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Expected reading time: 10 minutes Can AI Be Managed Like Software? AI is moving fast — but organizations believe they already know how to manage it. The tools come from familiar vendors, integrate into existing platforms, and are contracted in ways that resemble traditional software. On the surface, nothing fundamentally changes. So, the response is […]

Sezen Gürlek Kafaoglu is Senior Consultant in sourcing, procurement and vendor management at Leadout. In this blog, she explains why vendor management is one of the most underrated spaces in IT consulting. The space nobody owns Vendor management is one of those spaces that most organisations know they need, but few truly invest in. Technical teams focus on […]

Expected reading time: 10 minutes In a previous article, Vendor Complexity Is Not a Scale Problem. It’s a Governance Failure, we argued that vendor ecosystems don’t become complex because of scale alone. Decisions accumulate without a governing structure. That creates complexity. The real problem? Poor lifecycle control, unclear ownership, and weak vendor design. That article […]

Nobody tells you what the first weeks at a consulting firm actually feel like. Not the ‘exciting challenges’ version you read in job ads, the real version. The one where your calendar fills up before you’ve figured out where the coffee machine is, and you’re suddenly juggling five different client situations at once without a clear sense of what’s urgent.  A lot coming […]

Expected reading time: 10′ There’s a persistent myth in enterprise IT that moving to SaaS solves the license and usage monitoring headache. After all, isn’t the whole point of software-as-a-service that you pay a subscription, log in, and use it? No more sprawling license agreements, no more audit letters, no more compliance anxiety. The vendor […]

Expected reading time: 10′ FinOps doesn’t fail because of a lack of tools, it fails because no one truly owns the cost of engineering decisions. As organizations accelerate their adoption of public and hybrid cloud, they unlock unprecedented flexibility. Engineers can deploy, scale, and optimize infrastructure in minutes. What used to be long-term, predictable investments […]

When we asked two of our consultants what makes their work at Leadout genuinely interesting, neither of them reached for polished talking points. They talked about the clients, the complexity, and what it does to you over time. When business as usual stops working  Wafae found that out fast. She was working as a consultant at a client in the Financial Services Industry […]

Expected reading time: 10′ IT leaders often express the same frustration: “Our vendor ecosystem is out of control. If we just increase or decrease the number of vendors, we’ll regain clarity and control.” This view is understandable — but fundamentally flawed. Many organizations still believe vendor maturity comes from the number of vendors they have. […]

Last week, Leadout co-hosted a highly informative webinar on LinkedIn, focusing on the integration of open-source software (OSS) license management within Software Asset Management (SAM) teams. This event aimed to raise awareness of the risks associated with open-source licenses and share practical strategies for gaining control over OSS usage. Walter Mauricci, Head of Software Asset […]