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This month, UpperEdge’s project staffing database will bring the total value of all projects completed over the last 5 years to just over $20B in...

IBM just announced it will spin off its managed infrastructure unit to double down on CEO Arvind Krishna’s strategy of transforming IBM.  While the market...

Though the SI’s proposals focus on the benefits the client is intended to receive from these quality reviews, the SIs are actually realizing a large...

Cost optimization is a doctrine that IT organizations have continuously lived by, but it has taken on a higher degree of urgency given the current...

If you’ve followed the saga of Hertz vs. Accenture, you know that the surprises aren’t over.  To quickly get you up to speed, in April...

It’s no secret that Oracle has not performed well in the cloud marketplace and many analysts feel Oracle missed its opportunity and has fallen too...

Oracle had another lackluster quarter in Q3, with revenues growing only 3% in constant currency.  Keep in mind that Oracle also raises support fees by...

While there is no magic bullet for preventing an IT disaster, understanding why major transformational programs fail is a great first step to planning and...

Relationships with your System Integrator (SI) are two-sided.  On your side, you enter the relationship knowing that it needs to end as quickly as possible,...

Over this past year, we have written about everything from high profile IT vendor lawsuits to ERP implementation best practices.  We always strive to create...

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...

Imagine a sporting contest between two teams. One team consists of athletes assembled from various teams but from different sports. The other team is a...

Real-world applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) have skyrocketed in recent years. Today, nearly every tech titan (e.g., IBM, SAP, Salesforce, Microsoft, Amazon, etc.) offers some...

Blockchain, a type of distributed ledger technology (DLT), is slowly making its way into the enterprise. Increasingly, CIOs are feeling the pressure to have a...

Just one week before jury selection was slated to begin, Bridgestone and IBM filed a motion to drop  their lawsuits against each other with prejudice,...

Though it was initially designed to monitor and verify financial transactions, blockchain technology has a wide range of applications, from supply chain management to corporate...

On March 30, 2018, a judge cleared the way for what both Bridgestone and IBM have apparently both been itching to do – get in...

On December 18th 2017, U.K. Insurance Co-Op Group’s CIS General Insurance Limited (CISGIL) filed a breach of contract lawsuit against IBM United Kingdom Limited.  The...

“Beware; for I am fearless and therefore powerful.”  Mary Shelley, Frankenstein. Over the last few years I have heard more clients express concerns on market...

There has been a lot of press surrounding the lawsuit that was filed by Bridgestone against IBM for $600M.  Typically, situations like the one with...