SaaS Matters: Key Caveats for SaaS Contracting April 12, 2018 Adam Mansfield Reading Time: 5 minutes There is no doubt that the emergence of Cloud, and specifically Software as a Service (SaaS), has been one of… Read More Categories: Cloud, Contract Negotiations
Microsoft Q2 FY 2018 Earnings: Advancing the Cloud February 7, 2018 Adam Mansfield Reading Time: 3 minutes Microsoft posted its Q2 FY 2018 earnings on January 31st, reporting revenue of $28.9B along with exceptional growth tied to… Read More Categories: Cloud, Contract Negotiations, Microsoft
ServiceNow is No Longer Just a Tool for IT – Why this Matters January 17, 2018 Adam Mansfield Reading Time: 3 minutes Since ServiceNow’s inception back in 2004, it has been known -- right or wrong -- as an IT helpdesk vendor.… Read More Categories: Cloud, Contract Negotiations, Salesforce, ServiceNow
Salesforce Sets Sights on $60B – What You Need to Know January 9, 2018 Adam Mansfield Reading Time: 3 minutes Parker Harris, CTO and Co-Founder of Salesforce, had a recent analyst presentation that made its way onto Twitter last week… Read More Categories: Cloud, Contract Negotiations, Salesforce
3 Small Mistakes IT Vendors Make During a Sourcing Event that are Detrimental to their Success November 28, 2017 Adam Mansfield Reading Time: 3 minutes Most of our blogs primarily focus on providing actionable advice to buy-side organizations. This blog is a departure from this… Read More Categories: Contract Negotiations, IT Sourcing
Salesforce.com Q2 Fiscal 2018 – Sights Set on $20B in Annual Revenue August 24, 2017 Adam Mansfield Reading Time: 3 minutes Salesforce.com (“Salesforce”) this week announced its second quarter results. They not only beat analyst revenue expectations, but they also, once… Read More Categories: Cloud, Salesforce
What the ‘New’ Microsoft Sales Overhaul Will Mean for Customers July 19, 2017 Adam Mansfield Reading Time: 4 minutes When Microsoft announced they would layoff up to 4,000 sales and marketing jobs in the early weeks of its new… Read More Categories: Cloud, Microsoft
Stay Out of Security Breach Headlines: 3 Things That Must be Addressed in your Cloud Agreement June 29, 2017 Adam Mansfield Reading Time: 5 minutes It seems like you can’t go a day without reading a headline regarding yet another high-profile mass data and security… Read More Categories: Application Management Services, Cloud, ERP Program Management
Microsoft Q3 2017 – Missed Revenue and Cloud Focus Presents Negotiating Opportunities May 1, 2017 Adam Mansfield Reading Time: 4 minutes Even though Microsoft missed on revenue, all was not lost for the industry giant as they were able to show… Read More Categories: Microsoft
Is a Microsoft SAM Engagement Really an Audit in Disguise? March 20, 2017 Adam Mansfield Reading Time: 3 minutes Have you recently received a “SAM Baseline” Letter of Engagement? If you are like many of our clients, you have… Read More Categories: Microsoft