Manufacturers' representative for OEMs since 1983
Manufacturers' representative for OEMs since 1983
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Through HonestStok Technology Partners
The Back Bay Associates helps companies reduce technology spend through its partner HonestStok Technology Partners. The team reviews software licensing, including Microsoft, along with cloud and technology contracts, then renegotiates terms and right-sizes licenses so you pay only for what you use.
JKReviewed by Jeff Ketterer, CEO/Principal, The Back Bay Associates
Ask most companies what they spend on software each year, or how many seats sit unused, and you'll get a long pause. Licenses pile up, contracts auto-renew, and prices rise at each term.
It starts with a full review of your technology contracts: what you're committed to, how pricing works, and when each agreement renews. That review usually turns up overlapping tools, unused seats ("shelfware"), true-up exposure, and terms worth renegotiating.
Microsoft and other major vendors adjust pricing regularly, and renewals are where costs jump. How you buy matters as much as what you buy. An Enterprise Agreement, a Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) subscription, and other licensing routes have different pricing, commitments, and levels of flexibility. Our partner sources and negotiates licensing so you buy what you use, through the route that fits.
Different pricing, commitments, and flexibility. Illustration only.
Savings fade if no one watches the renewal calendar. We offer ongoing reviews so costs don't creep back.
Technology spend is one of the cost reduction services Back Bay offers with specialist partners, alongside employee preventive care benefits.
Schedule a 30-minute call, and we'll explain what the review involves.
Software licensing (including Microsoft), cloud services, and other technology contracts.
Software licenses a company pays for but doesn’t use. It’s one of the most common sources of technology savings.
Not necessarily. Many savings come from renegotiating terms or right-sizing licenses with the vendors you already use.
Schedule a 30-minute call, and we’ll explain what the review involves.
A 30-minute call is all it takes to start a review.
Manufacturer's representative for HVACR and Food Service Equipment OEMs since 1983.
