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Whitepapers
2013 IT Skills & Salary Report
Mar 2013
The results are in and analysis is complete from our sixth annual IT Skills and Salary Survey. This was our first in partnership with Windows IT Pro and our largest survey ever. In fact, this...
Provided by Global Knowledge
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Whitepapers
Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Product Information Management
Dec 2005
This report is a must-read if you're an IT strategist who's currently evaluating product information management (PIM) technologies. It explains why the as-yet-immature PIM market is evolving...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Product Information Management (PIM) Advances the Next Generation of E-commerce
Sep 2006
Download this white paper by Julie Hahnke, President of IDTech, to learn how your business can benefit from correct, consistent and readily available product information, which can be securely...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Tips for the intelligent enterprise: 7 procurement outsourcing myths, demystified
Jul 2012
In recent times, misunderstandings about why, when and what to outsource have increased in the procurement outsourcing (PO) space, creating gaps between customer expectations and actual outcomes....
Provided by Genpact
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White Papers
A Best-Practices Approach to Software Asset Management
Jul 2006
According to Gartner, 30 percent of large enterprises will experience at least one on-site software audit per year through 2008. What this means is, if you're not already vigilantly tracking what...
Provided by ManageSoft
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Whitepapers
The Top 9 Mistakes in Data Center Planning
Jan 2013
Why do so many data center builds and expansions fail? This white paper answers the question by revealing the top 9 mistakes organizations make when designing and building new data center space,...
Provided by APC by Schneider Electric
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Whitepapers
Gartner Magic Quadrant for Client Management Tools
Apr 2013
End-user computing and support organisations use client management tools to automate system administration and support functions that would otherwise be handled manually. The client managemenet...
Provided by LANDesk Software, Inc.
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Whitepapers
Desktop Total Cost of Ownership: 2011 Update - Gartner Research
Nov 2010
Declining hardware and software costs have an impact on total cost of ownership (TCO), but how desktop PCs are managed remains the most critical factor in reducing TCO. This Gartner article...
Provided by VMware
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Whitepapers
Secrets Revealed: Brilliant Simplicity and Lower TCO
Oct 2012
This white paper discusses the benefits of researching the total cost of ownership for a UC system and how businesses can lower their total cost of ownership (TCO) by selecting a simple yet...
Provided by ShoreTel
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White Papers
Getting to Savings in less than 90 days with Wireless Contract Negotiations
Mar 2011
If you're like many IT and procurement departments today, savings and cost reductions strategies are a big focus for you and your organization. If achieving savings faster is your goal for 2011,...
Provided by ProfitLine
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Whitepapers
Whitepaper: Bringing Document Scanning to the Rest of Us.
Apr 2013
Organisations spend a substantial sum simply looking for paper files. This is a measurable cost. Read this whitepaper to determine the annual cost of searching to lost documents and how your...
Provided by Kofax_AU
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Whitepapers
Five SOA Projects that can pay for themselves in six months
Oct 2005
One of the easiest ways to get started with SOA is to identify a project that can pay for itself within a short period of time. A pilot project allows an organization to develop skills and...
Provided by IBM
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Resource Center
Cloud RFP Template
Oct 2012
Public, private, and hybrid just begin to describe the type of cloud you may be looking for, but what about selecting a cloud provider? What criteria should you look for regarding their ability to...
Provided by SAVVIS
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Whitepapers
Fortescue Metals Mines For Rapid Growth With HP Managed Cloud Solution
Jun 2012
The market is flooded with cloud solutions which creates difficulties for organizations to choose the right one without sifting through endless trials. Let's face it - time is money. Learn how...
Provided by HP - Australia
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Whitepapers
Procurement Solutions from SAP: Enabling Excellence for Procurement Organizations
Mar 2012
Learn how you can drive efficiencies and infuse best practices across the entire procurement lifecycle with SAP solutions that span spend analysis, sourcing, contract management, operational...
Provided by SAP
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White Papers
IT Asset Management, ITIL, and the CMDB: Paving the Way for Business Service Management
Oct 2005
Many enterprises are developing business service management (BSM) strategies in an effort to better align their IT services with their overall business goals. This Forrester Research report...
Provided by FrontRange Solutions
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Whitepapers
The reality of Smarter Computing transformations and the business gains achieved
Nov 2012
This white paper outlines the changing IT landscape and showcase TCOs associated with a Smarter Computing approach.
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Enabling the Reliability Centered Maintenance process with IBM Maximo Asset Management
Mar 2007
Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) is an analytical process used to determine an optimum maintenance strategy for physical assets. It is an advanced maintenance strategy for increasing asset...
