How to Prepare for Your Salesforce Negotiation October 3, 2023 Adam Mansfield Reading Time: 9 minutes Like all cloud vendors, Salesforce’s ultimate goal is to grow each customer’s annual run rate by increasing user counts and… Read More Categories: Salesforce
Risk of Paying More for Workday is Greater Than You Think April 5, 2023 Jeff Lazarto Reading Time: 5 minutes Workday customers lose a significant amount of leverage after their first Workday negotiation and will never be able to “price… Read More Categories: Workday
4 Cloud Vendor Habits that Drive Customers Crazy February 15, 2022 Adam Mansfield Reading Time: 4 minutes Procurement departments, CIOs and line-of-business stakeholders know – there are just some things your cloud vendors do that drive you… Read More Categories: Cloud
Getting to No: 3 Things your Cloud Vendor Won’t Give You (And What to Ask for Instead) July 29, 2021 Adam Mansfield Reading Time: 7 minutes Knowing what vendors will say "no" to can be a powerful tool in your negotiation arsenal When a company properly… Read More Categories: Cloud, Contract Negotiations
Squeezing Precious Dollars from Your Cloud Costs October 6, 2020 Adam Mansfield Reading Time: 5 minutes Cloud solutions have become popular in enterprises over the last several years largely due to the promised ability to: Cut… Read More Categories: Cloud
Are Your Cloud Subscription Prices Really Protected? March 17, 2020 Adam Mansfield Reading Time: 3 minutes Far too often I find myself in conversations with cloud customers that are living with a false sense of security,… Read More Categories: Cloud
Precedents Matter in Cloud Negotiations December 3, 2019 Jeff Lazarto Reading Time: 7 minutes Negotiating with a SaaS cloud provider can be more unforgiving than you may think. Since your initial transaction will create… Read More Categories: Contract Negotiations
Workday Negotiations – First Impressions and Precedents Matter May 2, 2019 Jeff Lazarto Reading Time: 4 minutes Leverage is the key to all negotiations. No matter how great your benchmarking data may be or how skilled an… Read More Categories: Contract Negotiations, Workday
Dancing with Salesforce: Make Sure to Stay in Step August 1, 2018 Adam Mansfield Reading Time: 4 minutes Several longstanding Salesforce enterprise customers have recently noticed changes in Salesforce’s behavior and approach to their relationship. Even if your… Read More Categories: Contract Negotiations, Salesforce
Can Your Oracle Cloud Renewal Get Stormy? September 29, 2017 Jeff Lazarto Reading Time: 3 minutes Oracle is ramping up to put a full court press on its installed base to migrate their perpetual license on-premise… Read More Categories: Cloud, Contract Negotiations, Oracle