1. A tangible computer-readable storage medium, excluding transitory signals, and which contains instructions for performing a method of identifying and portraying data associated with implementing an integrated data management and protection system, the method comprising: maintaining value functions for quantifying value associated with implementing an integrated data management and protection system; wherein the integrated data management and protection system performs archiving, backup, and at least one other data management function; receiving user input requesting information describing value associated with implementing the integrated data management and protection system; generating an interface that displays a request for a user to submit, via the interface, information associated with data management and protection, wherein the interface includes data entry fields for receiving information associated with data management and protection, and wherein the information associated with data management and protection includes information related to— complexity of an existing data management and protection system, data protection reliability, data recovery time, and operational oversight for the existing data management and protection system; receiving user-submitted information via the data entry fields of the interface; weighting at least some of the received user-submitted information; identifying value functions for quantifying value associated with implementing the integrated data management and protection system; applying the value functions to the received information, wherein the value functions result in value data for the integrated data management and protection system when applied to the received user-submitted information, and wherein the applying include generating a single, combined index score that aggregates the value data obtained by applying the value functions to the weighted, user-submitted information; and, generating a value dashboard that displays the value data for the integrated data management and protection system, wherein the value data is indicative of value associated with implementing the integrated data management and protection system versus use of the existing data management and protection system, and wherein the dashboard includes the combined index score.