Clients

Harley Davidson

"We simply could not be happier with the services and results of NET(net).  We have been able to save significant costs while concurrently building better and more strategic business partnerships with our key technology suppliers."

–Jim Haney
Chief Information Officer
Harley Davidson

Hilton Worldwide

“NET(net) has helped Hilton achieve greater value, both economically and strategically, on some of our most complex and intricate software agreements. We continue to leverage NET(net)’s expertise to more pervasively optimize and negotiate with our strategic software suppliers. When negotiating with any software organization today, you need the financial and legal protections and best practices of NET(net)."

–Rob Webb
CIO
Hilton Worldwide

Global Closure Systems

“As a global dispersed manufacturing organization, it is imperative that we achieve a high degree of performance and value from our principal wide-area networking supplier.  We engaged NET(net) to assist us in the procurement of a new contract for global MPLS services, using their expertise in and knowledge of the global market of WAN services.
On this account they met our expectations and we were very pleased with their professionalism.  NET(net)'s consultant provided valuable input towards our Request For Proposal and gave good advice regarding our strategy for dealing with the different offerings & technologies.  The results helped us to find a supplier that will most probably meet our needs and will materialize projected cost savings.”
 

–Florence Brenot
Purchasing Director, General Supplies
Global Closure Systems

Dynamex

“In the past, we simply paid the annual support invoices our large suppliers sent us without much thought about our options and alternatives. NET(net) challenged us to think more carefully about our business requirements, and how those requirements could be satisfied differently. They then helped us customize an agreement that provides us with everything we need for our business at a much lower cost. We learned much more about the process than we previously knew, and now feel better prepared for the future. Working with NET(net) was a great experience and I recommend them to anyone who is interested in maximizing the value they get from their IT investments.”

–Andrew Pardue
Vice President Information Services
Dynamex

Holly Corp

"As the leader of the Holly Corporation IT department, I am constantly focused on providing world class service at the lowest possible cost to my business community. Developing a partnership with NET(net) has enabled me to do that, while maintaining positive and constructive relationships with my suppliers. NET(net)’s expertise and professionalism is second to none, and I plan on growing their involvement in our critical IT service agreement negotiations. I would not hesitate to recommend them to any IT manager or leader who wants to have the confidence that they are getting the best deals possible." 

–Nellson Burns
VP, Information Technology
Holly Corporation

Merlin Entertainments

“Merlin had invested considerable time and internal resources in a strategic Point of Sale (POS) solution evaluation. Merlin then partnered with NET(net) to ensure competitiveness and sustainability of the relationship structure with the chosen POS solution provider. NET(net) was able to quickly assess our current state, identify additional relationship enhancing elements, and execute a highly coordinated strategy and approach that provided us with a complete partnership picture and an informed decision. The result was a highly optimized agreement, including a significant TCO reduction and risk mitigation parameters to guard against budget and schedule over runs. With NET(net)’s assistance, Merlin ultimately realized its goals while streamlining the negotiations process and strengthening the relationship at the executive and operational levels with our POS solution provider.”

–Chris Dare
Global IS Director
Merlin Entertainments

John Maneely Company

"NET(net)'s expertise, knowledge, and persistence was instrumental in improving our agreement and strategic relationship with our existing ERP provider.  We were able to gain significant strategic, functional, and financial value while strengthening our relationship with this key partner.  I highly recommend NET(net) and look forward to working with their team on future optimization initiatives."

–Paul Szabo
CIO
John Maneely Company

Graphic Packaging

“NET(net) was very effective helping us to optimize our investments, negotiate our agreement, and realign our relationship with our technology supplier, resulting in significant long term savings and benefits, non-standard concessions, and an improved relationship focusing on value.” 

–Kevin Philbrick
Senior Manager-IT Governance, Finance and Administration
Graphic Packaging Holding Company

SSAB

"We engaged NET(net) to assist in a major data center initiative and a myriad of software licensing negotiations associated with a recent corporate restructuring event.  My team and I are very happy with the collaboration and significant results achieved with NET(net).  What would have been a 12-month effort was completed in 12 weeks with NET(net)'s assistance.  We highly recommend NET(net)."

