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IBM® Cognos End of Support Dates: What You Need to Know
Enterprise Software Negotiations: How to Maximize Your Leverage During Renewals
3 Tips on Using Software Renewal Negotiations to Plan Your Cloud Migration
IT Software Procurement: How to Lower Costs When Vendors Up Their Rates
Balancing Long-Term Value and Cost in Software Asset Management
How Evergreen IT Can Break the Cycle of Endless Software Updates
Affording Evergreen IT: The Benefits of Third-Party Service Management
A Peek Behind the Curtain at an IBM Software Contract

A Peek Behind the Curtain at an IBM Software Contract

IBM® software contracts lock businesses into long-term deals, but do they always have what's best in mind for the client?

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Understanding the Changing Role of the SAM

Understanding the Changing Role of the SAM

Within the IT department, software asset management is easily overlooked. Which means that SAMs rarely get the recognition, support or resources, they deserve (and need).

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IBM Contract Knowledge: The Difference between a SAM Guru and a SAM Rookie

IBM Contract Knowledge: The Difference between a SAM Guru and a SAM Rookie

Contract details are where the SAM can save their business or make a huge mistake that makes them look like a rookie

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How to Avoid Buying More Software Licenses
Software Contracts - This is What Stockholm Syndrome Feels Like!

Software Contracts - This is What Stockholm Syndrome Feels Like!

Businesses are suffering, conditioned by software contracts vendors to believe they have absolutely no choice but to accept audits, annual charge uplifts.

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