Buying Agentic AI Services: What Experienced Buyers Need to Recalibrate October 5, 2026 John Belden Reading Time: 4 minutes Experienced buyers can use most of what they already know to buy agentic AI services. The business case, scope, governance,… Read More Categories: Artificial Intelligence
Why a Cautious Agentic AI Pilot Can Still Create a Very Large Commercial Commitment: Start Small. Negotiate Big. September 29, 2026 John Belden Reading Time: 6 minutes A read-only agentic pilot can remove a fifth of your risk exposure and still leave every major commercial decision on… Read More Categories: Artificial Intelligence
Agentic Transformation is a Commercial Architecture Problem September 21, 2026 John Belden Reading Time: 8 minutes How to Preserve Leverage and Optionality Across an AI Provider Ecosystem Preserving leverage and optionality across an AI provider ecosystem… Read More Categories: Artificial Intelligence
The Agentic AI Proposal in Front of You Is Also Your SI’s Survival Plan September 3, 2026 John Belden Reading Time: 8 minutes If you know what your SI actually values, you may be able to give it something that is extremely valuable to the provider… Read More Categories: System Integrators
The AI Proposal Trap: How to Evaluate SI Proposals When Vendors Optimize for Machines August 25, 2026 John Belden Reading Time: 7 minutes AI is making vendor proposals clearer, more persuasive and easier for both humans and machines to read. Clients need to… Read More Categories: Artificial Intelligence
The Next Generation of SI Transformation Leaders May Have Less Experience and Better Judgment August 11, 2026 John Belden Reading Time: 7 minutes AI-enabled transformation staffing is a live procurement decision, and the evaluation signal clients rely on, years of experience, is structurally… Read More Categories: Artificial Intelligence, Digital Transformation
The AI Decision Your Board Is Forcing Has More Uncertainty Than Anyone Is Admitting May 13, 2026 John Belden Reading Time: 5 minutes Inside every enterprise right now, there is the conversation that is happening, and the one that isn't. The conversation that… Read More Categories: Artificial Intelligence, Digital Transformation
Deloitte’s Defense Unfolds: The Contract That Could Decide the Zimmer Biomet Case November 10, 2025 John Belden Reading Time: 6 minutes When Zimmer Biomet filed its $172 million lawsuit against Deloitte, we said the firm’s next move would be predictable. Not… Read More Categories: ERP Program Management, SAP
M&A in 2025: Prey or Potential for IT? September 30, 2025 John Belden Reading Time: 4 minutes Introductions M&A activity is heating up in 2025. Pharma giants are racing to shore up pipelines, energy companies are doubling… Read More Categories: ERP Program Management
Zimmer Biomet’s $172M ERP Lawsuit Against Deloitte: Disaster, Disclosure, and Investor Risk September 11, 2025 John Belden Reading Time: 7 minutes For a detailed update on Deloitte's response to Zimmer Biomet's lawsuit, please see Deloitte’s Defense Unfolds: The Contract That Could… Read More Categories: Contract Negotiations, Deloitte, Risk Management, SAP