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Live and On-Demand Webinars

Advancing Procurement Excellence (APEX) through webinar-based training, education and roundtables.

Upcoming Live Webinars

Enterprise Software Audit Defense Workshop

Software license audits are on the rise. Vendors are employing new, more aggressive, and more creative tactics to sniff out non-compliance. 

 

In this session, we’ll cover what’s driving higher audit activity, which enterprise software vendors are auditing most frequently, factors that increase your organization’s audit risk, and software audit defense best practices. 

 

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SAP customers are being pushed to RISE regardless of their technology roadmap and appetite for transitioning their environment to the cloud. In this session, we will address the multiple issues and challenges facing sourcing and IT executives, how to maintain efficiencies and optimization across the RISE Bill of Materials, and how to reduce cost and risk on the SAP RISE journey. 


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Inside the mind of the vendor helping it and sourcing reclaim leverage and value during vendor negotiations

We venture Inside the Mind of the Vendor to better understand IT vendors’ sales playbooks – how they recruit and train, and how they plan and execute on enterprise IT transactions.


In this session, attendees will learn how to respond to vendors’ systematic sales efforts so they only buy what they need, when they need it and at fair market value.

 

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A poster that says eliminating saas toxic spend on it

As SaaS spending increases, so does the risk of overspending – especially for large, complex estates like Salesforce, Microsoft 365, Workday, SuccessFactors and others. Join NPI as we explore the internal and external dynamics that make SaaS spend management difficult, and what IT buying teams can do to eliminate SaaS cost waste.

 

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Microsoft licensing changes , challenges and savings opportunities

Join NPI’s Microsoft licensing expert as we share recent changes to Microsoft licensing and what's currently motivating Microsoft sales and account teams. We’ll share how to avoid common pitfalls that lead to overspending and proven tactics to help customers rein in their enterprise Microsoft spend in 2025 and beyond.


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On Demand Webinars

SIG: VMware Renewal Best Practices for 2025
February 19, 2025
Since Broadcom’s acquisition, VMware renewals have become ground zero for radical cost increases. In this session, SAM expert and advisor to the Fortune 500, will share best practices on how IT sourcing practitioners can mitigate and minimize VMware renewal cost increases.
Why You Should Ask for a Microsoft Licensing Statement and How to Decipher It
November 20, 2018
Why You Should Ask for a Microsoft Licensing Statement and How to Decipher It
Do You Really Need Microsoft Software Assurance?
November 20, 2018
Do You Really Need Microsoft Software Assurance?

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