Define: "Enterprise Agreement" in Business
Catastrophic fiscal burn
"Do not ask for custom features. They will charge you a premium and then bake it into the base code for everyone else anyway."
A volume licensing package offered by software vendors for large organizations.
What does "Enterprise Agreement" actually mean?
"A financial hostage situation where you are legally bound to pay astronomical licensing fees for the next five years."
"Our new enterprise agreement will ensure all employees have access to the full software suite."
"We cannot afford to buy new switches this year because the Cisco enterprise agreement renewal just bankrupted the department."
By The Chief Waste Officer
18 years in the corporate trenches quantifying waste so you don't have to.
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