In 2023, nearly 100 Microsoft offerings will reach end of support or servicing, move to Extended Support, or be retired. In this bulletin, we review the list of products affected and some factors Microsoft enterprise customers should consider as they prepare.
Today, most enterprise customers engage with AWS under a Private Pricing Addendum (PPA), or Private Pricing Term Agreement. In this bulletin, we discuss the different components of a PPA and the different levers enterprises can use to maximize savings.
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Most enterprises pay more than they should for Microsoft 365. But the rate of overspend has recently reached alarm-worthy levels. This checklist helps IT procurement practitioners identify and remediate overspending on their rapidly changing M365 estates.
Enterprises have many options for contracting with Microsoft. In this guide, we explore commonly-used direct and indirect contractual vehicles for purchasing Microsoft’s enterprise solutions, what different agreements do and do not cover, and who sets pricing for each option.
Digital transformation is a reality, and for most companies, the stakes are high: leverage a broad mix of digital technologies to grow and transform the business, or risk obsolescence. This reality is reframing the way companies think about all aspects of IT, including sourcing. In the digital transformation era, optimized IT sourcing practices can deliver more value to the business than ever before.
One challenge enterprise IT buyers face is SaaS spend governance, and that’s evidenced by an increasing rate of wasteful spend on large SaaS estates. In this white paper, we explore what makes the SaaS licensing model so difficult to govern, how to optimize SaaS licensing. the value SaaS license optimization delivers to the business, and how to prioritize which SaaS estates to optimize (and how often).