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4 Mistakes Companies Make with SaaS Cost Estimating
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If the Oracle Deal Goes Through, TikTok Could Face a Process That Experts Say is Incredibly Complex, Costly, and Uncommon for Any Business: Switching From One Cloud to Another
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Business Insider
6 Challenges of Agile at Scale for ERP
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5 Costly Mistakes in Infrastructure Outsourcing
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5 Ways to Avoid Cloud Waste
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6 Steps to Successful SaaS Renewal Negotiations
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How to Manage Contracts in a Multi-cloud Environment
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IDG Insider
10 Ways to Get Value From Your System Integrator’s Quality Review
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These Are the Best Strategies to Cut Cloud Computing Costs During the Pandemic, According to Experts
July 1, 2020
Business Insider
7 SAP S/4HANA Implementation Issues to Address
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SearchSAP
Surviving Through the New Normal
May 27, 2020
DevOps
Microsoft + Softomotive: What Does This Deal Mean For RPA (Robotic Process Automation)?
May 22, 2020
Forbes
Why Enterprise Software Will Be Forever Changed
May 1, 2020
Forbes
5 Steps to Assess Offshore Support Risk (and 5 Steps to Address Critical Needs)
April 24, 2020
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A CIO’s Checklist for Executing the COVID Pivot
April 22, 2020
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AWS Holds the Line on Cloud Bills as Customers Ask for Relief
April 17, 2020
The Information
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April 10, 2020
CIO
5 Tips for Executing a Successful ERP Go-live
April 3, 2020
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5 Tips for Navigating Supplier Relationships in an Economic Downturn
March 30, 2020
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Coronavirus Pandemic Ups the IT Contract Negotiation Game
March 23, 2020
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7 Reasons for ERP Implementation Failure
March 13, 2020
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How to Choose the Right ERP Project Team: 5 Secrets to Success
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Hybrid ERP Considerations: Choosing On-premises vs. Cloud
February 28, 2020
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Where Hybrid Cloud is Headed Next, and the Role of Microsoft Azure
February 27, 2020
MSDynamicsWorld
The Two Things Customers Want From Cloud Vendors
February 20, 2020
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When the Public Cloud Grew Up: A Look Back at Growth in the 2010s
February 7, 2020
MSDynamicsWorld
4 Lessons from the Hertz vs. Accenture IT Disaster
February 5, 2020
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SAP ECC to S/4HANA Migration: 4 Essential Issues
January 31, 2020
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6 Ideas to Consider Before Making a C/4HANA SAP Cloud Migration
January 24, 2020
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January 20, 2020
SearchCloudComputing
SAP S/4HANA Migration: Critical Advice for Moving Off ECC
January 16, 2020
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SAP Leadership Changes and S/4HANA Were Top 2019 SAP Stories
December 20, 2019
SearchSAP
Building Elasticity in Outsourced Managed Services
December 13, 2019
CIO
High Performing Multi-vendor Transformation Teams – How to Make it Work
November 27, 2019
CIO
Learn How to Avoid an SAP S/4HANA Disaster: Part Three
November 14, 2019
ASUG
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November 4, 2019
CIO
Learn How to Avoid an SAP S/4HANA Disaster: Part Two
November 2, 2019
ASUG
Learn How to Avoid an SAP S/4HANA Disaster: Part One
October 22, 2019
ASUG
Inside Microsoft and Google Cloud’s Battle for the Enterprise
October 1, 2019
CIO
Feeling Handcuffed by Your Current IT Vendor? Here’s How to Increase Your Renegotiation Leverage
September 16, 2019
CIO
Winning the Battle for the Firstline Workforce
August 23, 2019
Diginomica
Digital Transformation: Beware the Legal Details
August 12, 2019
CMSWire
Digital Transformation – Don’t Leave Talent Development Crumbs on The Table
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CIO
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SearchSAP
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CIO
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July 11, 2019
CIO
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June 28, 2019
SearchSAP
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June 6, 2019
CIO
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CIO
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April 25, 2019
CIO
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April 10, 2019
InformationWeek
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March 25, 2019
CIO
What’s New at Diginomica and Fresh Angst Among Independent Industry Analysts
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Diginomica
