Contract Insights

As your organization's contract management software processes evolve and mature, so too will the features of your CobbleStone® Contract Insight system.  Over time, you may update your processes, configurations, and - very likely - your CobbleStone users.  We at CobbleStone Software know that it can be a daunting transition for new contract software system users to jump into a live system - especially if those users are contract management system admins.  Luckily, we have your back!  CobbleStone offers numerous resources to get your organization's new users up to speed on all the features and functionality the system has to offer.  Regardless of your users' roles, CobbleStone can offer a training solution to fit your needs.

Choosing a contract lifecycle management (CLM) software provider can be challenging, especially if you’ve never worked with CLM software and do not have anything to compare it to.  Fortunately, industry-leading contract management software analysts, including those from Forrester Research Inc., can communicate and showcase their findings - offering you expert advice.  Forrester recognizes CobbleStone® Software as a Leader in their report titled, “The Forrester Wave^TM: Contract Lifecycle Management For All Contracts, Q1 2021.”  CobbleStone Contract Insight® received a ranking among the top three CLM software providers in the Current Offering category within Forrester’s evaluation.  Read on to learn why CobbleStone was named a leader, according to Forrester’s expert analysts.

Congratulations!  [Hypothetically] you’ve just enlisted the aid of a new contract management software solution to improve your processes!  Now that you have a shiny new contract lifecycle management software system at your disposal, what’s next?  Learning how to use it, of course!  We, at CobbleStone Software, recommend having a system administrator from your organization go through formal training - such as CobbleStone's FREE Contract Insight® online group training - administered by a training specialist from your new software provider’s training department.  How should your organization prepare?  Which resources should you allocate?  What might this training process entail?  Read on to find out how to maximize contract management software training for seamless user adoption and increased ROI.

Why do you trust your software provider?  Is there any specific criteria by which you measure a software system’s trustworthiness in protecting sensitive and confidential data such as PCI (payment card information), PII (personally identifiable information), employee information, client details, vendor data, and vital contract data?  With increased risk of data and security breaches, especially during such uncertain times as these, you should be confident that your information is stored on a trusted platform.  Read on to learn how to use such a trusted platform, along with the importance of SOC compliance.