The CIO transition to commercial expert
Astute CIOs use contracts as ‘business enablers’ as they find themselves managing more complex supply networks.
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News about contracts
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Legal insight: The wrong development contract
If your project is agile, and your contract isn’t, you may be signing up for a major dispute, writes Stuart van Rij of Wigley & Company.
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How to Negotiate a Better Cloud Computing Contract
The typical cloud computing contract can look downright simple to an experienced IT outsourcing customer accustomed to inking pacts hundreds of pages long that outline service levels and penalties, pricing and benchmarks, processes and procedures, security and business continuity requirements, and clauses delineating the rights and responsibilities of the IT services supplier and customer.
Whitepapers about contracts
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IDC MaturityScape: software license optimisation
Managing the software licensing landscape within most companies is a complex task, which is made more complicated by the sheer number of contracts to be managed (hundreds, if not thousands) as well as the different types of licenses that must be administered. This IDC MaturityScape will enable organisations to refine or develop strategies for effective software license optimisation. Software license complexity will cost organizations an average of 25% of their software license budgets in 2015, industry trends such as virtualisation, cloud, and increased flexibility in software licensing have added to this challenge, IT buyers should understand the key triggers and be especially vigilant with license management.