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January 23, 2019
CIO
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January 3, 2019
CIO
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December 14, 2018
CIO
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November 14, 2018
CIO
Do We Really Need Another Acronym? The Case for ‘ERPaaS
October 29, 2018
CIO Dive
Four Common Mistakes In Understanding Oracle’s Cloud Troubles
October 29, 2018
Forbes
How to Negotiate the Right Deal with Microsoft
October 15, 2018
CIO
SAP and Oracle Audits – US Constitutional Principles Do Not Apply
October 10, 2018
CIO
IT Outsourcing Agreements: 3 Details Many Negotiations Forget
September 24, 2018
CIO
Don’t Let Your IT-enabled Transformation Program Go ‘Into Thin Air’
September 12, 2018
CIO
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August 20, 2018
CIO
6 Ways to Train Your Internal Team to Maximize the Value of Consultants
August 13, 2018
CIO
7 Negotiation Tactics That Are Futile in Cloud Renewals
July 25, 2018
CIO
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July 19, 2018
CIO
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July 10, 2018
CIO
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July 3, 2018
CIO
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June 25, 2018
CIO Dive
10 Views on What Microsoft’s GitHub Deal Does for DevOps Users
June 8, 2018
DevOps.com
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May 22, 2018
CIO
Implementing SAP S4/HANA Digital Core – Don’t be a Prisoner to Unnecessary Costs
May 3, 2018
CIO
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April 9, 2018
CIO
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April 3, 2018
ITProPortal
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March 19, 2018
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March 12, 2018
CIO
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February 21, 2018
CIO
Six Challenges of Agile at Scale for ERP
February 6, 2018
IT World Canada
6 Steps for Negotiating Winning AI Deals
January 23, 2018
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January 3, 2018
The National Law Review
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January 3, 2018
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November 27, 2017
CIO
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November 20, 2017
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November 16, 2017
ITProPortal
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November 13, 2017
CIO
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October 30, 2017
CIO
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October 23, 2017
CIO
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October 17, 2017
CIO
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August 10, 2017
CIO
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CIO
Microsoft SAM Engagement: Are you Being Audited
April 6, 2017
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UpperEdge Launches Tool to Help Determine How Competitive Your Workday Deal Is
SmartDeal can assess your Workday deal by comparing your pricing and key business terms to other similar-sized deals in our proprietary database
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Experts Release White Paper to Help Potential Customers Prepare for Price Increases, Aggressive Sales Tactics, and Challenging Negotiations
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Details how customers can develop a deep understanding of SAP’s audit practices and proactively assess their Indirect and Digital Access compliance situations
Read MoreIT System Integrator Risk Mitigation Processes Often Have the Opposite Effect, Says UpperEdge
Experts point to 5 reasons SI’s risk management processes are flawed.
Read MoreUpperEdge Named a 2020 Winner for Boston’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For® — Third Year in a Row
Recognized for commitment to excellence in human resources practices and employee enrichment.
Read MoreUpperEdge Compares Accenture, Deloitte, and IBM for SAP
Benchmarks the fundamentally different approaches to evaluating and selecting SAP implementation partners.
Read MoreUpperEdge Releases White Paper on Negotiating with Salesforce
Experts detail how to effectively negotiate with Salesforce to achieve better pricing and an optimized relationship.
Read MoreMEDIA ALERT: UpperEdge to Host Webinar on the Caveats of Workday Licensing
UpperEdge will present a live webinar entitled “Ask the Experts – Workday Licensing.” Experts uncover commercial asks to ensure you achieve results in price transparency and protections in your agreement.
Read MoreUpperEdge Named to the 2020 Inc. 5000
UpperEdge, an independent third-party advisory company that empowers organizations to get the most value from their IT supplier relationships, announced today that it was selected and ranked by Inc. Magazine for its annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the nation’s fastest growing companies.
Read MoreUpperEdge Finds Oracle Customers are Increasingly Concerned by Java Compliance Issues
In response to the growing need to better understand and properly license Java use, UpperEdge created a complimentary downloadable guide based on all versions of Oracle’s publicly available Java agreements to help answer common questions.
