Answer 10 Tough Questions to Justify IT Modernization
IT system modernization can be achieved in different ways. Operational excellence in core and operational IT systems is a key part of most system modernization efforts. It contributes to profitability and makes the systems better able to accommodate change. Many currently deployed enterprise-level IT systems provide a strong foundation for change. For these systems, modernization […]
How to Evolve IT Systems into Innovation Engines
When vendor-driven and customer-driven technology roadmaps are in close alignment, the results can be almost magical. Unfortunately, for most organizations that’s rarely the reality as they’re often left struggling to achieve innovation that their vendors are supposed to enable. IT leaders are all too familiar with this cycle: Up-and-coming vendors mature or get acquired and […]
New Survey: Why CIOs and CTOs Want a New Model for IT Support and Services
In April of 2023, Censuswide conducted a survey of 608 US respondents from companies with $250m+ revenue. That study focused on CIO and CTO satisfaction with their existing IT support and services models for enterprise software. The results spoke for themselves. Respondents voiced broad dissatisfaction with their support services and models, including issues with support […]
How IT Can Sustain Business Growth and Profitability Amid Economic Uncertainty
During most of 2023, business outlook has seemingly ping-ponged between fears of an economic recession and hopes that an almost mythical soft landing—a term some economists use to describe a mild recession with a slight increase in the unemployment rate—will tame inflation without causing negative growth that generally results in high rates of layoffs and […]
What to do About SAP’s “My Way or the Highway” Cloud Push
The more SAP clarifies its cloud strategy, the murkier lies the future for those loyal customers on whose shoulders it built a leading ERP market share with on-premises solutions. The headline at IT Jungle succinctly summed up the one-two punch of recent SAP pronouncements: SAP Raises Costs, Slashes Innovation for On-Prem Software. The first blow […]
Now Is Your Chance to Switch to Third-Party Support for SAP and Use the Savings to Accelerate Innovation
The end of September often comes abruptly for SAP customers struggling with the costs and restrictions inherent in the vendor’s support contracts. September 30, 2024 is the deadline for informing SAP that you are considering terminating those contracts for the coming calendar year. You can later choose to stay with SAP support, but if you […]
Is an Integrated ERP Suite or a Composable ERP Strategy Right for You?
A composable ERP strategy is gaining traction among IT leaders Today’s business climate is rife with economic uncertainty that is causing IT leaders to do more with less while still innovating to support the business. It’s a seemingly impossible dilemma: how to use innovation to drive business outcomes while being restrained by a reduced budget? […]
Key Lessons Learned from an SAP Database Guru
This blog was originally published in June 2023 and was updated in June 2024 What Brazil-based Leonardo Gracioli loves most about his job as an SAP Database Guru for Rimini Street is the opportunity to learn new things. “I’m always looking for challenging tasks—something that makes me feel I’m learning something new,” he says. “SAP […]
Managed Services Projections Increase Through 2023
Spiceworks Ziff Davis (SWZD) surveyed more than 1,400 IT professionals from North America, Europe, Asia, and Latin America to determine how recent economic events and inflation are impacting organizational plans to invest in technology in the upcoming year. The results of that research formed the 2023 State of IT report. In this report, the news […]