Transitioning to SAP RISE is one of the most significant decisions an enterprise can make in its digital transformation journey. With promises of simplifying cloud migration, centralizing business processes, and enhancing overall operational agility, SAP RISE is a compelling option for many companies. However, the decision to transition to SAP RISE depends on several factors … Read more
ServiceNow has become synonymous with transforming business operations through its innovative platform for enterprise service management. As it continues to expand its offerings, ServiceNow is shaping how companies manage and automate workflows across a variety of departments, from IT to customer service. Here we’ll delve into the platform’s evolution and the cutting-edge trends that forecast … Read more
As the world becomes increasingly digital, businesses of all sizes are finding it difficult to keep up with the latest software and technology. While renewing term subscription agreements, the primary concern usually revolves around pricing and minimizing any year-over-year price increases, especially in challenging inflationary times like these. However, we’ve recently noticed that there may … Read more
Oracle has announced their 2023 per-employee pricing for their standard Java software, causing worry among customers about the potential impact on those costs. This pricing is determined by the total amount of employees a company has, rather than the number using Java specifically. This news comes at a time when businesses globally are being forced … Read more
As companies grow, they hire entire teams to handle marketing, sales, legal, human resources; the list goes on. So why leave a complex issue like software licensing and compliance up to an IT team that already has their plate full? If your company is paying software licensing fees to any software company, it’s probable that … Read more
Overpaying for enterprise software, cloud infrastructure, hardware, and IT services happens a lot. Inconsistencies in market pricing make it difficult for buyers to determine whether a vendor’s pricing is within fair market value (FMV) range. The IT market is notoriously inconsistent in pricing, and it’s hard to find “comparables” to guide the assessment. It is difficult … Read more
Microsoft is continuing to reposition, repackage and modify its licensing for pieces of its five-year-old Dynamics 365 and related Power Platform families of products. This week marks the fifth anniversary of Microsoft Dynamics 365’s launch. Dynamics has evolved considerably over that time via a long branding, pricing, and packaging road to become the expanding set … Read more
Palo Alto’s Okyo Garde package includes a WiFi-6-based hardware device and mobile application software to deliver malware, ransomware and phishing protection. Palo Alto Networks has rolled out a Wi-Fi based package that the company says provides remote workers with enterprise-class security features. Called Okyo Garde, the bundle incuds Wi-Fi-6-based hardware and mobile application-security software that … Read more
SLAs are for lawyers. Service level objectives not only introduce finer-grained reliability metrics, but also put that telemetry data into the context of user happiness. Service level agreements (SLAs) first became popular with fixed-line telecom companies in the late 1980s. For the last 20 years, billboards with five nines (99.999%) have peppered every interstate in … Read more
Open-source code in commercial network software can mean that when flaws are found by open-source project teams, fixes don’t make it to the commercial products. The continuous influx of open-source software (OSS) into enterprise IT departments is, in many ways, an enormous boon to both vendors and users. For the former, the ability to use … Read more
