We were so excited to support our very own
@ErwannCouesbot
during his Boston Children's Hospital
@RocketLeagueMA
charity event with
#eSports
. UpperEdge generously donated to the benefit and was sent this endearing thank you video from Brody, a patient at Children’s Hospital.
Yesterday, the UpperEdge team spent the afternoon at the Greater Boston Food Bank sorting and loading a total of 8,260 lbs of food which created 6,885 meals that will feed a family of 4 for over a year! Thank you
@Gr8BosFoodBank
for giving us the opportunity to give back!
The UpperEdge team volunteered yesterday at the Greater Boston Food Bank where they sorted & packed 1,726 lbs. of food, creating 1,223 meals for those in need across Eastern Massachusetts. We were honored to contribute our time to such a great cause!
#GBFB
#Volunteer
#EndHunger
An organization, no matter how well designed, is only as good as the combined efforts of every employee, client, and partner. Happy 10 Year Anniversary to UpperEdge. We look forward to many more years of empowering success across our clients, employees, and partners!
UpperEdge is excited to welcome our newest members of the team, Alex, Dexter, and Christine! We are looking forward to their support delivering additional value to our clients and their future growth and success at UpperEdge. Welcome to the team!
#Salesforce
made its largest ever acquisition yesterday with it's $27.7B buy of
#Slack
. View the
#infographic
to see 7 of Salesforce's significant acquisitions and how they benefit the CRM giant
This month’s Team Member Spotlight features our Marketing Manager,
@AlyssaRMeyer
. Alyssa has been with UpperEdge for over 2 years and has been an integral part of our Marketing Team. We are so glad to have Alyssa as part of the UpperEdge Family!
#TeamMemberSpotlight
This month’s
#TeamMemberSpotlight
features our Senior UX Designer, Mike Brown. Mike has been with UpperEdge for 5 years and has been an integral part of our Marketing Team. We are so fortunate to have Mike as part of the UpperEdge family!
#Register
here for a deep dive into a landscape of the various delivery models
#SAP
customers are being presented with during large transformational initiatives and the associated risks & opportunities of each
#Webinar
#SAPRise
#Hyperscalers
#SI
solutions
At UpperEdge, strong team culture & employee recognition are two of our guiding principles. We celebrated our employees this month w/ an Awards Ceremony at our 2020 Kickoff. The day was filled with lots of laughs, appreciation & surprises! Congrats to all award winners!
#topfanbb
In a recent
#blog
, our practice experts compare two of the leading
#HCM
solution providers,
#Workday
&
#SAP
#SuccessFactors
along with key differentiators that can help you select the best solution for meeting your company's unique needs.
Can you feel the passion?! Odds of our CEO
@blake_dblake
calling out of our Holiday Christmas Party today due to the repercussions of last night’s painful
@NHLBruins
loss
If your
#Oracle
proposal includes Oracle
#Cloud
Learning Services that you didn't ask for, you're not alone. Whether your organization decides to actually buy these services or not,
@ErwannCouesbot
provides a guide for
#enterprises
in his latest
#blog
One-Third of
#Agile
Projects Result in Failure - Check out our practice expert
@jmbelden98
press release with valuable insights for finding success with scaling agile
#ERP
projects
Simply breaking the standard
#ERP
“realization” phase into several “sprints” doesn’t make your project
#Agile
.
@sstamp_ue
takes a deep dive into
#Agile
methodologies & how to set your organization up for success
When it comes to optimizing your IT costs, achieving internal alignment is a must. Listen to the
#podcast
to learn how internal alignment plays a role in your cost optimization efforts
In his latest
#blog
,
@ErwannCouesbot
explains how
#Oracle
's recent
#Java
SE licensing update could impact your business & what actions to take to stay compliant and in the know
Volunteers from
@UpperEdge
joined us out on the Esplanade this morning for a socially-distant volunteer day! This great group of volunteers prepped and painted benches near Fiedler Field. Thank you for your hard work
@UpperEdge
!
The UpperEdge Team had a wonderful time volunteering with the Charles River Esplanade Association. The team sanded, prepped and painted park benches throughout the Esplanade to help maintain this great outdoor space here in Boston. Thank you
@EsplanadeBoston
for all that you do!
#Workday
’s Heightened Expectations + Improved Guidance = Promising Start
@jeffrey_lazarto
identifies some of the key success factors that have driven
#Workday
's tremendous start to its first quarter numbers
UpperEdge is excited to welcome our newest members of the team, Jason and Michael! We are looking forward to their support delivering additional value to our clients and their future growth and success at UpperEdge. Welcome to the team!
This month’s Team Member Spotlight features our Senior IT Sourcing and Negotiation Analyst, Bearson Smith. Bearson has been with UpperEdge for 2 years now. We are so glad to have Bearson as part of the UpperEdge Family!
#TeamMemberSpotlight
Data is often a source of pain in
#transformation
programs. Practice Manager,
@ChristineC2387
discusses three considerations to keep in mind as you navigate your transformation program from
#RFP
and contracting, to
#implementation
and go-live
This month’s
#TeamMemberSpotlight
features our Senior IT Sourcing & Negotiation Analyst, Devin Djerf. Devin has been with UpperEdge for 2 years & has been an integral part of our Commercial Advisory Services Team. We are so fortunate to have Devin as part of the UpperEdge Family!
#ServiceNow
's revenue is up 37% y-o-y. What is driving their success and what does it mean for customers? Read the blog by
@ITsourcingGuru
and listen to our short
#podcast
->
@jmbelden98
discusses 5 reasons SI’s Risk Management Processes are flawed. Relying on your
#SI
to tell you how to mitigate risks can be an imperfect strategy that often has a bad ending.
