Rimini Street, Inc., founded in 2005, is the leading third-party provider of enterprise software support services. Currently, more than 4,000 Fortune 500, Fortune Global 100, midmarket, public sector and other organisations rely on Rimini Street as their trusted application enterprise software products and services provider.
In a recent survey of 1500 chief financial officers (CFOs) from thirteen countries across multiple industries finds that most CFOs priority is to cut spending on major ERP reimplementation and migration projects that lack business value or return of investment, but looking at optimising existing technology investments.
According to Seth Ravin, chairman and CEO of Rimini Street, optimising existing ERP systems through strategies and support services offered by third-party service providers enable CFOs and chief investment officers (CIOs) to reduce their operating expenses, and unlock hidden savings to drive more innovation and data driven technologies.
During the interview, Seth shares the history of Rimini Street and also talks about:
- how Rimini Street’s offerings help on cost savings by optimising existing ERP systems through strategies and services offered by third-party service providers like them and push back on large and expensive ERP migrations and upgrades.
- their key customers globally.
- the challenges the airline industry is facing, especially now, when the organisations in the sector are critically looking at reducing their operating expenses. Seth explains what the organisations can do to re-look at their legacy system to unlock hidden savings to drive more innovation and data-driven technologies.
- With Covid-19 containment measures still in place in some countries, Seth talks about how the airline and transportation companies in the region can accelerate digitalisation.
- the shifts and focus of IT leadership in the past 12-24 months.
- the three things he has done well over the years while growing the company.
- some advise to entrepreneurs who are thinking of scaling their business globally.
Guest: Seth Ravin, Chairman and CEO of Rimini Street
Host: Brian Fernandez
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