–Tim Wensits
VP & CIO
SSAB

Pactiv

"With the assistance of NET(net), we were able to clarify a significant portion of our enterprise application roadmap, and gain access to state-of-the-art technology, while lowering our total cost of ownership.  We also established a more strategic partnership with our supplier, and have established a foundation of trust and collaboration that should prove invaluable over the coming years."

–Rich Proszowski
CIO
Pactiv

Performance Food Group

–Bob Fowler
Directory of Production Systems and Support
Performance Food Group

American Residential Services, LLC

"NET(net) provided the value add we were looking for in negotiating a new agreement with our primary wide-area networking provider. We knew going into this process it would be a challenge to achieve a reduction in our rates in the middle of our agreement term, but NET(net) was able to professionally negotiate with our provider to achieve a new offer that met our needs and resulted in substantive savings—all the while preserving the relationship with this important network supplier."

–Tim Hill
CIO and VP IT
American Residential Services, LLC

Perkins & Marie Callender’s

"Perkins & Marie Callender's had a long time, but sub-optimized relationship with our ERP provider. We engaged NET(net) to improve this relationship and were successful in renegotiating a new agreement that was mutually beneficial from an economic and strategic perspective. We're very happy with the final outcome and would highly recommend NET(net)."

–Phil Joyner
Chief Information Officer
Perkins & Marie Callender's

Graham Packaging Company, L.P.

"With NET(net), I was able to combine my vision with their extensive market knowledge, strategies, and industry contacts to gain savings well beyond my expectations and what I could do on my own. Together we initiated a strategic plan that drove significant annual cost reductions not just a one-year savings event. Great team, great plan, great outcome."

–Jeff Rishel
Vice President, Global Information Technology
Graham Packaging Company, L.P.

Berlin Packaging

"NET(net)’s Money Back service was incremental to anything we had previously done or considered doing. It required only minimal involvement from our staff. For the first time ever, we actually received Money Back from our software supplier for previous charges they levied on us that, as it turns out, were not calculated and processed correctly. NET(net) was able to detect the over-charge condition, quantify it, and negotiated Money Back from our supplier without damaging the relationship. Prior to engaging NET(net) we had an excellent relationship with our software supplier, however as we engaged NET(net) we found that there was room for both strategic and economic improvements. NET(net)’s professionalism and optimization services not only helped us claim greater economic value in the form of significant savings in our critical technology investments, it helped us build an improved and more sustainable relationship with our supplier."

–Steve Canter
Chief Information Officer
Berlin Packaging

HB Fuller

"Most companies, either through ignorance or ego, remain stuck in struggle, refusing to admit they don't have the knowledge or expertise to craft the appropriate relationship with their suppliers. Like an addict, they keep making the same mistakes over and over again and everyone around them is forced to live with the consequences. The best way, sometimes the only way, to break out of this vicious cycle is to get help from a qualified professional. In essence, that is exactly what we did at HB Fuller. NET(net) helped us to clarify, standardize, and optimize our technology investments. And they did it in a way that preserved and enhanced the partnerships instead of turning them into adversarial relationships."

–Steven John
Director, Global IT
HB Fuller

Haworth Corporation

"We have been very happy with the expertise and services of NET(net). Their ability to help us increase our visibility in the supplier organizations has led to very significant non-standard solutions to our complex and unique challenges."

–Ann Harten
Chief Information Officer
Haworth Corporation

DJO Incorporated

"After a large merger, DJO faced a big challenge in negotiating technology agreements that would enable the newly combined company to bring disparate processes together and to leverage its increased size and scale. We initiated discussions with our software suppliers on our own, but during the course of negotiations, it became clear that we would benefit from professional assistance. Our private equity owner, Blackstone, introduced us to NET(net). The results of the negotiation were millions of dollars worth of savings and benefits. Going forward, we would not consider large scale technology related investments without seeking professional representation."

–Chris Shen
Chief Information Officer
DJO Incorporated

Tellabs

"Before working with NET(net), we were facing large annual ERP maintenance payments that were no longer aligned to the value we were receiving. We sought to reduce these payments without impacting our ability to meet the needs of the company. NET(net) helped us significantly reduce the maintenance payments while increasing value. Any organization looking to lower costs and increase value should consider the services of NET(net)."

