Does Your ERP Provider Run Your Business? August 30, 2017 Jeff Lazarto Reading Time: 4 minutes Sounds like a simple question, but the answer may be more complex than you think. SAP had a tagline that… Read More Categories: Application Management Services, ERP Program Management, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP
Top 10 Excuses to Not Implement Best Practices and 5 Things to do About it August 22, 2017 John Belden Reading Time: 5 minutes Over the past 30 years, a great deal of research has been conducted on IT-enabled business transformations. As a result… Read More Categories: ERP Program Management, IT Sourcing, Oracle, SAP
Software Audits Continue to Rise: Understand the Software Vendor’s Audit Playbook August 15, 2017 Len Riley Reading Time: 4 minutes Software vendors have developed an array of strategies and tactics to extract revenue from customers beyond an initial transaction. These… Read More Categories: Cloud, Deloitte, ERP Program Management, IT Sourcing, Oracle, SAP
Existing Service Providers – What’s Your Cost of Incumbency? August 2, 2017 Greg Hall Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s inevitable. Every year new targets are set to reduce OPEX (OPerational EXpenses). Whether you’re the one responsible for setting… Read More Categories: Application Management Services, ERP Program Management, System Integrators
Will SAP Competitors Fight the Indirect Access Madness? July 24, 2017 Jeff Lazarto Reading Time: 4 minutes Now that the public is aware of SAP’s Indirect Access rules after the recent lawsuits with Diageo and the arbitration… Read More Categories: Application Management Services, Cloud, ERP Program Management, Oracle, SAP
Are SAP, Oracle, and Microsoft Making Bank in the Cloud? July 16, 2017 John Belden Reading Time: 2 minutes Over the past few years, cloud has been the growth engine of the software and consulting industry. The marketing machines… Read More Categories: Accenture, Cloud, Deloitte, ERP Program Management, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP
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
Preventing an ERP Heart Attack June 22, 2017 Shawn Stamp Reading Time: 4 minutes Suppose you go in for your annual checkup and discover that your cholesterol level is 210. Is that good news… Read More Categories: ERP Program Management, System Integrators
Demystifying Relationship Opportunities with your Incumbent AMS Provider June 15, 2017 UpperEdge Reading Time: 2 minutes In an ideal scenario, the benefits of an established relationship with your AMS (Application Management Services) provider should be evident.… Read More Categories: Application Management Services, ERP Program Management, System Integrators
Building the Confidence to Go-live June 9, 2017 John Belden Reading Time: 5 minutes Anyone who has been responsible for a major ERP go-live can attest to the following scenario: when it's time to… Read More Categories: ERP Program Management, IT Sourcing