Google Cloud Assembles Dream Team

A new wave of rock star cloud executives are joining Google Cloud as the company makes a strong pivot towards the enterprise market.

Getting the Most Out of Your Procurement (Sourcing) Department

Sooner or later you will have to collaborate with your procurement or sourcing department to onboard your vendor, conduct an RFP, or negotiate the vendor’s renewal....

Coupa Set to Acquire Exari – CLM Market Consolidation Continues

Coupa, a leading source-to-pay (S2P) provider, announces planned acquisition of Exari, a leading CLM provider, for $215M in cash as contract lifecycle management (CLM)...

SAP Ariba and RapidRatings Work Together to Streamline Risk Management

RapidRatings and SAP Ariba are working together to provide their customers with a more flexible risk-management solution. Through open APIs, SAP Ariba customers can...

Go Mobile With ServiceNow Madrid

ServiceNow Madrid will have improved mobile device capabilities. These benefits will take effort, but should be worth the investment.

Oracle’s Cloud Purchase Programs – The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Oracle is not faring well with sales of Oracle Cloud products, especially in the IaaS and PaaS product segments. With the aim of converting its massive customer base from...

Vendor Management Skills: A Critical Skill Set You Should Include in Every Interview

Vendor management skills are essential to ensure the successful execution of your IT strategy. The ability to objectively navigate, negotiate, perform conflict...

SLA Hocus Pocus

Historically, vendor-provided service-level agreements (SLAs) have been moderately valuable (at best) for customers, but even those are disappearing. Through sleight of...

Adobe and Microsoft Deepen Ties to Leapfrog Salesforce in Account-Based Experience (ABX)

Adobe, Microsoft, and LinkedIn are teaming up to enable account-based experiences (ABX) via deep integrations across all three platforms. A LinkedIn integration with...

Google Leapfrogs the Competition With Google Cloud Hybrid Beta

Google is advancing hybrid cloud technology by offering a software-only solution for the Google Cloud Platform (GCP), based on its container technology, Google Kubernetes...
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