Posts by: ddare

What’s Stopping you from Changing IT Providers - IntroductionWhat’s Stopping you from Changing IT Providers - Getting StartedWhat’s Stopping you from Changing IT Providers - Evaluating Proposals In blog 4 of this four-part series, we are going to explore how to choose the right provider to meet your requirements.  What we've already covered In the last blog (Evaluating Proposals), we...

In this article we build upon the first two articles on “What is stopping you from changing IT providers?”  and dive into the types of proposals. Types of proposals If you invite 10 companies, you are going to get about 3 different proposal types with a wide variety of options.  They will differ mainly in their approach to billing rather...

In our first blog post, we discussed why change is hard and why you need to formalize your process so that you can compare IT providers.  This second blog in the series will focus on where to start.  What is important? The absolute first thing you need to decide is what is important to you and not to the IT...

Change is Hard! Change is the only constant in the IT world.  The products that we buy today that are suitable for our needs can become difficult to maintain, difficult to secure, and may lack modern features tomorrow.  Every year and budget cycle we evaluate our software subscriptions, our leases, our telecommunications, our providers, and our assets. Or are we?...