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Many companies have had long-standing relationships with their cloud vendors, and their experiences garner lessons to be learned. Regardless of how long they have been...

Procurement departments often seek out “best practices” to help them achieve the most favorable outcome from their cloud renewal negotiations. Too often these good intentions...

The global IT services market will exceed $1T. Without the proper countermeasures, customers will be transferring a large dollar value to their providers.

As the year end approaches, many organizations find themselves in the final strokes of their Microsoft renewal negotiation.  Microsoft is gearing up to close the...

Merriam-Webster defines anxiety as, “An abnormal and overwhelming sense of apprehension and fear often marked by physical signs (such as tension, sweating, and increased pulse...

As more companies act on their transformation strategies, many see divestments as a way to put more resources into growing their core businesses. This is...

While emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and the IoT introduce exciting growth opportunities, they also present challenges and additional layers...

Before Boston’s Big Dig, one of the largest public works projects in the U.S., was the Boston Harbor clean-up.  My mother was appointed by then-Governor...

Software vendors have developed an array of strategies and tactics to extract revenue from customers beyond an initial transaction. These strategies are evidenced by limitations...

Large IT enabled transformation efforts frequently have hundreds and sometimes thousands of people actively engaged in delivering on a complex project plan.  These programs typically require...

Accenture announced on April 12, 2015, that they won a ground breaking “As-a-Service” deal with Rio Tinto, a UK based $45B dollar diversified mining company....

  In January of 2014, Accenture literally “stood still” to win the Healthcare.gov contract after former system integrator CGI flopped on the initial implementation. I use...

In our blog published on February 18th regarding Accenture taking over the development and support for Healthcare.gov, UpperEdge predicted that the contract would ultimately net...

Accenture’s earnings release was issued last week and today I got a few minutes to really sit down and digest the report along with the...

I recently wrote a blog regarding the risks Accenture faces with its new contract to fix Healthcare.com. The blog was picked up by Jerry Markon...

Last week, Accenture was awarded a contract facilitating repairs on the Healthcare.gov website. This is clearly one of the highest profile contracts the company has...

If we build it, they will come.  In a nutshell, that’s the Accenture growth strategy and, on the surface, it appears to be paying off. ...