3 Small Mistakes IT Vendors Make During a Sourcing Event that are Detrimental to their Success November 28, 2017 Adam Mansfield Reading Time: 3 minutes Most of our blogs primarily focus on providing actionable advice to buy-side organizations. This blog is a departure from this… Read More Categories: Contract Negotiations, IT Sourcing
Making Smarter IT Partner Selections November 13, 2017 Jeff Lazarto Reading Time: 6 minutes Businesses face a multitude of IT partner selections, from software applications to the related services to implement and manage those… Read More Categories: Contract Negotiations, Digital Transformation, IT Sourcing
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
Oracle Baseline Assessment: Failing to Prepare is Preparing to Fail September 26, 2017 Erwann Couesbot Reading Time: 3 minutes Does your team know exactly how many license entitlements you have purchased from Oracle? Can you provide a log identifying… Read More Categories: IT Sourcing, Oracle
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
The Chess Game of Transformational Services July 5, 2017 UpperEdge Reading Time: 3 minutes Typical sourcing processes of IT consulting service providers for digital transformations do not necessarily result in a better deal or… Read More Categories: Digital Transformation, IT Sourcing, 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
Does Sourcing Matter in Digital Ecosystems? June 6, 2017 UpperEdge Reading Time: 2 minutes In my previous article, Digital Ecosystems - Why Large Companies Have an Advantage in the Digital Future, I discussed how… Read More Categories: Digital Transformation, IT Sourcing
Digital Ecosystems – Why Large Companies Have an Advantage in the Digital Future May 24, 2017 UpperEdge Reading Time: 4 minutes Winners of the digital evolution will be highly dependent on a company’s ability to innovate and identify with their customers,… Read More Categories: Digital Transformation, IT Sourcing