ProcureCon Indirect East 2020 Innovation Briefing

“Procurement is changing. How will your organization hold up?” This is the central question in ProcureCon Indirect East’s 2020 Innovation Briefing, a new report to help procurement leaders create value-driven teams focused on the “wow” of sourcing rather than the “how.” The brief delivers valuable insights into several key considerations for transforming the procurement function: CPOs as Chief Purpose Officers, leveraging sustainable procurement Adopting disruptive technologies to create win/wins with suppliers Implementing supplier-enabled innovation (SEI) to drive growth Overcoming barriers to digitalization Managing procurement talent for the future Leaders who implement these innovation best practices can help transition procurement from a pragmatic, cost-saving back office to a dynamic, strategic partner with IT and the C-suite.

How Market Forces Are Shaping Enterprise Software Roadmaps

Your IT roadmap just got more challenging. Market forces are affecting it, placing a premium on growth and innovation. But if you understand the market forces and plan accordingly, you can achieve growth and innovation—and gain a competitive advantage. Our new research report recommends that when creating or modifying your IT roadmap, account for these market forces: The CIO has a new mandate: become a business-driven thought leader rather than being a caretaker of technology Disruptive technologies, including mobile and the cloud, are pervasive: control the disruption by setting a strategic direction for the digital journey, and choosing the technologies you adopt accordingly IT options are evolving: leverage them to future-proof your enterprise through a hybrid IT environment that combines highly-functional existing systems with new, best-in-class solutions IT operations and support organizations are stressed to meet the business’s demands for technology, so changes must occur: optimize resource allocation—budget and staff—to create new capacity to deliver and support innovation Read full report to learn more about the four market forces and how using a Business-Driven Roadmap—that aligns all IT spending with business goals—can help drive success.

The Business-Driven Roadmap Imperative

Although many CIOs have the mandate to innovate, only a lucky few get new budget and staff to deliver the innovation. Those that don’t must balance the challenge of resource allocation with the pressure of adhering to costly ERP vendor roadmaps—for maintenance or cloud migration—or seemingly risk losing vendor support. Making the mindset shift from a vendor-driven model to a Business-Driven Roadmap—where IT spending is aligned with business goals, priorities, and timing—can enable you to: optimize budget and staff to create capacity: allocate the right organizational resources to the right pursuits to support targeted business outcomes accelerate innovation: use created capacity to adopt new best-in-class IT functionalities to enable business strategy future-proof your enterprise: maximize the value and lifespan of existing and customized assets to serve business goals Discover the 11 attributes of a Business-Driven Roadmap and how it can enable you to maintain control of your company’s IT direction.

The CIO’s Guide to a Business-first ERP Cloud Strategy

IT teams are feeling the pressure to move everything to the cloud. IDC predicts that by 2023, digital transformation spending will account for half of IT budgets. The majority of that spend will go to cloud technologies. Cloud promises flexibility, elasticity, and cost savings — but only if you’re doing it for the right reasons guided by a business-first, not a cloud-for-cloud’s-sake, mentality. Before making the leap, especially with business-critical ERP systems, companies need a solid strategy. Rimini Street offers this ebook to look at the multiple elements of building a business-first cloud strategy that delivers maximum value and optimal performance. Topics covered include: Developing a Business-Driven IT Roadmap Avoiding common pitfalls of ERP in cloud Surviving the secondary effects of cloud moves Fast-tracking — without sabotaging — your cloud strategy

A Business-Driven Roadmap Leads to Game-Changing IT Results

Is Your Organization Delivering on a Business-Driven Roadmap?

For the last 20 years, IT teams have focused on transactional efficiency and cost optimization. While those are still critical to running a smooth operation, business teams are asking IT to focus on initiatives that accelerate innovation and growth. One way to do that is to break away from a vendor-dictated applications roadmap towards an IT investment plan that is business-driven. Authored by former Gartner analyst, Pat Phelan, this white paper will provide some of the telltale signs that your organization could be constrained by technology-dictated roadmaps. Pat also highlights how to link your Business-Driven Roadmap with distinct destinations that can result in game-changing results for your company. And she will explain how to take advantage of vendor updates, without letting the vendor dictate the route, priority or timing of your roadmap.

WBR Insights Report − Procurement in the Driver’s Seat: Delivering ROI through the Procurement Function

Is your procurement team delivering measurable value? Procurement has traditionally been viewed as a cost-savings function, but this is evolving as procurement is now, for many enterprises, demonstrating its value to the C-suite. A new WBR Insights research report, “Procurement in the Driver’s Seat: Delivering ROI through the Procurement Function,” finds that procurement is taking a greater role as a strategic partner to the organization, including helping to create value though its role in IT cost optimization and business innovation. The research recommends that in addition to aggregating cost savings metrics, procurement must identify its ROI metrics to continue to grow its leadership presence within the organization. Through a survey of 100 procurement professionals, the report reveals a variety of findings, including the latest tools being used by procurement to demonstrate value and ROI.

Oracle EBS Customers Funding New Growth and Innovation

What if you could:  save 50%-90% on total software maintenance for Oracle EBS  get improved support quality and responsiveness  free up your IT team for strategic initiatives  self-fund innovation with your current IT budget  You can.  Rimini Street support for Oracle EBS can save you a great deal on software support, liberating funds from your existing IT budget that you can redirect right to innovation. And with Rimini Street support, you can follow an IT roadmap that’s specifically aligned with the needs of your business rather than being aligned with Oracle’s revenue goals.  Download this eBook to meet 8 Oracle EBS customers from manufacturing, retail, media, and packaged goods industries that switched to Rimini Street support and self-funded significant technology enhancements. 

Rimini Street CEO Discusses Global Expansion on CNBC’s Squawk Box

Rimini Street CEO Seth Ravin was featured in an interview on CNBC’s Squawk Box. Rimini Street has made recent headlines after announcing significant investments in leadership, sales and service delivery across APAC, Latin America and Europe, including new subsidiaries in Singapore and Mexico, a new regional director based in Singapore and launch of sales in Poland.