When Is It Time to Start Negotiating
Oct 2019Negotiating the licensing agreement with Microsoft® can be an extremely challenging prospect for any company, even a company with a vendor management team dedicated to working in this area of the business. It’s no secret that the pricing schedule for Microsoft® products is fairly complex, [...]
Beginning in October, Microsoft plans to tighten its licensing rules to stop customers from using their own licenses for Windows, Windows Server, SQL Server and other software on rival cloud providers. By Gregg Keizer Senior Reporter, Computerworld Microsoft this fall will begin [...]
Mistakes in negotiations can be costly – in fact, they could cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars over time, which is part of what makes it so important to avoid the critical mistakes when dealing with Microsoft®. Below is [...]
Software licenses are among the most important parts of running a modern business. If things aren’t going according to plan, then a single error in the process could slow down or even halt your entire business. Keep in mind that [...]
People keep asking me what the most common mistakes I find negotiating with Microsoft®. Here are a few recent mistakes (I prefer learning’s) from the past year from Negotiating with Microsoft®: Always lead the negotiations. In other words do not [...]
Computer software is an integral part of virtually every organizations infrastructure and operation. Information Technology, whether software, hardware, services or the cost to obtain and maintain them is often the single biggest expense for a company. That should be enough [...]
Cloud Management Platforms
Jan 2019Most organizations find themselves relying upon some degree of cloud computing, whether they are fully committed by abandoning their on-prem datacenter or merely subscribing to Microsoft Office 365™. While some have been reluctant to embrace the cloud, it has become [...]
Application Hosting Options
Jan 2019“Cloud computing” has become somewhat of a buzzword during recent years. Many individuals and organizations have embraced it, while others remain skeptical. As with most IT considerations, there is no simple solution that works for everyone, but with respect to [...]
Much has been written about the Windows™ 10 October 2018 Update which was recalled shortly after release when some users reported data being lost after the update. Windows 10 1809 was originally released on October 2, but the “data-deletion” bug [...]
Some Retailers are Avoiding AWS™
Nov 2018I have often spoken and written about advantages and disadvantages of the major cloud service providers. There are technical and business considerations when evaluating the major providers, but we have seen increasing instances in which retailers choose Microsoft® or Google™ [...]
