ROInow! for IBM WebSphere Portal is a software tool which will help you build a concise ROI analysis for a corporate or consumer portal. By answering a limited number of questions, ROInow! will generate a complete report with the likely costs and benefits of deploying IBM WebSpheres Portal in an NT or UNIX environment. It will provide you with the tools necessary to calculate the financial costs of deploying an informational content portal, an employee-focused self-service portal, a business to consumer eCommerce or support portal, and even a collaborative workspace portal. The automatically generated report will include automatically generated financial metrics, including Return on Investment (ROI), Internal Rate of Return (IRR), Net Present Value (NPV), and Payback Period.

Portals connect people to the applications, content and resources they need. They also connect people to each other, through community pages, shared bookmarks, contact lists, and personal productivity portlets.

ROInow! breaks down your costs into the 8 most important cost categories as identified by IT managers. These include costs for software, servers, network, ongoing personnel, training, support and maintenance, services, and facilities. If you are trying to decide if you should deploy an IBM WebSpheres Portal, then this is the product for you!