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Microsoft had an impressive Q4’21 bringing in revenues of $46.2B.  As part of the earnings presentation, it was clear that they would be making an...

Enterprise executives know that employees are most productive when they have the right tools and more importantly, know how to use those tools.  When employees...

Microsoft recently announced that they are going to be hitting their enterprise customers with price increases to some Office 365 and Microsoft 365 product suites....

Have you received a proposal from Oracle that includes education products that you might not have expected?  If so, you aren’t alone.  We are increasingly...

While preparing a resource plan for your large-scale transformation program, have you considered how talent within the program will be managed? In a transformation program,...

Salesforce recently announced Salesforce+, a groundbreaking extension of the Salesforce brand and overall marketing strategy.  As an on-demand video streaming platform meant to run as...

With the hyperscalers hitting prime time in the market, organizations are relinquishing any reservations they once had about the public cloud.  As they plan to...

There are some common reasons why a transformation steering committee may fail to engage—from a lack of motivation to a bias toward inaction, here’s how...

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...

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has reportedly discussed forming an alliance with Dropbox, Slack, Smartsheet, and others to create a bundle of cloud solutions (i.e., AWS...

With a database of system implementation projects totaling $20B in project cost, UpperEdge has reviewed and supported the development of numerous Master Statements of Work...

Knowing what vendors will say “no” to can be a powerful tool in your negotiation arsenal When a company properly prepares for successful cloud negotiations,...

Even as companies begin to recover from the COVID pandemic, SAP continues to aggressively pursue audits of their customers in an effort to not only...

Developing the scope and estimate for an enterprise-level transformation is not a simple matter.  Countless hours are spent by vendors and their clients on the...

Leading up to the second half of 2021, ServiceNow set markers, targets, and had given a lens into how they plan to achieve their lofty...

Though steering committees play a critical role in any transformation program, they sometimes get a bad rap and are often underutilized.  To get the most...

In the advent of RISE with SAP, organizations may be tempted to pit a hyperscaler’s offerings against RISE to determine the best fit for their...

Cloud vendors are continually working to improve their products in order to make them more valuable to their customers and prospects.  These “upgrades” (as the...

For many large organizations, managing Microsoft is a multifaceted beast.  In addition to handling your day-to-day Microsoft interactions, there are likely other areas where you...

Now that RISE with SAP is in full force, many companies are compelled to reevaluate their service partner (SI) and long-term support strategies as they...