IT Contracts - An Introductory Guide

Introduction

The use of IT by organisations has now become critical to their operations and something which organisations cannot do without.

Organisations are spending more and more money on IT goods and services to both improve efficiencies and to make their offerings more attractive to customers so as to gain an advantage over the competition.

But how is IT procured by organisations and what are the mistakes that organisations often make when licensing and buying IT from IT suppliers?

Various themes are appearing from recent case law regarding mistakes that have been made in relation to IT contracts.

This webinar will examine the key mistakes that organisations make when procuring IT and which you should be aware of if you are involved in negotiating, advising upon or drafting IT contracts.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• Pre-contract discussions and mistakes made by customers during tendering and assessing bids of IT suppliers
• A customer understanding the IT supplier’s perspective regarding the deal and where a customer’s interests align and do not align with the IT suppliers’s interests
• Practical issues regarding where IT projects tend to go wrong
• Case law demonstrating particular points and lessons to be learnt re negotiating and drafting IT contracts
• Adding certain clauses into the IT contract which can help to retrieve a contract for a customer and avoid disputes or put the customer in a better bargaining position
• How you can build in high level contractual and negotiation strategies to ensure that the IT contracts and projects that you are involved with do not fail

This webinar was recorded on 4th November 2024

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