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Tuesday’s Tip: Dealing With Vendor Threats For “All Or Nothing” Maintenance Agreements

Tuesday’s Tip: Dealing With Vendor Threats For “All Or Nothing” Maintenance Agreements

By R "Ray" Wang on July 20, 2010

Recent Client Interactions Hint At Increasingly Aggressive Vendor Behavior Conversations with 11 enterprise apps customers in the past two months indicate stricter enforcement of vendor “All or Nothing” maintenance policies.  “All or Nothing” maintenance policies often require customers to put all licenses on maintenance or receive no maintenance from the vendor.  These policies also prevent […]

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