Deloitte’s Defense Unfolds: The Contract That Could Decide the Zimmer Biomet Case November 10, 2025 John Belden Reading Time: 6 minutes When Zimmer Biomet filed its $172 million lawsuit against Deloitte, we said the firm’s next move would be predictable. Not… Read More Categories: ERP Program Management, SAP
Why You Are Accenture, Deloitte, IBM, and PwC’s #1 Priority—But Not in a Good Way March 27, 2025 John Belden Reading Time: 4 minutes Struggling with SI contract negotiation? Learn how you can cut costs, regain control, and secure better terms with top consulting… Read More Categories: Accenture, Contract Negotiations, Deloitte, IBM, System Integrators
System Integrator Assets and Accelerators – It is Not Just About the People Anymore March 16, 2022 John Belden Reading Time: 4 minutes With the introduction of SAP’s S/4HANA platform and the evolution of the concept of the Clean Core for ERP, we… Read More Categories: System Integrators
What Can You Learn from $20B in IT Projects? June 16, 2021 John Belden Reading Time: 2 minutes This month, UpperEdge’s project staffing database will bring the total value of all projects completed over the last 5 years… Read More Categories: Benchmarking
10 Ways to Get Value From Your System Integrator’s Quality Review August 11, 2020 John Belden Reading Time: 4 minutes Though the SI's proposals focus on the benefits the client is intended to receive from these quality reviews, the SIs… Read More Categories: System Integrators
IBM Counters ICL Lawsuit with Strong Defense July 2, 2019 John Belden Reading Time: 6 minutes What it Means for ICL and What Can be Learned Late in 2018, Israel Chemical Limited (ICL) filed a breach… Read More Categories: IBM
When is it Time to Say Goodbye to Accenture, Deloitte, IBM or KPMG? January 22, 2019 John Belden Reading Time: 3 minutes Relationships with your System Integrator (SI) are two-sided. On your side, you enter the relationship knowing that it needs to… Read More Categories: System Integrators
Twelve IT Project Disasters Demonstrate There are No “Safe” Choices November 13, 2018 John Belden Reading Time: 3 minutes Major IT project disasters continue to be the bane of software providers and software implementors alike. No platform or integrator… Read More Categories: ERP Program Management
Train Your Internal Team to Maximize the Value of Consultants – 6 Best Practices October 25, 2018 John Belden Reading Time: 3 minutes Imagine a sporting contest between two teams. One team consists of athletes assembled from various teams but from different sports.… Read More Categories: System Integrators
Wipro Responds to National Grid’s SAP Implementation Billion Dollar Lawsuit June 5, 2018 John Belden Reading Time: 6 minutes On November 5th, 2012, swamped in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, the National Grid management team made the decision to… Read More Categories: ERP Program Management, SAP