Oracle’s Big Shift: AI Infrastructure, Layoffs, and What It Means for Customers April 8, 2026 Shane Griffin Reading Time: < 1 minutes Shane Griffin, Oracle Practice Manager at UpperEdge, breaks down Oracle’s latest strategic moves following its Q3 earnings call. From leadership… Read More
SaaS Vendor Complaints and Contract Risks in 2026 February 26, 2026 Adam Mansfield Reading Time: < 1 minutes In this episode of Insights for IT Negotiations, Adam Mansfield and Kylie Chisholm break down the top frustrations enterprise… Read More
Is SaaS Dead? The Truth About Enterprise Renewals February 19, 2026 Adam Mansfield Reading Time: < 1 minutes Is SaaS vendors really in trouble or is that narrative overblown? Adam Mansfield breaks down the growing concern over… Read More
Oracle’s AI Playbook: Co-CEOs & Explosive OCI Growth September 23, 2025 Jeff Lazarto Reading Time: < 1 minutes Oracle just named two co-CEOs and doubled down on an AI-first future. Jeff Lazarto explains how OCI’s gigawatt-scale GPU superclusters,… Read More
Oracle’s FY25 Boom: AI, Cloud, and What It Means for Customers June 17, 2025 Jeff Lazarto Reading Time: < 1 minutes Jeff Lazarto, Oracle Practice Leader at UpperEdge, breaks down Oracle’s explosive FY25 earnings, the role of AI in their growth,… Read More
How One Oracle Deal Delivered $11M in Savings: A Strategic Sourcing Case Study June 4, 2025 Jeff Lazarto Reading Time: < 1 minutes In this episode of Insights for IT Negotiations, Jeff Lazarto and Shane Griffin pull back the curtain on a recent… Read More
Why the Right TPA Is Your Competitive Edge in the Age of AI May 15, 2025 John Belden Reading Time: < 1 minutes As vendors like Microsoft and Accenture leverage AI to gain an edge in IT negotiations, enterprise buyers risk falling… Read More
Navigating SaaS Pricing: Key Strategies for Actually Locking in Pricing February 26, 2025 Adam Mansfield Reading Time: < 1 minutes In this insightful discussion, we explore the critical aspects of negotiating software-as-a-service (SaaS) pricing with major vendors like Microsoft, Salesforce,… Read More
How to Master Your Oracle Negotiations: Actionable Tips As We Approach Oracle’s Year End February 20, 2025 John Belden Reading Time: < 1 minutes In this episode of Insights for IT Negotiations, hosts John Belden and Kylie Chisholm are joined by Oracle advisory experts… Read More
Strategies for Effectively Negotiating Oracle’s OCI and UCC Models July 18, 2024 John Belden Reading Time: < 1 minutes This week, John and Kylie chatted with Shane Griffin, one of UpperEdge’s Oracle advisors, to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) and… Read More