Established in 1993, Technology Evaluation Centers, Inc. (TEC) is the first web-native technology research enterprise. TEC provides decision support systems (DSS) that enable stakeholders to objectively identify the software products that best fit their company's unique business and systems requirements, and that contribute most effectively to superior business performance.

TEC has a library of knowledge bases, ranging in content from enterprise resource planning (ERP), supply chain management (SCM), customer relationship management (CRM), business intelligence (BI), and outsourcing, to financial, health services, radio frequency identification (RFID), and open source, all with data vetted by analysts.

TEC's solutions, which include research, comparison reports, selection tools, and consulting services are driven by its powerful analysis engine, eBestMatch™. Users deploy eBestMatch to analyze knowledge data at any level of granularity. The analysis engine leverages TEC's quantitative assessment methodology to deliver an appropriate statistical recommendation. TEC's methodology, which is based on regression-correlation and Bayesian pattern matching techniques, compares detailed user requirements and priorities with detailed product capability ratings, and makes appropriate adjustments to account for product capability ratings that exceed or fall short of client requirements.

TEC's method of software evaluation enables decision makers to mitigate the risks associated with enterprise software selection, and to calculate the suitability of products in keeping with user requirements and priorities. This methodology includes TEC's unique Weighted Average Composite Index (WACI) algorithm. This patented, pattern recognition algorithm is used to eliminate the risks inherent in the use of weighted averages and helps indicate the appropriateness of a vendor or provider for a user's requirements.

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