The Tolly Group enjoys a unique position in the networking industry. As the premier independent test lab, it has worked with virtually every major vendor and evaluated the most important products and technologies to appear over the past decade. And in many cases, The Tolly Group has tested these solutions not once but many times, tracking products as they evolve and markets as they mature.

The Tolly Group alone is positioned to furnish vendors with objective evidence that their products perform as promised. This proof-of-performance and/or features/functions lets customers know they can buy with confidence. Furthermore, custom testing enables vendors to verify a specific feature or function or commission a comprehensive evaluation. Either way, clients receive the assurance they need to aggressively market products without worrying about problems that otherwise may stall rollouts and tarnish reputations.

This working knowledge of products and technologies puts The Tolly Group in a class by itself. Its strategic recommendations are always based on first-hand experience, rather than abstract trend analysis or simple customer surveys. That explains why leading vendors and startups alike rely on The Tolly Group for product strategies, custom testing, and independent certification. Clients include Nortel, Citrix Systems, Cisco, Microsoft, IBM, Intel, Alcatel-Lucent, Linksys, Dell and HP. Our client list is a veritable Who's Who among information technology suppliers.

Not to mention The Tolly Group prides itself on working with IT start-ups as well. Fortune 1,000 companies and government agencies worldwide also look to The Tolly Group for a wide range of services, including proof-of-concept testing and network planning.

A market leaders, they appreciate The Tolly Group's fundamental belief that technology decisions are business decisions.

This unparalleled insight into vendor and end-user requirements - and how they inform one another - is what separates The Tolly Group from other high-tech service organizations. It's also why businesses and government agencies turn to us first when they need to assess existing and emerging technologies.

In over 19 years, The Tolly Group has published hundreds of independent tests, technology articles, and opinion pieces in leading business and trade publications. This high profile and unparalleled publishing record explains why The Tolly Group is viewed as an unimpeachable source by editors at Business Week, Computerworld, Data Communications, Information Week, Internet Week, Network World and VAR Business among others. Whats more, The Tolly Group's Test Summary and White Paper documents are a simple, effective way to focus on the advantages and benefits of products and technologies.

In 2008, Kevin Tolly established Tolly Enterprises, LLC and Tolly Common RFP, LLC to serve a global market for both third-party validation as well as to help vendors and end-users standardize their approach to testing key technologies.