... To achieve high-quality technology deals, executive leaders must engage directly with the buying process, utilize agile procurement methods and understand technology vendors’ business drivers. This strategy helps mitigate post-purchase regret and ensures business outcomes are achieved. Data Snapshot ...
Analyst(s): Derry Finkeldey | Luke Ellery
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... multivendor ecosystem creates complexity and challenges that prevent organizations from achieving their desired end-to-end outcomes. IT sourcing, procurement and vendor management leaders can use this toolkit to assess service integration and management maturity and map improvements. When to Use Directions ...
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... Procurement technology leaders are under pressure to deliver savings, reduce sourcing cycle times and optimize sourcing outcomes. Autonomous sourcing technology addresses these issues and has the potential to revolutionize the sourcing process through AI and generative AI technologies. Overview Strategic ...
... Access Research Already a Gartner client? SAP’s licensing for AI and generative AI services is complex. Sourcing, procurement and vendor management leaders can use this guidance to assess AI license requirements, maximize contract flexibility, monitor usage and cost-effectively purchase AI services while ...
Analyst(s): Ciaran Hudson | Calum McDonald | Jan Cook | Bill Ryan
... a Gartner client? Salesforce customers often ask how they can create leverage in their Salesforce negotiations. This research provides sourcing, procurement and vendor management leaders a three-step process for navigating and leveraging Salesforce’s business priorities and sales tactics to reduce long-term ...
Analyst(s): Rebecca Martin | Jo Liversidge | Hannah Decker | Monica Baranwal | Quintin Casper
... Access Research Already a Gartner client? Broadcom has increased commercial concerns for VMware clients. IT sourcing, procurement and vendor management leaders can use this research to address the impact of these licensing changes on their organization’s IT infrastructure and operations, budget, and ...
Analyst(s): Rob Schafer | Chris Middlebrook | Michael Warrilow
... with GenAI services can rapidly escalate due to extreme vendor dependencies, poor internal expertise and ad hoc sourcing decisions. IT sourcing, procurement and vendor management leaders can use this research to understand best practices to optimize these costs. Overview Strategic Planning Assumptions ...
... Gartner client? Cloud adoption may inadvertently harm an enterprise’s environmental sustainability performance. This research enables sourcing, procurement and vendor management leaders to take a performance-driven approach to assessing environmental impacts of cloud providers, locations and commercial ...
... Gartner client? Third-party risk management solutions are data- and human-resource-intensive, making them good candidates for AI automation. Sourcing, procurement and vendor management leaders managing IT vendor risk will benefit from evaluating cool vendors embracing these technologies to optimize their processes ...