Provided by IBM
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Case Studies
AppLabs Case Study: Royal Mail Group
Apr 2008
Royal Mail Group Ltd is the parent company of Royal Mail, Parcelforce Worldwide and Post Office Ltd. As more and more consumers use the internet for purchasing, research and customer service,...
Provided by AppLabs
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White Papers
Breaking Down The Barriers To Sourcing Services In The A&D Industry
Jan 2010
The aerospace and defense industry has undergone dramatic change in recent years, yet its procurement practices have not kept pace. While other industries have adopted new approaches to reduce...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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Whitepapers
Cloud Adoption Advisor
Oct 2011
The IBM Cloud Adoption Advisor... Enables customers to identify the Cloud Entry Point(s) most appropriate for them. Helps sellers work with clients to identify the Cloud Entry Point(s) and...
Provided by IBM
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Downloads
Download Savvion's Free Business Process Modeling Software
Jul 2006
The first step in improving your business processes is to articulate precisely where bottlenecks exist, and the most efficient way to do that is by simulating your existing processes using...
Provided by Savvion
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White Papers
Higher Education Mobile Learning Handbook
Dec 2005
This handbook from the Center for Digital Education explains how one-to-one computing—a model in which all students use notebook computers or tablet PCs to complete their course work—is changing...
Provided by Gateway
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Case Studies
Hy-Vee: Hy-Vee Boosts Performance, Speeds Data Delivery, and Increases Competitiveness
May 2012
Hy-Vee operates a growing chain of employee-owned supermarkets in eight states in the midwestern United States. To boost its competitiveness, the company sought to increase its data warehouse...
Provided by Microsoft
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White Papers
Ten Steps to Lower Procurement Costs in Life Sciences: Drive Bottom Line Results in Only Four Months
Jul 2009
Regardless of the economic conditions, companies that can quickly respond and take action to stay in the game ultimately emerge as market leaders. Now more than ever, the next generation of...
Provided by SciQuest
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Case Studies
Imperial College Streamlines Purchasing and Improves Efficiency With e-Auction-Based Sourcing
May 2009
Imperial College wanted to maintain and improve the college's position as a leading academic institution with the help of very careful spending and realize greater savings and efficiencies across...
Provided by Oracle
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Case Studies
Leaner, Smarter Purchasing Helps Reading Borough Council Cut Costs and Meet Government Targets
May 2009
Reading Borough Council wanted to cut purchasing administration overhead, reduce buying cycle times, and encourage the use of approved, best-value suppliers and increase the use of purchasing...
Provided by Oracle
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Case Studies
Azul Linhas Aereas Brasileiras Establishes Efficient Administrative Systems to Support Airline Launch
May 2009
Azul Linhas Aereas Brasileiras wanted to implement a robust solution to support operations in record time for an airline and develop in-house tax, accounting, and human resource processes,...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
Business Service Efficiency: The Key to Green IT and Profitability
Mar 2009
The days of simply adding hardware to meet the growing demands of business for IT services are over. IT can no longer afford to pay the resulting energy bill. That's why Green IT has emerged as a...
Provided by BMC Software
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Case Studies
Lancashire County Council Boosts Buying Efficiency With Centralized, Replicable Procurement Blueprint
Aug 2009
Lancashire County Council wanted to maximize purchasing efficiency, gain a real-time view of spend commitment, and reduce off-contract buying and automate procurement to reduce the need for buyer...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
Managed Print Services
Aug 2008
Whilst well-known and widely accepted for the procurement of copiers, a service contract for printers is still new to many commercial and government organisations. This paper discusses the...
Provided by Fujitsu
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Case Studies
Ukrop's Super Markets Case Study
Jan 2009
Ukrop's Super Markets are refreshingly down to earth in an age of mega superstore chains.With more than 29 stores in central Virginia, this family-owned business still adheres to founder Joe...
Provided by Teradata
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White Papers
Google Apps 2nd Wind ROI Case Study
Sep 2009
Nucleus Research conducted an ROI study with 2nd Wind Exercise and found that this 300-user specialty retail company achieved an ROI of 837% and a one-month payback. 2nd Wind replaced its existing...
Provided by Google
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White Papers
Enhance Customer Loyalty through Higher Responsiveness
Apr 2009
The economic downturn is forcing businesses to tighten their belts and look for more efficient channels. Using the Internet as a business channel, and sometimes even the only channel, is becoming...
