Oracle Gets Creative with Cloud Selling Tactics April 10, 2018 Jeff Lazarto Reading Time: 4 minutes Oracle has recently fallen short of Wall Street's Cloud revenue expectations which has led to a decline in share price… Read More Categories: Cloud, Contract Negotiations, Oracle
Oracle’s Cloud Transition: What’s in it for Them? March 13, 2018 Jeff Lazarto Reading Time: 3 minutes Though you often hear about how customers benefit from switching to Cloud services, the incentives that drive companies like Oracle… Read More Categories: Cloud, Oracle
The Effective CIO’s Approach to Migrating SAP ECC to S/4HANA March 6, 2018 Len Riley Reading Time: 3 minutes Migrating to S/4HANA is a huge endeavor that requires the participation of both internal stakeholders and external advisors to enable… Read More Categories: Application Management Services, Cloud, ERP Program Management, SAP, System Integrators
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
How Expensive is the Air in Your IT Contract? January 29, 2018 Erik Bullard Reading Time: 3 minutes Negotiations and contracts with large IT providers can be intimidating and downright confusing. There are some major concerns that plague… Read More Categories: Cloud, Contract Negotiations
Bold Claims in Oracle’s FY18 Q2 Earnings January 24, 2018 Jeff Lazarto Reading Time: 3 minutes It is never too early to start preparing for Oracle’s year-end sales push with their fast approaching 2018 fiscal year… Read More Categories: Cloud, Contract Negotiations, Oracle
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
SAP Prescribes a Good Night’s Sleep: Q3 2017 Earnings Analysis October 25, 2017 Chip Hanna Reading Time: 3 minutes Based on SAP’s Q3 2017 earnings announcement on October 19th, its CEO Bill McDermott purports to be resting easy. But… Read More Categories: Cloud, Contract Negotiations, ERP Program Management, IT Sourcing, SAP
Can Your Oracle Cloud Renewal Get Stormy? September 29, 2017 Jeff Lazarto Reading Time: 3 minutes Oracle is ramping up to put a full court press on its installed base to migrate their perpetual license on-premise… Read More Categories: Cloud, Contract Negotiations, Oracle