
. Atenga is a privately-held company headquartered in Westlake Village, CA.
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