Provided by Oracle
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Whitepapers
Strategic Asset Management
Sep 2009
An effective asset management system is designed to increase asset and resource effectiveness by providing a platform to support all types of asset classes and all types of work in a dynamic...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
BSA LifeStructures Boosts Collaboration, Responsiveness to Customers with Unified Communications
Aug 2008
BSA LifeStructures provides architectural, engineering, and technology consulting services to the healthcare industry. Senior Management wanted to implement new technology that could help cut...
Provided by Microsoft
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White Papers
Dell™ Proconsult Windows 7 Readiness Assessment FAQ
Jan 2009
What is the Microsoft®Windows®7 Readiness Assessment (W7RA)? W7RA is a gap analysis of a customer's ability to migrate to Windows 7 in a given timeframe. Your migration project is evaluated in...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
Barts and the London NHS Trust Lowers Procurement Costs to Become One of the Most Efficient NHS Trusts
Aug 2009
Barts and The London NHS Trust wanted to gain real-time view of spend commitment, increase purchase order accuracy, and automate complete procure-to-pay process and leverage multimillion pound...
Provided by Oracle
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Case Studies
City of St. Petersburg Improves Buying Power and Saves US$4.9 Million by Centralizing Procurement
Nov 2009
City of St. Petersburg wanted to eliminate error-prone paper processes with self-service ordering, while improving productivity and control and streamline data requisition process to enable more...
Provided by Oracle
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Whitepapers
Guide to cost optimization: 4 ways to gain operational advantage
Dec 2009
In today's economic environment, companies everywhere seek to reduce the cost of operations. Did you know that organizations today spend up to 80 percent of the IT budgets supporting day-to-day...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Whitepapers
Integrated Computing Platforms: Infrastructure Builds for Tomorrow’s Data Center
May 2013
The consolidation of physical servers drove massive efficiencies across the IT ecosystem, including improved resource utilisation rates for CPU and storage capacity. This is the fifth consecutive...
Provided by EMC Australia (grey BG)
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Whitepapers
Gartner Magic Quadrant for Client Management Tools
Apr 2013
End-user computing and support organisations use client management tools to automate system administration and support functions that would otherwise be handled manually. The client managemenet...
Provided by LANDesk Software, Inc.
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Whitepapers
4 Pillars to Procurement Technology Adoption
Jan 2013
Organizations spend millions of dollars for technology implementations. It has been found that most projects fail within one year of implementation. In a recently issued study report from the...
Provided by Zycus
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Whitepapers
Data Mining Prologues
Mar 2008
Data mining can be performed on data represented in quantitative, textual, or multimedia forms. Data mining applications can use a variety of parameters to examine the data. They include...
Provided by JCAKSRCE
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Whitepapers
Whitepaper: Bringing Document Scanning to the Rest of Us.
Apr 2013
Organisations spend a substantial sum simply looking for paper files. This is a measurable cost. Read this whitepaper to determine the annual cost of searching to lost documents and how your...
Provided by Kofax_AU
-
Whitepapers
2013 IT Skills & Salary Report
Mar 2013
The results are in and analysis is complete from our sixth annual IT Skills and Salary Survey. This was our first in partnership with Windows IT Pro and our largest survey ever. In fact, this...
Provided by Global Knowledge
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Whitepapers - Video
Procurement Product Preview
Mar 2013
Ready to power up your procurement? Workday Procurement can handle all of your unique requirements for the acquisition of goods and services—from requisition to payment—and even the contracting of...
Provided by Workday
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Whitepapers
Voice of the Customers: Mining Online Customer Reviews for Product Feature-Based Ranking
Mar 2011
Increasingly large numbers of customers are choosing online shopping because of its convenience, reliability, and cost. As the number of products being sold online increases, it is becoming...
Provided by Northwestern University
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Whitepapers
Quantum's N-Tier Architecture and Approach to Data Protection
Oct 2012
Quantum’s N-Tier architecture and approach to data protection is all about matching data value to storage costs over time - enabling our customers to maximize the value they get from their data...
Provided by Quantum
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Whitepapers
The Top 9 Mistakes in Data Center Planning
Jan 2013
Why do so many data center builds and expansions fail? This white paper answers the question by revealing the top 9 mistakes organizations make when designing and building new data center space,...
Provided by APC by Schneider Electric
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Whitepapers
The reality of Smarter Computing transformations and the business gains achieved
Nov 2012
This white paper outlines the changing IT landscape and showcase TCOs associated with a Smarter Computing approach.
