System Integrators

Systems Integrators will be in high demand this year as digital transformation projects heat up. Here’s how to make your project stand out in a...

If you’ve ever managed a large digital transformation project, you know that there is the potential for a lot to go wrong.  Transformational IT projects...

When it comes to implementing any transformational initiative, companies are faced with two primary challenges: capacity and experience.  How will they free up the internal...

Though the SI’s proposals focus on the benefits the client is intended to receive from these quality reviews, the SIs are actually realizing a large...

I am going to go on a bit of a rant here.  I am getting fed up with all of the IT project horror stories...

During the system integrator (SI) vetting/bidding process for your digital transformation, you likely explored all of the competing SI’s capabilities and skills.  As a result...

How CIO’s can ensure they maintain control of their sole source negotiations The SI engagement playbook Make no mistake, your SI’s plan to secure a...

Over the last 20 to 30 years, we continue to read about companies blowing their IT-enabled transformation budgets and schedules.  At least one new study comes...

While there is no magic bullet for preventing an IT disaster, understanding why major transformational programs fail is a great first step to planning and...

Relationships with your System Integrator (SI) are two-sided.  On your side, you enter the relationship knowing that it needs to end as quickly as possible,...

Most of you have heard the phrase that 90% of the manufacturing cost of a product is determined during product design.  The same can be...

Move over SAP, you are no longer alone in being sued with regards to California’s state payroll system.   While the failed implementation of the California...

Implementing an enterprise IT system can result in a powerful, single ‘view of the truth’ across an entire organization, integrating business processes and creating easy-to-use...

ERP implementation projects are large, complex endeavors that can quickly spiral out of control. Blown budgets and delayed implementations are not uncommon, and in the...

Just one week before jury selection was slated to begin, Bridgestone and IBM filed a motion to drop  their lawsuits against each other with prejudice,...

All too often we find ourselves engaged with prospective clients that decouple the negotiation of their SAP agreement from their System Implementation (SI) selection, evaluation...

You run your business every day and your experience qualifies you for your role.  But how often do you engage outside consulting firms?  Do you...

While selecting the right SAP solution for your company is an important decision, deciding who to partner with for the implementation should carry just as...

On March 30, 2018, a judge cleared the way for what both Bridgestone and IBM have apparently both been itching to do – get in...

SLAs, or service-level agreements, are standard within the IT outsourcing landscape. As large enterprises have outsourced more IT functions – everything from application hosting, to...