Patent ID: 8275670

Claim:
A method for generating an electronic sales and contracting computer infrastructure, the method comprising: deploying a set of systems to a secure computer infrastructure including a set of computing devices, wherein the set of systems enable the secure computer infrastructure to implement an electronic sales and contracting method, the electronic sales and contracting method including: receiving data pertaining to an integrated Information Technology (IT) solution and a purchase selection of a set of IT components for the integrated IT solution desired by a customer, wherein the integrated IT solution includes hardware, software and services related to the hardware and software, and wherein the integrated IT solution is to be provided to the customer by at least two distinct providers; verifying that each of the set of IT components is compatible with one another and of similar quality to one another; determining one or more recommendations to be made to the customer for the integrated IT solution, wherein the one or more recommendations is based on the received data and a current IT implementation of the customer; finalizing the integrated IT solution for providing to the customer; developing a proposal to provide the integrated IT solution to the customer, the proposal including at least two contracts, each contract being between the customer and a unique one of each of the at least two distinct providers of the integrated IT solution; securing each contract to prevent electronic access by a provider who is not a party to the contract within the secure computer infrastructure; and requesting approval and execution of the proposal from the customer and each provider.