Billions in Cloud Commitments: Are You Leaving Software Purchasing Dollars on the Table?

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1pm - 2.30pm ET

November 10, 2026

Enterprise software purchasing is shifting to cloud marketplaces—and that shift could change how your organization funds its next compliance platform.

With billions tied up in pre-committed cloud contracts, procurement, IT, and FinOps teams face growing pressure to put those commitments to work.

This session explores how purchasing eligible compliance software through AWS Marketplace can help draw down existing cloud commitments, align tax and finance priorities with procurement goals, and simplify the buying process.

Join us to discuss:

• How are companies managing large AWS/Azure/GCP commitments today?

• Who actually owns the economics of those commitments — IT, procurement, finance, or the business?

• When does a cloud commitment become a procurement lever rather than simply an infrastructure commitment?

• How are finance and tax teams involved when software is purchased through a cloud marketplace?

• What makes a marketplace transaction financially attractive—or complicated?

• Are companies intentionally steering software purchases through marketplaces to help consume commitments?

• What are the accounting, tax, procurement and contracting considerations?

• What would have to change internally for marketplace purchasing to become part of the normal procurement process?

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This roundtable is designed for senior finance, tax, accounting, and procurement leaders seeking to align compliance technology investments with purchasing strategy and make better use of existing cloud commitments.

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Chief Tax Officer

VP of Tax

Chief Accounting Officer

VP of Finance

Head of Procurement

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