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Vendor Management

Contract Review Tool

Use this tool as a checklist and progress tracker when reviewing and negotiating IT contracts.

Contract Playbook

Use this template to create a framework of preferred terms and conditions and acceptable alternate language.

Security or Quality…Why Can’t I Have Both?

A recent survey sponsored by SAI Global indicates that consumers value data protection over quality. According to the results, three quarters of the respondents said they...

Removing Risky Vendors Appears to Be Risky Business

According to a 2019 vendor risk management study published by Protiviti and Shared Assessments, organizations want to give risky vendors the boot. However, the...

AWS Pushes Unlikely Competitors Into “Frenemy” Territory

Microsoft and Oracle join forces to provide interoperability across their public cloud environments. Customers of both organizations are now untethered and can run Azure...

AI Can Have My Job Someday…Just Not Yet

According to some pundits, artificial intelligence is a threat to replace workers performing knowledge-based jobs; however, when it comes to reviewing and negotiating...

SAP Infuses AI Into Costco’s Baked Goods Business

Traditionally driven by a culture of tribal knowledge bolstered by the long tenure of its employees, Costco determined it could benefit from a more precise and data-driven...

B-lay’s Java Health Check Service Enables a Proactive Response to Oracle License Changes

With over 15 billion installs of Java, it is highly likely that your organization has at least one, if not several, applications dependent on Java updates for bug fixes and...

SAP-Qualtric Acquisition Seeks to Connect the Xs and Os

SAP’s Qualtrics acquisition, just before its IPO went live, was completed in January 2019 for an all-cash price of $8B; its second-largest acquisition ever behind the...

SAP Presents a Generational Opportunity to Re-Negotiate Your ERP Contracts

The confluence of SAP’s Digital Access outcome-based license model, a massive push for S/4HANA adoption, and the continuing growth of SAP’s cloud offerings present a...
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