Indirect Assault - What's Your Exposure to SAP's Indirect Use Rights?
UpperEdge deemed it critical to post this SAP customer alert on “indirect access” given what we have observed from SAP this past quarter and how...
Read MoreOracle v Rimini Street Revisited
As we previously discussed in Oracle v SAP & Oracle v Rimini Street, the long-term effects of Oracle’s lawsuits (and countersuits) are not limited to...
Read MoreTis the Season for Giving…. But Don’t Give Up the Ship!
Are you already feeling that warm and fuzzy holiday cheer? If you are chest deep in an ERP implementation, visions of sugar plums are probably...
Read MoreWould You Get Major Surgery Without Asking for a Second Opinion?
Think of your company as the patient, the CIO as the doctor, the system integrator as the hospital, and the software vendor as the drug...
Read MoreWho Says that Forecasts are Unreliable?
UpperEdge’s IBM Supplier Scouting Reports have predicted for more than 9 months that leadership of the century-old firm would soon transition from Sam Palmisano to...
Read MoreAre We Heading Toward a Buyers' Market?
Earlier this year, we declared our belief that the software and IT services environment had clearly become a seller’s market: … reams of data from...
Read MoreLessons from the Lockout Revisited
As football fans, we’re pleased that the NFL lockout is over. As frequent advisors to and direct participants in intense negotiations, we’re reminded that it’s...
Read MoreEveryone Has Their Hands in My Pocket!
I just took the whole Consigliere family on a nice vacation, and during my travels I was struck by all the little add-on costs and...
Read MoreMore on Golf & IT Sourcing
A few weeks ago, I told you about the many ways that golf and IT sourcing are similar. And the more I think about it...
Read MoreBig Programs Require Strong Systems to Succeed
When launching large enterprise wide programs, it is easy to get caught up in the language of the consultant and the immediate focus on “deliverables.”...
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