Can AI See the Future of RFPs?

Last week, MediaRadar announced a new addition to its suite of tools: RFP Predictor. Using AI, the company hopes to help ad sales teams predict when customers will issue RFPs.

Public Cloud Vendors in Race to Co-Opt Key Data Center Software Giants

What started with an AWS-VMware partnership to enable data center management capabilities in the IaaS public cloud has progressed into an all-out race by the data center...

Prepare Now for Your ServiceNow Renewal

ServiceNow’s growth and product diversification clearly indicates the areas in which it needs its customers to engage, grow, and expand. To obtain the best possible...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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)...

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....
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