A Microsoft Case Study

Pharmaceutical Services Leader Achieves $2.8M in Savings Over 3 Years for Microsoft EA Renewal

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Client Profile

A $2.3B Leader in Worldwide Bio/Pharmaceutical Services

Business Issue

  • Company had a long-standing relationship with Microsoft and sought to renew its
    Enterprise Agreement
  • Sought to optimize their ongoing costs, licensing model, and commercial construct

Services & Results

UpperEdge recommended an integrated negotiation strategy, resulting in the following:

  • Provided a detailed assessment of the client’s existing agreements, licensing models, and
    pricing to identify areas for improvement
  • Supported throughout the negotiation and execution phases to achieve a highly favorable
    outcome in terms of competitive pricing and key commercial terms
  • Achieved a savings of $2.8M over 3 years and provided pricing visibility for future Cloud
    solutions to support the client’s strategic transition to the Cloud

We Align Service Costs to Consumption While Ensuring Productivity Improvements Each Year of Your Term.

We take a holistic approach to your managed services needs across a multitude of commercial issues and employ a highly flexible methodology that enables us to develop a strategy that aligns with your specific requirements while ensuring transparency to cost. Whether you’re looking to renew an existing Managed Services contract for another multi-year term, going to market to replace an incumbent, looking to outsource a portion or all of your in-house support, our market intelligence can empower your decision making every step of the way.

Greg Hall
Greg Hall

Managed Services
Practice Leader

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