Alinean was founded in 2001 to develop Information Technology focused ROI , TCO and value, analysis and management tools. The Alinean team originally pioneered the concept of interactive ROI and TCO software in 1994, developing over 100 award-winning ROI sales tools for Intel, SAP, Microsoft, Dell, HP, IBM, Symantec, 3-Com and dozens more, and creating the industry standard software for CIO budgeting, planning and ROI/TCO benchmarking. The Alinean team recognized the changing economic climate and renewed need for IT cost justification, reuniting to further develop pioneering IT ROI and Value analysis and sales tools. Alinean ROI tools have been custom developed to analyze and cost-justify most IT solutions, including: servers, storage, systems management, telecommunications, operating systems, eCRM, wireless, security, database management, e-business procurement, ERP, supply chain management, outsourcing, business intelligence, mobility, collaborative commerce, content and document management, asset management and office automation.