Alphabet Q1 FY 2018 Earnings: Google Wants Microsoft’s Enterprise Customers April 25, 2018 Adam Mansfield Reading Time: 3 minutes Alphabet released its Q1 FY 2018 results on April 23, 2018, reporting that the Google segment beat revenue targets with… Read More Categories: Google, Microsoft, Salesforce
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
Microsoft’s Azure: Confusion Leads to Profit September 5, 2017 Erik Bullard Reading Time: 3 minutes When an enterprise decides to adopt Microsoft’s Azure, they typically make an upfront financial commitment to Microsoft known as an… Read More Categories: Cloud, Microsoft
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
What the ‘New’ Microsoft Sales Overhaul Will Mean for Customers July 19, 2017 Adam Mansfield Reading Time: 4 minutes When Microsoft announced they would layoff up to 4,000 sales and marketing jobs in the early weeks of its new… Read More Categories: Cloud, Microsoft
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
Microsoft Q3 2017 – Missed Revenue and Cloud Focus Presents Negotiating Opportunities May 1, 2017 Adam Mansfield Reading Time: 4 minutes Even though Microsoft missed on revenue, all was not lost for the industry giant as they were able to show… Read More Categories: Microsoft
Capturing the Value of Business, Digital and Technology Transformations April 26, 2017 UpperEdge Reading Time: 4 minutes Before undertaking any technology, digital or business transformation, an organization needs to ask why they are performing it. Is the… Read More Categories: Accenture, Cloud, ERP Program Management, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, Salesforce, SAP, Workday
How Technology Cost Leakage Can Rear Its Ugly Head April 18, 2017 UpperEdge Reading Time: 3 minutes It is estimated that more than half of negotiated cost savings from technology-related services are ‘leaked’ after contracting. Unrealized cost… Read More Categories: Accenture, Deloitte, ERP Program Management, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, Salesforce, SAP, Workday
Is a Microsoft SAM Engagement Really an Audit in Disguise? March 20, 2017 Adam Mansfield Reading Time: 3 minutes Have you recently received a “SAM Baseline” Letter of Engagement? If you are like many of our clients, you have… Read More Categories: Microsoft