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Fortescue Metals Mines For Rapid Growth With HP Managed Cloud Solution
Jun 2012
The market is flooded with cloud solutions which creates difficulties for organizations to choose the right one without sifting through endless trials. Let's face it - time is money. Learn how...
Provided by HP - Australia
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Whitepapers
Secrets Revealed: Brilliant Simplicity and Lower TCO
Oct 2012
This white paper discusses the benefits of researching the total cost of ownership for a UC system and how businesses can lower their total cost of ownership (TCO) by selecting a simple yet...
Provided by ShoreTel
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Resource Center
Cloud RFP Template
Oct 2012
Public, private, and hybrid just begin to describe the type of cloud you may be looking for, but what about selecting a cloud provider? What criteria should you look for regarding their ability to...
Provided by SAVVIS
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Case Studies
Hy-Vee: Hy-Vee Boosts Performance, Speeds Data Delivery, and Increases Competitiveness
May 2012
Hy-Vee operates a growing chain of employee-owned supermarkets in eight states in the midwestern United States. To boost its competitiveness, the company sought to increase its data warehouse...
Provided by Microsoft
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Whitepapers
Tips for the intelligent enterprise: 7 procurement outsourcing myths, demystified
Jul 2012
In recent times, misunderstandings about why, when and what to outsource have increased in the procurement outsourcing (PO) space, creating gaps between customer expectations and actual outcomes....
Provided by Genpact
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Whitepapers
Business Transformation Study: Nippon Paint
Jul 2012
The SAP Supplier Relationship Management (SAP SRM) application provided NIPPON PAINT (China) Co. Ltd. with support for strategic and operational procurement and supplier collaboration. The...
Provided by SAP
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Podcasts
Delight Customers Across Every Channel - Watch Demo
Jun 2012
Find ways to reduce costs, enhance the customer experience and grow loyalty. Join Ally Bank, E*Trade, Home Depot, Starbucks and more than 17,000 other companies who chose the Service Cloud to...
Provided by Salesforce.com
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Whitepapers
Power Your Procurement Evolution with SAP Supplier Relationship Management (SAP Solution Brief)
Mar 2012
Businesses are seeking to increase bottom-line cost savings through sourcing and procurement functions. To generate value, forward-looking organizations are strengthening supplier relationships...
Provided by SAP
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Whitepapers
When Evaluating e-Sourcing Solutions, Consider On Demand (SAP Insider Article)
Mar 2012
Between 25% and 50% of most companies' revenue goes toward purchasing goods and services, so the ability to keep these costs down is paramount. Applying strategic sourcing methodologies to...
Provided by SAP
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Whitepapers
Spend Performance Management Solution Brief (SAP Solution Brief)
Mar 2012
How do you effectively rationalize your company's supply base to generate visible savings and limit the introduction of risk while meeting the needs of your stakeholders? As executives prepare for...
Provided by SAP
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Whitepapers
Choose the Procurement Software Licensing and Deployment Model That's Right for You
Mar 2012
Due to funding constraints, fast-paced business environments, and the ever-evolving procurement landscape, a one-size-fits-all approach to deploying and managing best-in-class procurement...
Provided by SAP
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Whitepapers
Procurement Solutions from SAP: Enabling Excellence for Procurement Organizations
Mar 2012
Learn how you can drive efficiencies and infuse best practices across the entire procurement lifecycle with SAP solutions that span spend analysis, sourcing, contract management, operational...
Provided by SAP
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Whitepapers
Procurement Lessons Learned from the Economic Downturn (SAP Insider Article)
Mar 2012
There are few positives to an economic recession. But one silver lining lies in the lessons learned from those companies that survive despite such challenging business conditions. These lessons...
Provided by SAP
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Whitepapers
How are you elevating Procurement's role in your enterprise? The tools and techniques to help you make the leap
Mar 2012
New innovations are changing the role procurement plays within the enterprise. SAP's Chris Salis, Global Vice President of Procurement Solutions, and Emily Rakowski, Senior Director and Head of...
Provided by SAP
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Whitepapers
Data Enrichment and Classification to Optimize Procurement and Spend Analysis (SAP Solution Brief)
Mar 2012
Read how the utilization of a Data Enrichment and Classification toolkit can help you unlock the full potential of your existing procurement applications by making your data reliable - the key to...
Provided by SAP
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Whitepapers
CPO Rising 2011 -- Innovative Ideas for the Decade Ahead (Ardent Partners Report Sponsored by SAP)
Mar 2012
This independent research report presents a comprehensive, industry-wide view into what is happening in the world of procurement today. By drawing on the experience, performance and perspective of...
