Three steps, no change to how you buy.
You buy the way you always have
Same suppliers, same or better pricing, guided by a Certified Trusted Advisor who works in your interest.
The supplier pays its standard cost of sale
Technology suppliers already budget for it on nearly every contract — it is paid whether or not your community benefits.
The program turns it into credits
You earn SIM Advantage Credits for your company, and your SIM community is strengthened at the same time.
Five real-world purchases, and what each one funds.
Each example shows what the member paid and the SIM Advantage Credits it earned them every year, with pricing exactly as negotiated. Every deal also strengthens the member's SIM community. Your technology review calculates yours.
A Professional Sports Team
Multi-Location Financial Company
Distribution & Warehouse Company
Logistics Company
CX Call Center
Plus support for their SIM communities — all funded by purchases that were happening anyway.
What would your spend earn?
Share one upcoming purchase, renewal, or your current providers, and a trusted advisor will show you the SIM Advantage Credits your portfolio would earn. No commitment, no change to your pricing.
Start a Technology ReviewWhat counts: nine categories cover most of an IT portfolio.
If your company buys any of these as a service, that spend can earn SIM Advantage Credits.
1. Network Connectivity
The circuits themselves: dedicated internet access, broadband, private lines, wavelength services, and fixed wireless that connect offices, data centers, and clouds.
2. Network Edge / SD-WAN
Managed networking on top of the circuits: SD-WAN overlays, managed routers and edge devices, and the orchestration that keeps branch sites performing.
3. Cloud / IaaS / Colo
Infrastructure: public cloud compute and storage, private and hosted cloud, and colocation space, power, and interconnection.
4. Security / SASE
Cybersecurity delivered as a service: managed detection and response, firewalls, zero-trust access, and SASE stacks protecting users, sites, and data.
5. CX / UCaaS / CXaaS
Cloud communications and customer experience: voice, video, meetings, messaging, and contact center platforms with their agent tooling and analytics.
6. Application Optimization
Services that make applications fast and reliable: load balancing, content delivery, WAN and application performance, and observability tooling.
7. Software Licensing
Commercial software agreements and renewals: productivity suites, SaaS subscriptions, and enterprise license agreements.
8. Business Intelligence
Data platforms and analytics: warehousing and lakehouse platforms, data integration and pipelines, and BI tooling for reporting a leadership team runs on.
9. AI & Automation
AI platforms and intelligent automation bought as services: conversational AI, machine-learning platforms, document and workflow automation, and RPA.
A sampling of available suppliers.
Hundreds of technology suppliers participate across the nine categories. Browse a sampling below — and if a supplier you use isn't shown, ask in your technology review.
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See your own numbers.
Share one upcoming purchase, renewal, or need — even one you haven't fully defined — and a Certified Trusted Advisor will show you exactly what it funds.
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