Read MoreSAP Cost Optimization in the Age of COVID-19
UpperEdge’s CEO David Blake and SAP Practice Leader Len Riley will participate in the ASUG “Executive Exchange Virtual Summit: United in Leadership” along with Ron Gilson, VP and CIO at Johnsonville Sausage. The panel, “Licensing and Support Management,” will be moderated by David Wascom, SVP of Executive Programs at ASUG.
Read MoreUpperEdge Named One of the Best and Brightest Companies to Work For® in the Nation
UpperEdge, an independent third-party advisory company that empowers organizations to get the most value from their IT supplier relationships, announced today that it was selected as one of the Best and Brightest Companies to Work For® in the nation. Elite awards are presented to the highest winning companies that demonstrate exceptional innovative human resource practices and set high standards for all businesses.
Read MoreUpperEdge Named a 2019 Winner for Boston’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For® Second Year in a Row
UpperEdge, an independent third-party advisory company that empowers organizations to get the most from their IT supplier relationships, announced today that it was selected as one of Boston’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For® for the second year in a row. The competition identifies and honors companies that demonstrate both an exceptional environment, and an impressive commitment to their employees. Companies are evaluated based on categories such as communication, work-life balance, employee education, diversity, recognition, and retention.
Read MoreDeadline for S/4HANA Migrations is Closer Than Customers Think, Says UpperEdge
Assessing and understanding the various S/4 migration options, pros/cons, benefits, risks, costs, and timing requires a lot of diligence, given the breadth of current SAP customer landscapes. Given the degree of diligence required to effectively make the transition to S/4 and the complexity of the associated license conversion, UpperEdge has established a team of SAP S/4 migration advisory subject matter experts solely dedicated to advising and preparing SAP customers on how best to tackle the journey to S/4.
Read MoreAfter 40 Years of ERP and IT Transformation Projects, Failures Still at Same Rate, Says UpperEdge
Major IT project disasters continue to be the bane of software providers and software implementors alike. No platform or integrator is immune from the potential of a major disaster, according to UpperEdge. New software platforms, methodologies, and automation of IT practices have done little to stem the tide of catastrophic failures. But since most customers, vendors and implementors do not publicly share their mistakes, we are doomed to repeat them.
Read MoreSome Chemical Customers Have the Genetic Markers that Make Their SAP Projects Susceptible to Disaster
The chemicals industry is drastically evolving through a collision of forces. Business models have accelerated with shifting the focus to the customer, massive consolidations and M&A changing the leaderboard, digitization revamping antiquated business processes, and cybersecurity threats forcing companies to develop contingency plans for the unexpected.
Read MoreUpperEdge Named One of the Best and Brightest Companies to Work For®
UpperEdge, an independent third-party advisory company that empowers organizations to get the most from their IT supplier relationships, announced today that it was selected as one of Boston’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For®.
Read MoreOne-third of Agile Projects Result In Failure
Studies have shown that nearly one-third of Agile projects fail, but the risk of failure for organizations attempting to scale Agile for ERP implementation projects is even higher.
Read MoreEnterprise Technology: Contract Negotiation in the Ever-changing Era of AI
UpperEdge CEO to Moderate Panel on Structuring Winning AI Deals at AI World Conference
Read MoreSoftware Compliance Assessments Reveal an Average Net License Fee Exposure Between $800K and $2.5M
SAP Indirect Access and Oracle non-compliance fees continue to rise as vendors attempt to lock-in customers, says UpperEdge.
Read MoreUpperEdge Reduces Indirect Access License Exposure via Negotiations by 60 to 70%
With over 65,000 large enterprises relying on SAP to run their businesses in a highly interconnected manner, customers need to have rock solid handles on their SAP relationships.
Read MoreUpperEdge Rates Audit Risk for Oracle Customers
Oracle customers concerned about potentially being selected for an audit often share the same feelings, fear and anxiety of the unknown. These audit claims have become a costly issue due to the complexity of Oracle’s licensing policies.
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