–Jean Holley
Chief Information Officer
Tellabs

Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.

"We have worked with NET(net) on our most critical agreements and the results have been outstanding. Not only have we been able to significantly lower costs, the strategic value of our supplier relationships has noticeably improved."

–Kurt Thaus
Chief Information Officer
Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.

Catalent Pharma Solutions

"We worked with NET(net) to optimize a significant portion of our IT Spend and the results were outstanding. We experienced significant and meaningful reductions in cost as well as improved strategic value in the services being provided. The subject matter expertise and market knowledge NET(net) provided to us enabled us to gain a much greater depth of understanding in our options and associated risk profiles which provided an outcome that strengthened our position both from a cost perspective as well as placing us in a strong negotiation position for the future. The project exceeded my expectations and significantly benefited our business."

–Roy Satchell
Chief Information Officer
Catalent Pharma Solutions

College of American Pathologists

"We have been reasonably satisfied with our third-party provider of disaster recovery availability services over the years, but NET(net) helped us take a fresh look at this relationship and the value of the services we are receiving. NET(net) helped us refine the scope of the services to meet our needs and created more value for our investments - while savings us an impressive amount of money in the process."

–Matt Hartzman
Chief Information Officer
College of American Pathologists

ADESA

"We worked with NET(net) to benchmark and optimize a significant portion of our IT Spend and the results were outstanding. We experienced significant and meaningful reductions in operating costs, both immediate and ongoing, as well as improved strategic value in the services being provided."

–John Nordin
Vice President, Chief Information Officer
ADESA

Biomet, Inc.

"NET(net)'s understanding of the market and ability to execute transformational change on a timely basis will enable Biomet Europe to realize exceptional savings and capture value for years to come. We highly recommend NET(net) to other companies given NET(net)'s core expertise in software negotiations and their successful track record of collaborating with Biomet's internal IT people and our suppliers."

–Howard Levy
Chief Procurement Officer
Biomet, Inc.

Burger King

"With NET(net)'s assistance, analysis and guidance we were able to identify and evaluate an approach to our licensing needs with one of our major software suppliers that neither our supplier nor their reseller had offered.  This approach allows us to deliver exactly the same set of technology, but at a 37% lower cost.  At Burger King Corp., we have instilled a culture of continuous improvement that includes ways to execute on our plans more efficiently and cost effectively.  Working with NET(net) has enabled us to deliver high quality technology at significantly reduced costs."

–Raj Rawal
Chief Information Officer
Burger King

Vectren

"NET(net) worked with us every step of the way to make sure our needs were fully addressed.  They built a customized plan suited to our needs and helped us manage all the supplier interaction in the way we wanted it handled.  Through demonstration of subject matter expertise, NET(net) gave us a high degree of confidence that we had the right team on the case."  

–Dan Bugher
Chief Information Officer
Vectren

Freescale Semiconductor

"We worked with NET(net) to sharpen our enterprise software agreements and we achieved notable results. One of their advanced strengths lies in optimization of contract language and in the right environment they can be extremely effective."

–Bill McKean
Chief Procurement Officer
Freescale Semiconductor

Capital One

“As a senior technology executive in a Fortune 500 environment, I’ve worked with NET(net) to optimize my investments with key technology providers, resulting in millions in savings and benefits. NET(net) helped me develop highly optimized multi-year strategies to significantly improve value to my organization. I recommend the services of NET(net) to help any organization maximize the value of its technology investments.”

–Robert Turner
Former CTO
Capital One

Nelnet Incorporated

"We have worked with NET(net) on many of our technology agreements and have experienced excellent results. NET(net)’s ability to effectuate our desired outcome is unparalleled and its ability to help us build sustainable business value with our key technology suppliers is unmatched."

–Ray Ciarvella
Former CIO
Nelnet Incorporated

The ServiceMaster Company

"Having gone through the process of seeing how NET(net) leverages its expertise to handle the complexities that exist in the software marketplace makes it unimaginable to think of conducting an important negotiation without assistance from NET(net)."

–Jim Goetz
Former CIO
The ServiceMaster Company