Hyperscaler (GCP, Azure, and AWS) Commitment Discounts June 22, 2023 Jason Flye Reading Time: 6 minutes As customers contemplate moving workloads and platforms to the public cloud, they are faced with a myriad of choices surrounding… Read More Categories: AWS, Hyperscalers
Microsoft FY23 Q1 Earnings: What Customers Need to Know November 4, 2022 Adam Mansfield Reading Time: < 1 minutes In their most recent earnings call for FY23 Q1, Microsoft beat revenue expectations, but posted the lowest rate of revenue… Read More Categories: Microsoft
6 Risks to Avoid in Your AWS, GCP, and Azure Negotiations November 2, 2021 Justin Parker Reading Time: 5 minutes Choosing a hyperscaler includes a series of seemingly unrelated decisions that must be assessed and made with a target end-state… Read More Categories: AWS, Hyperscalers
Microsoft is Increasing Pricing – What Customers Need to Know September 9, 2021 Adam Mansfield Reading Time: 5 minutes Microsoft recently announced that they are going to be hitting their enterprise customers with price increases to some Office 365… Read More Categories: Microsoft
Is AWS Forming a “Rebel Alliance” to Take on Microsoft? August 5, 2021 Adam Mansfield Reading Time: 7 minutes Amazon Web Services (AWS) has reportedly discussed forming an alliance with Dropbox, Slack, Smartsheet, and others to create a bundle… Read More Categories: AWS, Microsoft
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
RISING with SAP – 4 Key Considerations Before Transitioning to RISE June 15, 2021 Chip Hanna Reading Time: 7 minutes After SAP announced RISE with SAP earlier this year, many organizations were left confused by what constitutes the best use… Read More Categories: SAP, SAP RISE
RISE with SAP: 100 Days Later May 19, 2021 Len Riley Reading Time: 6 minutes SAP kicked off 2021 with the announcement of RISE with SAP, a holistic approach to business transformation. Together with its… Read More Categories: SAP, SAP RISE
What Microsoft’s Acquisition of Nuance Means for Customers April 22, 2021 Adam Mansfield Reading Time: 5 minutes On April 12th, Microsoft announced the $19.7B acquisition of Nuance Communications, a provider of artificial intelligence (AI) and speech recognition… Read More Categories: Microsoft
AWS, GCP, and Azure Hyperscaler Comparison: Be Aware of Key Commercial Terms March 11, 2021 Brian Undlin Reading Time: 8 minutes How the hyperscalers differ with their rights to modify agreements and more If you’re evaluating which hyperscaler is best for… Read More Categories: AWS, Hyperscalers, Microsoft