# Nikhil Tayal

## The best CPQ software for services teams: 6 tools compared

by [Nikhil Tayal](https://provus.ai/author/nikhilprovus-ai/ "Posts by Nikhil Tayal") | Jun 26, 2026  
Compare the best CPQ software for services teams. An honest look at six quoting tools, including services-native, deal desk, document, and channel solutions.

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## What’s new in Provus AI: The agents turning emails, RFPs, and calls into quotes

by [Provus](https://provus.ai/author/provus/ "Posts by Provus") | Jun 18, 2026  
See what’s new in Provus AI, including agents that turn emails into quotes, price on value, and optimize live deals. Watch the replay for the full demo.

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## Closing the quote-to-delivery gap with World Wide Technology

by [Provus](https://provus.ai/author/provus/ "Posts by Provus") | May 28, 2026  
WWT’s Global PMO on how to build a feedback loop between sales and delivery, and where AI fits. Watch the replay.

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## Why enterprise CPQ is the wrong fit for mid-market services teams

by [Umamaheswaran Manivannan](https://provus.ai/author/umaprovus-ai/ "Posts by Umamaheswaran Manivannan") | May 5, 2026  
Mid-market services teams fail with enterprise CPQ for one reason: the platform assumes quoting logic, deal structure, and operating model that don’t exist at their scale.

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## Before AI can fix your services pricing, you have to fix your data

by [Provus](https://provus.ai/author/provus/ "Posts by Provus") | Apr 29, 2026  
30-year services veteran Paul Jakaitis explains the data, taxonomy, and governance work that makes CPQ and AI worth the investment.

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## Provus CEO: “The services industry is being rewritten—whether we like it or not”

by [Stawan Kadepurkar](https://provus.ai/author/stawanprovus-ai/ "Posts by Stawan Kadepurkar") | Apr 28, 2026  
AI is restructuring how services companies operate, price, and grow. Provus CEO Stawan Kadepurkar breaks down the three fronts reshaping the services industry.

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## Still quoting B2B services in Excel spreadsheets? Here’s what it’s actually costing you.

by [Nikhil Tayal](https://provus.ai/author/nikhilprovus-ai/ "Posts by Nikhil Tayal") | Apr 23, 2026  
Services companies outgrow spreadsheet quoting when margins consistently leak, when sales and delivery are always out of sync, and when pricing lives in one person’s head.

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## How AI improves go-to-market for services teams: Fix how deals are built first

by [Stawan Kadepurkar](https://provus.ai/author/stawanprovus-ai/ "Posts by Stawan Kadepurkar") | Apr 15, 2026  
The AI tools are getting better. The deals coming out of them aren’t. We dug into why that keeps happening across many services organizations we work with.

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## Well-scoped, well-sold, still unpredictable: How to close the scope-to-delivery gap in services projects

by [Provus](https://provus.ai/author/provus/ "Posts by Provus") | Apr 9, 2026  
We joined Kantata’s podcast to uncover why services margins erode after the deal is signed, and what changes when quoting and delivery finally share the same system.

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## Why we built CPQ Express—the quoting platform mid-market services teams asked for

by [Nikhil Tayal](https://provus.ai/author/nikhilprovus-ai/ "Posts by Nikhil Tayal") | Apr 9, 2026  
Enterprise CPQ was “overkill”. Spreadsheets weren’t enough. Our partners made that clear, so we built an AI-powered quoting tool that filled the gap.

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## AI Sales Transformation Lessons from Thoughtworks

by [Provus](https://provus.ai/author/provus/ "Posts by Provus") | Apr 3, 2026  
The real work behind overhauling a global professional services sales org.

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## Introducing CPQ Express: Services CPQ Software for Mid-Market Teams

by [Umamaheswaran Manivannan](https://provus.ai/author/umaprovus-ai/ "Posts by Umamaheswaran Manivannan") | Apr 2, 2026  
How a recurring conversation with our partners turned into a product that the mid-market services companies actually needed.

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