Tagged - Contract

Use the Contract Management Tool to track location, status, and expiry dates of ongoing contracts. The tool provides advance warning of checkpoint dates for timely contract renewal decisions.

Capturing and assembling site-by-site voice and data connectivity in a central repository will put the enterprise in the best position to review overall capacity and identify any costly exceptions. Use this template to get a start on information...

In complex, multi-vendor data center environments, a contract management policy is an essential control tool used to minimize the risk and maximize the benefits of vendor contracts to the enterprise. Establish a data center contract management...

One way that IT professionals can attempt to cut costs is by negotiating for lower pricing from vendors. On the surface it might appear difficult to negotiate for a lower price with a vendor that is IT's top pick, however this process doesn't...

As the need for particular maintenance activities waxes and wanes, small enterprise IT managers who outsource their application maintenance often face the challenge of dealing with varying levels of resource demand. Move seamlessly through...

Many IT teams approach requirements gathering for software purchasing the same way they approach custom development requirements. It is important, however, to note the differences between these scenarios from the perspective of requirements...

Dealing with Varying Resource Demand in App Maintenance Outsourcing

Application maintenance outsourcing (AMO) often involves peaks and valleys in resource demand as the need for support activities waxes and wanes. This videocast highlights how several IT executives interviewed by Info-Tech manage fluctuations in...

Organizations of any size can succeed at application maintenance outsourcing (AMO) by instituting strong governance. Follow the strategies of a CIO, in a small organization in the insurance industry, who used AMO to offload non-core tasks and...

Underutilized software is not as expensive as software that sits on a shelf. Organizations need to know if they are deriving value from an application or simply storing shelfware. Learn to identify and prevent shelfware before it inflicts budget...

Organizations need to know if they are deriving value from an application or simply storing shelfware. Learn to identify and prevent shelfware before it inflicts budget pain. Use this tool to compare up to 10 applications and help determine...