Funding Innovation Through OpEx Reduction | Santa Clara

With all eyes focused on Digital Transformation enabled by a full-throttle move to the cloud, organizations are facing a new budgetary reality which calls for taking a hard look at their legacy spending.  Deal makers are being pressed to innovate, while hamstrung by recurrent maintenance fees on legacy systems. This session will discuss ways to break this costly cycle, re-frame deals with your incumbent suppliers, and explore alternatives. It will include tips on how to manage leverage to re-set the supplier agenda -- without damaging your relationships.

Session highlights include:

Top reasons why organizations do nothing to attack their maintenance spend

Key capabilities for optimizing maintenance renewals

How to build a programmatic approach to reducing spend

8 “Plan Bs” to use for leverage in a maintenance renewal

How 3rd Party Maintenance providers can immediately impact your bottom line (without disrupting service levels)