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How Will Broadcom’s Acquisition of VMware Affect VMware Customers?

Jun 14, 2022
For the most part, NPI’s clients have good relationships with their IT vendors. Sure, some vendors are less...
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Salesforce Vendor Management: When to Start Working on Your Salesforce Renewal

Jun 6, 2022
NPI is often asked by clients, “How much time before the end date of our current Salesforce contract...
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Oracle Universal Credits Licensing and Pricing Basics for OCI

Jun 1, 2022
If you’re a customer of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure services, you’ve likely heard of Oracle’s Universal Credits subscription model....
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Why Does the Salesforce Renewal Negotiation Have to Be So Hard?

May 17, 2022
Here’s a comment we heard recently from a NPI client executive at a Fortune 500 Health and Life...
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Changes to LinkedIn Sales Navigator Pricing and Renewals

Mar 28, 2022
Whether you’re pondering a new purchase or have a renewal on the horizon, there are changes to LinkedIn...
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Microsoft Viva Insights – Has Microsoft Found the Balance Between Productivity and Privacy?

Mar 23, 2022
Late last year, Microsoft “rebranded” its Workplace Analytics product. The new product name is Microsoft Viva Insights and...
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Oracle’s Cerner Acquisition – What Does It Mean for Cerner Customers?

Mar 15, 2022
Late last December, as most folks settled into the holidays and a slow business news cycle, Oracle spiced...
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PagerDuty Pricing and Renewals – Are You Paying What You Should?

Mar 7, 2022
Before smartphones and text were a thing, there were pagers – a cute little box that sent alphanumeric...
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Cisco Price Increase: How to Offset the Impact

Feb 2, 2022
Disruption defined much of 2021 for Cisco and its customers. But that didn’t put a dent in demand...
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How to Negotiate with Workday for the Best Renewal

Jan 21, 2022
Despite customers demanding easier ways to engage and source with software providers, there are some vendors that are...
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Are Power BI Premium Per User Licenses Right for You?

Dec 23, 2021
Earlier this month, I wrote a blog about Microsoft’s Power BI Premium Capacity licenses, which is a good...
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IT Benchmarking Metrics – Assessing Fair Market Value for Purchases

Dec 22, 2021
Overpaying for enterprise software, cloud infrastructure, hardware and IT services is all too common. Unfortunately, inconsistencies in market...