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6 Questions Every IT Procurement Leader Should Be Asking About Shadow AI

Aug 18, 2026
For years, the conversation about Shadow IT was fairly straightforward: employees found a piece of software they wanted,...
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Microsoft’s Copilot Has a New Cost Driver. Here’s Why It Matters.

Aug 6, 2026
For years, buying Microsoft Copilot was relatively easy to understand. You bought licenses, assigned them to users, and...
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Why The Best AI Discount Right Now Isn’t on a Price Sheet

Jul 30, 2026
The most useful AI pricing signal of 2026 isn’t in anyone’s rate card. It’s in frontier vendor competition....
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Breaking the Single-Model Lock-In: What Microsoft Adding Claude to Copilot Teaches Us

Jul 22, 2026
Microsoft now runs three separate AI model providers inside its own flagship product: OpenAI, Anthropic, and its own...
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Introducing PRISM – Stop Reacting to Quotes. Start Shaping Them.

Jun 15, 2026
Every enterprise IT renewal starts the same way. A vendor reaches out and the conversation feels collegial. Somewhere...
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How Open Source AI Is Shifting Power Back to the Buyer

Jun 2, 2026
If you’re in IT procurement, pay attention: open source AI is more than a developer trend.  For many,...
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Cisco Deal Optimization Strategies That Actually Deliver

May 27, 2026
If you’re responsible for managing a Cisco estate, you’ve probably noticed that the rules of engagement have shifted....
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Why Red Hat May Be the Most Overlooked Audit Risk in Enterprise IT

May 19, 2026
We have been having a recurring conversation with clients around Red Hat audit risk lately, and it usually...
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AI Spend is Outrunning Procurement. Here’s What Sourcing Leaders Are Actually Doing About It.

May 7, 2026
When we asked 89 IT sourcing leaders from large enterprises what their biggest AI spend challenge is right...
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Salesforce Just Made the “Own Your AI Layer” Argument a Lot Harder to Ignore

Apr 22, 2026
We have been having the same conversation with nearly every client over the past few months. It goes...
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Will AI Spend Break IT Procurement?

Mar 26, 2026
IT procurement teams must change how they think about AI cost management. This article highlights what steps they...
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What IBM’s Acquisition History May Tell Us About the Future of Confluent

Mar 18, 2026
IBM’s acquisition of Confluent follows a familiar playbook. NPI’s IT sourcing experts share what customers can do to...