Don’t Let Your IT-Enabled Transformation Program Go “Into Thin Air” November 6, 2018 John Belden Reading Time: 3 minutes The recent press regarding many more IT supplier lawsuits reminds us that the ability to decipher the human element in these… Read More Categories: Digital Transformation
Train Your Internal Team to Maximize the Value of Consultants – 6 Best Practices October 25, 2018 John Belden Reading Time: 3 minutes Imagine a sporting contest between two teams. One team consists of athletes assembled from various teams but from different sports.… Read More Categories: System Integrators
Three Reasons Teradata’s Lawsuit Matters to SAP’s Current Clients October 15, 2018 John Belden Reading Time: 3 minutes At first glance, the Teradata lawsuit against SAP might just appear to be simply a dispute between two software companies… Read More Categories: SAP
5 Mistakes to Avoid When Developing a SOW With Accenture, Deloitte, and IBM September 18, 2018 John Belden Reading Time: 3 minutes Most of you have heard the phrase that 90% of the manufacturing cost of a product is determined during product… Read More Categories: Accenture, Deloitte, IBM, System Integrators
SAP Tells Teradata to go Jump in a (Data) Lake September 3, 2018 John Belden Reading Time: 3 minutes On June 21, 2018, Teradata filed a civil lawsuit against SAP claiming that SAP stole its trade secrets and was… Read More Categories: SAP
Like Taking Candy from a Baby: Sacramento Schools Claim Workday Took Advantage of Them and File Suit August 14, 2018 John Belden Reading Time: 6 minutes Move over SAP, you are no longer alone in being sued with regards to California’s state payroll system. While the… Read More Categories: Contract Negotiations, IT Sourcing, System Integrators, Workday
Implementing SAP S/4HANA Digital Core – Don’t Be a Prisoner to Unnecessary Costs July 10, 2018 John Belden Reading Time: 4 minutes ERP Implementations are highly complex undertakings that challenge even the most experienced program managers. They ooze complexity at multiple levels.… Read More Categories: ERP Program Management, SAP
Bridgestone vs. IBM: Parties Agree to Reach Agreement June 27, 2018 John Belden Reading Time: < 1 minutes Just one week before jury selection was slated to begin, Bridgestone and IBM filed a motion to drop their lawsuits… Read More Categories: IBM, System Integrators
Teradata Sues SAP – Implications for SAP and Its Customers June 21, 2018 John Belden Reading Time: 3 minutes On June 21st 2018, ERP software vendor, SAP, claims to have been blindsided with a lawsuit by big data vendor,… Read More Categories: SAP
Wipro Responds to National Grid’s SAP Implementation Billion Dollar Lawsuit June 5, 2018 John Belden Reading Time: 6 minutes On November 5th, 2012, swamped in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, the National Grid management team made the decision to… Read More Categories: ERP Program Management, SAP