#Register
for this upcoming
#webinar
for more valuable insight
SAP Practice Leader, Len Riley shares what
#SAP
is trying to achieve with
#RISEwithSAP
and how this new offering is disrupting traditional evaluation, selection, negotiation, and decision-making processes
There are a lot of critical decisions and choices to make when embarking on the
#SAP
#S4HANA
journey.
@UpperEdgeTed
addresses some key points to consider to set your
#enterprise
and career up for success
This month’s
#TeamMemberSpotlight
features our IT Sourcing & Commercial Advisory Practice Director, Greg Hall. Greg has been with UpperEdge for 4 years playing an integral role on our Commercial Advisory Services Team. We are so glad to have Greg as part of the UpperEdge Family!
UpperEdge is excited to welcome our newest members of the team, Nikki and Rob! We are looking forward to their support delivering additional value to our clients and their future growth and success at UpperEdge. Welcome to the team!
As the impact of
#COVID19
evolved, many companies shifted from
#DigitalTransformation
investment strategies to the conservation of cash. Join next week's
#webinar
to learn how companies are aligning internally to accelerate results & other insightful tips
#SAP
customers want to migrate to the
#cloud
, but the surplus of offerings have disrupted traditional selection & negotiation strategies. This
#webinar
will compare
#AWS
,
#Azure
,
#GCP
&
#RISE
to help empower your
#enterprise
in this process. Register here:
In the event of an
#Oracle
audit, here are three primary reasons organizations find themselves unknowingly out-of-compliance when it comes to
#Java
users
@ErwannCouesbot
#blog
This month’s
#TeamMemberSpotlight
features our Business Operations Specialist, Kristen Peterson.
@K_Peterson33
has been with UpperEdge for 3.5 years and has been an integral part of our Operations Team. We are so glad to have Kristen as part of the UpperEdge family!
In today's earnings call,
#SAP
made a big announcement of its plan to prepare
#Qualtrics
for an
#IPO
. Although the timing of the
#IPO
is not clear, our
#SAP
Practice Director provides 3 key questions
#SAP
,
#C4HANA
&
#Qualtrics
customers should be asking
When it comes to payment ramps,
#Workday
has often resisted to offer them to customers. However,
@Jeffrey_Lazarto
explains how this approach is recently changing & a big twist
#Workday
has deployed that customers might not catch during key negotiations
Don't let cost-cutting derail your
#digital
transformation; take these steps to strengthen supplier relationships, reduce costs & still maintain a positive working relationship with your supplier
@jmbelden98
@CIOOnline
As you approach your
#software
as a service (
#SaaS
) renewal date, it's important to take the following key steps into consideration to better enable and prepare your team for a successful negotiation.
#Blog
by
@jeffrey_lazarto
"Co-op Insurance Sues
#IBM
for Breach of Contract: Is
#Agile
at Scale Worth the Risk?" Check out
@jmbelden98
's recent
#blog
which helps shed some light on the details >>
The UpperEdge Team had a great time putting their horticultural skills to the test by volunteering with the
@HelloGreenway
. The team was excited to give a few hours of their time to the community and beautiful Greenway that we all love and admire so much!
#volunteering
#giveback
In this insightful
#podcast
, our Practice Director, Greg Hall shares five key risks that may be present when it comes to outsourcing infrastructure managed services & ways to mitigate these risks upfront
We are very excited to announce UpperEdge's recent award for Boston’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For® for the third year in a row! Thank you
@101Best
for such an incredible honor!
#BestandBrightest
#theBB
#Boston
#Workplace
Did you properly count the number of Named User Plus (NUP) users that are accessing
#Oracle
software? Listen to
@ErwannCouesbot
's latest
#podcast
to learn the 3 most common reasons companies get it wrong ->
We've gathered a few thoughts from these professionals to help balance out the dialogue around Microsoft's acquisition of GitHub.
#acquisition
#github
#microsoft
We are honored to be named one of Boston’s Best and Brightest Companies to Work For® by
@101Best
! We couldn't have done it without our amazing team. Congrats to all the companies who made the list!
#101bb
#SAPPHIRENOW
is a great opportunity to ensure your
#SAP
relationship focuses on delivering value to your organization. Follow these tips to make the most of your SAPPHIRE experience
This month’s
#TeamMemberSpotlight
features our Senior UX Designer, Mike Brown.
@MikeBrown75
has been with UpperEdge for 3.5 years and has been an integral part of our Marketing Team. We are so fortunate to have Mike as part of the UpperEdge family!
#Oracle
customers can reduce software license support costs with
#Oracle
's new savings program, but there's a potential catch....read
@jeffrey_lazarto
's blog to learn more
Create a free
#OracleFusion
#Cloud
estimate with our new
#Oracle
SaaS Pricing Calculator. Leverage our proprietary data to obtain accurate pricing estimates. Try it today >
Wishing everyone a wonderful Veterans Day today! Thank you to all of those who have served our country, and a special thank you to our very own UpperEdge Veterans as well.
#VeteransDay
Ensure your organization fully understands all the implications of
#Microsoft
's
#cloud
agreements before making the leap -
@ITsourcingGURU
has all the details in his latest
#blog
#Microsoft
is pushing
#enterprise
customers to adopt their robust cloud bundle,
#Microsoft365
but customers often don't use many of the features they paid for.
@Bearson_ue
discusses some strategies to help customers overcome this underutilization
#blog
What do
#Accenture
's recent actions tell us about their overall strategy? Read our latest
#blog
to learn what the
#SystemIntegrator
changed in 2020 and what customers should keep in mind moving forward