5 Costly Mistakes in Infrastructure Outsourcing

October 10, 2023
Greg Hall
Reading Time: 5 minutes

Consider yourself warned. These mistakes when outsourcing your managed service provider can derail your efforts, erode your business case, and…

Categories: Cost Optimization, IT Services, Managed Services

Optimizing Your IT Services Portfolio: 4 Key Steps

September 26, 2023
Greg Hall
Reading Time: 4 minutes

Periodically assessing the efficiency of your IT services spend is vital for uncovering optimization opportunities and areas where you may…

Categories: Cost Optimization, IT Services

Understanding Consulting Provider Negotiation Strategies: 5 Common Tactics

July 26, 2022
Len Riley
Reading Time: 6 minutes

Ensuring that you have a successful transformation program is something your organization needs to plan for. To execute a successful…

Categories: IT Services

Fixed Fee Structures: 4 Key Items to Negotiate for a Successful Transformation Program

May 26, 2022
UpperEdge
Reading Time: 4 minutes

Negotiating with the likes of Accenture, Deloitte, and other major vendors for strategic transformation initiatives is a challenging task, and…

Categories: Application Management Services, Contract Negotiations, Digital Transformation, IT Services, 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…

Categories: System Integrators

IBM, TCS and Accenture Offer Compelling Cases to Combine AMS and IMS Support

July 7, 2020
Greg Hall
Reading Time: 3 minutes

Cost optimization is a doctrine that IT organizations have continuously lived by, but it has taken on a higher degree…

Categories: IT Services

Bear Market IT Services Sourcing Strategies: 4 Actions You Must Take Now

March 24, 2020
Greg Hall
Reading Time: 3 minutes

There is no denying we are in uncertain and unprecedented times. As the longest bull market in modern history comes…

Categories: IT Services, IT Sourcing

Building Elasticity in Outsourced Managed Services

February 18, 2020
Greg Hall
Reading Time: 5 minutes

There are always risks involved with outsourcing IT services, but this is especially true when outsourcing critical managed services such…

Categories: Application Management Services, Managed Services

Hertz Takes Accenture Out of the Driver’s Seat

April 25, 2019
John Belden
Reading Time: 7 minutes

This blog was updated on June 5th, 2019 to include the latest court orders. Hertz Files $36M Suit Against Accenture…

Categories: Accenture

Normalizing Your I&O RFP Proposals: Solid Hosting Metrics You Can Operationalize

April 23, 2019
Greg Hall
Reading Time: 6 minutes

Best Practice Metrics for Tower-based I&O Services As we continue our 5-part series, we turn our attention to hosting metrics.…

Categories: I&O Services, IT Sourcing

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5 Costly Mistakes in Infrastructure Outsourcing

Optimizing Your IT Services Portfolio: 4 Key Steps

Understanding Consulting Provider Negotiation Strategies: 5 Common Tactics

Fixed Fee Structures: 4 Key Items to Negotiate for a Successful Transformation Program

System Integrator Assets and Accelerators – It is Not Just About the People Anymore

IBM, TCS and Accenture Offer Compelling Cases to Combine AMS and IMS Support

Bear Market IT Services Sourcing Strategies: 4 Actions You Must Take Now

Building Elasticity in Outsourced Managed Services

Hertz Takes Accenture Out of the Driver’s Seat

Normalizing Your I&O RFP Proposals: Solid Hosting Metrics You Can Operationalize

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