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title: NET(net) IT Savings and Insight Newsletter - July 2021
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In this issue: Advice on Oracle, Cyber Security with MSPs, HCM and how recent UKG merger could impact your agreements, and free price tools.

| View in browser The NET(net) Newsletter:  July 2021 July 2021 - Technology Supply Chain News and Insight  Scroll down for original articles, insight, and associated links. Oracle's Latest Rebate/Credit Scheme That Will Ultimately Cost More HCM & HRMS: UKG - Kronos and Ultimate Software Merger One Year Later (What You Need to Know) Cyber Security: Punching Above Your Weight with MSP/MSSP Suppliers and Get More Value Net Promoter Score ICYMI: Free Pricing Tools, Advice, and Articles Case Studies: AWS, Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, Salesforce, and SAP Oracle's Latest Program to Reduce (?) Support Costs By: Matt Ryan, NET(net)   Oracle has just released its latest scheme to drive migration to their Cloud services, by offering 'credits' toward your on-premise support costs.  Of course, to get the credits you must purchase more (drum roll, please) Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.  As with many programs like this, there can be a sliver of benefit for some short term, but most will just flat out pay more.  Remember, Oracle is not in business to help you spend less with Oracle.  For full caution and our short review, click read more below.   Please click 'Read More' button for full article on our blog: HCM Software Update: UKG and the Kronos/Ultimate Merger Assessment and What It Means for Your Agreements By: Andrea Alterman, NET(net)   April 1, 2020, Ultimate Software and Kronos merged to create one of the larger players in the HCM market. Six months later, the company rebranded the merged entity to UKG (Ultimate Kronos Group). Now that just over a year has passed since the merger along with direct experience working with our Clients and the combined companies, we thought now would be a good time to assess where the company is in the landscape of HCM solutions.  More importantly, where you should be encouraged and cautious in executing agreements going forward.   Please click the 'Read More' button below to read full article on our blog: Cyber Security and Ransomware: Punching Above Your Weight with MSPs/MSSPs By: Dave Young, NET(net)   The news is rife lately with security breaches and ransomware attacks. The U.S. company Colonial Pipeline was among one of the high profile cases given the impact on business and consumers across the country.   There have been several others such as JBS USA food processor, Ireland’s HSE (Health Service Executive) which manages health care system, Acer, and many, many more. As an NBC news item recently put it, Cyber Security staff are barely hanging on and not able to keep up with the barrage of attacks. Its clear that for the short term, the opportunities for criminals to make vast sums of money are simply too good to resist, and will likely continue for the foreseeable future.   To read the entire article and view the list, please click the 'Read More' button below: What Did You Miss?   Some of the latest tech articles, tools, and insight from our team of Subject Matter Experts:   Free Benchmarks: Cloud Cost Optimization benchmark for AWS, Azure or GCP. Savings Cloud Modeler demonstrates how much you could save in your technology investments. Salesforce benchmark tool. VMware Benchmarks. Subject Matter Expert Advice: The Impact of inflation in your IT Agreements and the terms that are in almost all of them. Our Top 10 Cyber Security Suppliers for 2021. The top reasons why Bloomberg's tech and media empire will fall. Our 12 tips to save on Cloud for 2021, an e-book download. Analysis of Microsoft's desire to be your sole provider of security and their incentives to get you there.   What is NPS (Net Promoter Score)?  NPS is a metric used in customer experience programs to measure the loyalty of Clients to a company.  NET(net) executes an NPS survey after every engagement, and our results are among the best in any industry!   2021 NPS: 88 All-Time NPS: 82   For reference: Microsoft 45, Oracle 25, IBM 27, Gartner 15, Workday -2, Cisco Systems -8 Please click here to see what our Clients say!   Client Success: AWS, Salesforce, IBM, Oracle, Microsoft, and more... Click to see full size:   Newsletter Archive Newsletter Sign Up   Please click below to talk to us! NET (net) All Rights Reserved, Americas, EMEA, APAC, Holland, MI, +1 616-546-3100 Unsubscribe Manage preferences |
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