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Strategies, methodologies, and best practices to optimize costs, manage vendors, transform technology, and make organizations more efficient.

Featured guides

Four starting points for the most common challenges in IT, procurement, and vendor management.

HOLO · Featured guideVendor & Third-Party Management

How to implement a Vendor Management Office and gain better control over vendors.

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I need to cut my IT budget

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RFP & Sourcing →

I have no visibility into technology spend

TEM / ITEM →

I want better control over my vendors

Vendors & Third Parties →

I need to automate procurement

Procurement & Contracts →

I lose time managing contracts

Procurement & Contracts →

My telecom spend is out of control

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IT Strategy →

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Seven topics, each with its featured guide and articles.

Consulting

IT Cost Optimization and Spend Management

Cut technology costs without disrupting operations: cost optimization, ITFM, and control of assets and usage.

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RFP, Sourcing & IT Contracting

Prepare, run, and evaluate RFPs for IT services, and negotiate technology contracts with confidence.

View articles →HOLO VMO

Vendor & Third-Party Management

Vendor onboarding, evaluation, qualification, risk, and performance, with a Vendor Management Office (VMO) that brings it all together.

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Procurement & Contract Automation

From request to invoice and from draft to renewal: P2P, CLM, S2C, and SLM on top of your ERP.

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TEM / ITEM

Telecom and IT inventory, invoices, and usage, organized and under control. RD-ITS consulting does the analysis, supported by the HOLO ITEM platform.

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IT Strategy, Governance & Transformation

Define where IT is headed, how it is governed, and how the transformation is delivered.

View articles →Consulting & HOLO

AI & Automation

How to apply AI and automation in IT, procurement, and vendor management, with governance and concrete use cases.

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Downloadable resources

Checklists, templates, and models to put to work in your organization.

Guide to building an IT category planIT Cost Optimization · ConsultingComing soon
Checklist to identify IT savings opportunitiesIT Cost Optimization · ConsultingComing soon
Checklist to prepare an RFP for IT servicesRFP & Sourcing · ConsultingComing soon
VMO maturity assessment modelVendors & Third Parties · HOLO VMOComing soon
Checklist to select CLM softwareProcurement & Contracts · HOLO CLMComing soon
Telecom spend assessment guideTEM / ITEM · ConsultingComing soon

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