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A working library of negotiation playbooks, audit-defence breakdowns, pricing benchmarks, and contract red-flags — written by former vendor insiders for the CIOs, CFOs, and CPOs who buy from them.

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01
Oracle
ULA strategy, Java SE Universal Subscription, Database Options audit defence, OCI commitment optimisation, Oracle on VMware. 20 articles.
02
Microsoft
EA renewal, E5 / E3 / F3 right-sizing, Azure consumption, Copilot enterprise rollout, NCE, true-up defence. 20 articles.
03
SAP
S/4HANA migration deal shape, RISE vs stay-on-ECC, indirect access, digital access, GLAS audit defence. 15 articles.
04
Salesforce
Sales / Service Cloud sizing, Data Cloud pricing trap, Einstein add-on, true-forward defence. 10 articles.
05
VMware / Broadcom
VCF bundle deep-dive, perpetual-to-subscription, exit options, alternatives, support fee restructure. 10 articles.
06
Cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP)
EDP, MACC, CUD benchmarks, private pricing, egress economics, reserved instances, multi-cloud arbitrage. 12 articles.
07
Audit defence
Letter response templates, evidence control, SAM tool selection, settlement tactics, soft audit handling. 12 articles.
08
AI procurement
Copilot, ChatGPT Enterprise, Gemini, Claude contract red flags. IP ownership, training-data, usage-based pricing. 10 articles.
09
Adobe / ServiceNow / IBM / Cisco
ETLA, Creative Cloud Pro, NowAssist, Pro+ tier, ELA, sub-capacity, EA, true-forward, DNA / Meraki / SmartNet. 26 articles.
10
Strategy / SaaS / CIO / Industry / Cost
Negotiation tactics, multi-vendor sequencing, SaaS rationalisation, vendor governance, sector-specific playbooks. 51 articles.
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