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Act Now To Leave The Door Open For SAP Third Party Maintenance Options

Act Now To Leave The Door Open For SAP Third Party Maintenance Options

By R "Ray" Wang on August 22, 2012

The Real Deadline To Consider Third Party SAP Maintenance Is September 30th In conversations with hundreds of SAP customers, many have not realized that they must act in the next 30 to 45 days if they want to move off of SAP customer specific maintenance from extended maintenance. Despite the support window ending in March […]

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News Analysis: Spinnaker Expands JD Edwards Support With Versytec Acquisition

News Analysis: Spinnaker Expands JD Edwards Support With Versytec Acquisition

By R "Ray" Wang on March 29, 2012

Versytec Acquisition Addresses Growing Demand For JD Edwards Support Denver, Colorado based Spinnaker Management announced on March 6th, 2012 its acquisition of its competitor Versytec.  For those who remember their third party maintenance (3PM) history, Versytec was among the first firms to announce third-party maintenance services within a year after PeopleSoft acquired JD Edwards in […]

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Research Summary: Best Practices – Three Simple Software Maintenance Strategies That Can Save You Millions

Research Summary: Best Practices – Three Simple Software Maintenance Strategies That Can Save You Millions

By R "Ray" Wang on March 19, 2012

Forward And Commentary Software ownership costs continue to escalate as vendors accelerate their efforts to capture support and maintenance revenues. Some vendors have gone to the extreme to eliminate third-party options for their customers. This best practices report examines three strategies to free up unnecessary costs to fund innovation and new projects. A. Introduction On […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged #techoptimization, 3PM, 3rd party maintenance, Apps Strategy, best practices, Bil of Rights, bill of rights, BMC, budgets, business value, business value framework, BVF, CEO, CFO, Chief Financial Officer, Chief information officer, Chief procurement officer, CIO, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Cloud options, CMO, Computer Associates, Constellation Research, Consumerization of IT, contract negotiations, contract strategy, COO, cost reduction, CRM, CTO, Customer Support, deployment options, disruptive, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, E-Commerce, Emerging Technologies, enterprise, Enterprise 2.0, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise architecture, Enterprise Business Apps, enterprise class, Enterprise Irregular, enterprise software, Enterprise Software Licensee Bill of Rights, enterprise strategy, Epicor, erp, ibm, Infor, Infor Global Solutions GmbH, Jive, license credits to new products, license fees, license management, license parking, license policy, license returns, lithium, maintenance, maintenance fees, microsoft, oracle, QAD, R "Ray" Wang;, Research Report, Research Summary, rimini street, rwang0, sap, SAS Institute, socbiz, social business, Social Business Software, Social CRM, Social Enterprise, social enterprise apps, social media monitoring, social support insights, socialbusiness, software as a service, software bill of rights, software contract reviews, software escrow, software licensing, software licesing and pricing, software mainteance, software maintenance, software ownership, software ownership lifecycle, software pricing, software revenue recognition rules, software trends, Spinnaker, technology budgets, Technology Optimization, Third Party Maintenance, user strategy, users, vendor strategy

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 […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged anti-trust, Apps Strategy, bill of rights, contract negotiations, contract strategy, CRM, customer bill of rights, Enteprrise software, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, erp, maintenance, maintenance fees, Microsoft Dynamics, oracle, rimini street, sap, shelfware, software bill of rights, software contract reviews, software licensing, software licesing and pricing, software mainteance, software maintenance, software ownership, Software Vendors, Spinnaker, total account value, Tuesday's Tip, Tuesday’s Tip, vendor strategy

Monday's Musings: Why Users Must Preserve Their Third Party Maintenance Rights

Monday’s Musings: Why Users Must Preserve Their Third Party Maintenance Rights

By R "Ray" Wang on February 22, 2010

Apps Users Seek Third Party Maintenance For Cost, Value, and Service Updated surveys from inquiries, client conversations, and user group meetings show a 113.8% increase in interest in third party maintenance (3PM) services from Q3 2009 to Q1 2010 (see Figure 1).  Key factors stem from (see Figure 2.): Continuing cost pressures. Budgets continue to […]

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