SaaS, Cloud, and AI Contracts: Where Technology Leaders Lose Leverage

The 186th episode of Coffee with Digital Trailblazers focused on negotiation tactics for SaaS contracts. Key topics included competitive bidding, avoiding auto-renewals, and ensuring data ownership. Martin Davis presented a checklist of 88 clauses, while participants emphasized the importance of thorough reviews and understanding data rights, especially for AI models. Chapters

(00:00:00) - Coffee With Digital Trailblazers
(00:01:36) - Why Your SaaS Contracts Are Unreasonably Expensive
(00:03:07) - Five Things to Look Out For In Your Cloud Contracts
(00:05:57) - How To Negotiate Contract Terms With Software & SaaS
(00:10:28) - CIO Network: How Much Time Should a CIO Spend on
(00:11:09) - Choosing the right SaaS vendor
(00:14:46) - 3 Tips for SaaS and AI Contract Terms
(00:18:40) - CIO Network: Data and AI Terms
(00:22:44) - 3 Rules for Software Contract Negotiations
(00:25:55) - 3 Rules for Negotiating Contracts
(00:29:30) - Microsoft Software Switching Costs
(00:34:48) - Coffee With Digital Trailblazers
(00:36:40) - No Auto-Renewing IT Contracts
(00:41:47) - Data and AI
(00:44:12) - Cloud Security: The First 2 Things
(00:46:41) - SaaS and the use of data
(00:48:33) - PPMO and Vendor Management
(00:50:13) - What Do You Look For In A Cybersecurity Vendor? (
(00:53:54) - SLAs and Performance Based Payments
(00:56:12) - WSJD Live: Understanding Your AI Omissions
(00:58:49) - What's the SaaS Exit?
(01:00:16) - Coffee With Digital Trailblazers

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