IT Services Suppliers Series featuring rankings, insight, and negotiation strategies for companies like Tata, Cognizant, Infosys, and many more.
Mainframe is Not Dead! We delve into the current state of mainframe and its growth in consumption. We also detail the Top 20 Mainframe Software Suppliers of 2022, and how their behavior could become predatory.
Planning Ahead for Oracle. As we like to say, it's never too soon to start planning for Oracle. In fact, you should never stop planning for Oracle, because they always have a plan for you.
Video: The Modern Enterprise. Answering the central C-Suite question around modernizing the enterprise while improving performance, simplifying operations, and lowering costs all at the same time.
Our 4 part series on IT Services Suppliers, with special attention to the India-based firms. For additional information on any of the below, contact us to learn more:
Six major industries still make extensive use of mainframe and include Banking, Retail, Insurance, Healthcare, Government, and Travel/Transportation. These transaction intensive sectors have actually driven up mainframe consumption YoY.
Mainframes are still gainfully employed at:
All 10 of the world's largest insurers
92 of the world's top 100 banks
18 of the top 25 retailers
70% of the Fortune 500
The combination of proprietary operating environments and no real alternative systems leads to monopolistic processing control, and the predatory pricing behavior of the mainframe oligarchs generally results in an extremely expensive situation for those customers who seemingly have no way out.
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Planning Ahead for Oracle
It's never too soon to start planning for your Oracle renewal. If you plan to make new purchases, migrate to Cloud or just have a renewal that coincides with their fiscal year-end, you should give us a call to review any and all proposals, agreements, and audit letters.
See below for links to relevant articles and resources to help you prepare!
Supplier fiscal year-end can be significant for you, as they will try to maximize all returns before they close their books. To that end, there are sales incentives, contract bonuses, and all manner of marketing programs.
Most of these programs come with the added pressure of signing before the end of the quarter!
Here is a calendar to help you prepare. If you work with a supplier on this list - don't wait to chat with us about your situation:
March:
Sprint, BT, Vodaphone
DXC (CSC/HPE)
Infosys, Tata, Wipro
May:
Oracle
Deloitte
June:
Microsoft
July:
Cisco
Video: Modern Enterprise Program
In this video we discuss a central question to the C-Suite: How do we bring about positive organizational changes that will modernize the enterprise, improve company performance, simplify operations, and lower costs all at the same time?
