Getting to No: 3 Things your Cloud Vendor Won’t Give You (And What to Ask for Instead) July 29, 2021 Adam Mansfield Reading Time: 7 minutes Knowing what vendors will say "no" to can be a powerful tool in your negotiation arsenal When a company properly… Read More Categories: Cloud, Contract Negotiations
How to Turn Your Microsoft Underutilization into Leverage May 18, 2021 Adam Mansfield Reading Time: 5 minutes In nearly all of the Microsoft engagements where we have advised over the years, there has been some level of… Read More Categories: Microsoft
What Microsoft’s Acquisition of Nuance Means for Customers April 22, 2021 Adam Mansfield Reading Time: 5 minutes On April 12th, Microsoft announced the $19.7B acquisition of Nuance Communications, a provider of artificial intelligence (AI) and speech recognition… Read More Categories: Microsoft
Do Customers Really Benefit from ServiceNow’s Innovation? March 25, 2021 Adam Mansfield Reading Time: 7 minutes ServiceNow CEO, Bill McDermott, recently stated, “We want to be the most innovative, the fastest-moving, most resilient enterprise performer for… Read More Categories: ServiceNow
Salesforce Customers – Where are Your Subscription Fees Going? March 10, 2021 Adam Mansfield Reading Time: 6 minutes Salesforce’s full year FY21 results showed that Salesforce blew past its $20B target. They also raised FY22 revenue guidance (to… Read More Categories: Salesforce
How to Crush Your Microsoft 365 Renewal Negotiation January 19, 2021 Adam Mansfield Reading Time: 8 minutes The Microsoft 365 all-in cloud bundle has become a household word at most enterprises. For those where it is not,… Read More Categories: Microsoft
Squeezing Precious Dollars from Your Cloud Costs October 6, 2020 Adam Mansfield Reading Time: 5 minutes Cloud solutions have become popular in enterprises over the last several years largely due to the promised ability to: Cut… Read More Categories: Cloud
Salesforce Shield: The Security Add-on with Significant Cost Implications September 8, 2020 Adam Mansfield Reading Time: 4 minutes Negotiating the Price of Salesforce Shield is an Overlooked Way to Reduce Your Salesforce Spend If you’re a Salesforce customer,… Read More Categories: Salesforce
Slack Attack: Microsoft Antitrust Complaint July 22, 2020 Adam Mansfield Reading Time: 3 minutes Is Microsoft’s product bundling grounds for antitrust scrutiny? If you were to ask Slack, they would say it is. Of… Read More Categories: Microsoft
Google Cloud’s 2020 Plan for Winning the Enterprise July 22, 2020 Adam Mansfield Reading Time: 5 minutes Google Cloud kicked off its 9-week digital event, “Google Cloud Next ’20: On Air”, on July 14th with a keynote… Read More Categories: Cloud, Google