Provided by SAP
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Whitepapers
An On-Demand Sourcing Solution for Rapid and Sustainable Savings (SAP Solution Brief)
Mar 2012
To support profitability in the face of global competition, procurement organizations like yours must find ways to reduce costs and generate additional savings from procured goods and services....
Provided by SAP
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White Papers
Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition Plus 11G
Mar 2012
Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition Plus 11g (OBIEE Plus) is a comprehensive business intelligence platform that delivers a full range of capabilities, including interactive...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
BI Optimization: Building a Better Business Case for BI
Mar 2012
With BI having become a mainstream topic in both business and IT, the lack of a decent business case is increasingly unacceptable. As justified and as noble a cause as better decision-making is,...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
Oracle Procurement and Spend Analytics
Mar 2012
Oracle Procurement & Spend Analytics, part of the Oracle BI Applications product line, enables you to optimize supply side performance by integrating data from across the enterprise value...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
Analysis on E-consumers' Purchasing Behavior Based on Data-driving Model
Dec 2011
It is the Internet world with vastly purchasing data sea online that makes research model of e-consumers' purchasing behavior very different from traditional ones. Firstly this paper proposes...
Provided by Academy Publisher
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White Papers
Decision Making Model for Intelligent Agent in Automated Negotiation
Aug 2011
Traditional research in automated negotiation is focused on negotiation protocol and strategy, but they cannot satisfy all the requirements for realizing a practical automated negotiation system....
Provided by Academy Publisher
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White Papers
A New "Facelift" for SAP MM Shakes Up the SRM Ecosystem
Dec 2011
SAP has been the dominant market share leader in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) for many years and over the last decade has inexorably amassed the largest installed base of Procure-to-Pay...
Provided by Simplifying IT
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Whitepapers
Cloud Adoption Advisor
Oct 2011
The IBM Cloud Adoption Advisor... Enables customers to identify the Cloud Entry Point(s) most appropriate for them. Helps sellers work with clients to identify the Cloud Entry Point(s) and...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Gain IT asset visibility, control and automation
Oct 2011
This white paper describes how IBM IT asset management solutions provide the visibility, control and automation to support asset management across the IT asset life cycle, including planning,...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
Desktop Total Cost of Ownership: 2011 Update - Gartner Research
Nov 2010
Declining hardware and software costs have an impact on total cost of ownership (TCO), but how desktop PCs are managed remains the most critical factor in reducing TCO. This Gartner article...
Provided by VMware
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White Papers
Rapid Time to Value for SAP Supplier Relationship Management
Jul 2011
Learn how a new predefined express implementation service from SAP helps you quickly and cost effectively deploy the rich self-service procurement functionality of SAP Supplier Relationship...
Provided by SAP
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White Papers
Migration TCO and ROI Service
Jun 2011
The Red Hat Enterprise Linux Migration TCO/ROI Service from Red Hat Consulting leverages market-leading ROI analysis to evaluate specific environments in order to project potential total cost of...
Provided by Red Hat
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Case Studies
A Global Hi-Tech Company Ensures High Application Availability and Performance by Outsourcing Application Maintenance to Patni
Jan 2011
The Global Procurement Services Division (GPS) of a hi-tech company. The company's procurement activities are supported by a global procurement intermediation platform. Maintaining this platform...
Provided by iGATE
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Whitepapers
Desktop Total Cost of Ownership: 2011 Update - Gartner Research
Nov 2010
Declining hardware and software costs have an impact on total cost of ownership (TCO), but how desktop PCs are managed remains the most critical factor in reducing TCO. This Gartner article...
Provided by VMware
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Whitepapers
The Top 9 Mistakes in Data Center Planning
Jan 2013
Why do so many data center builds and expansions fail? This white paper answers the question by revealing the top 9 mistakes organizations make when designing and building new data center space,...
Provided by APC by Schneider Electric
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White Papers
A Best-Practices Approach to Software Asset Management
Jul 2006
According to Gartner, 30 percent of large enterprises will experience at least one on-site software audit per year through 2008. What this means is, if you're not already vigilantly tracking what...
Provided by ManageSoft
-
Downloads
Download Savvion's Free Business Process Modeling Software
Jul 2006
The first step in improving your business processes is to articulate precisely where bottlenecks exist, and the most efficient way to do that is by simulating your existing processes using...
Provided by Savvion
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White Papers
SOX Compliance - Purchasing Departments Face Intense Scrutiny
Sep 2008
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, SOX, is an on-going migraine headache for corporate America because compliance is expensive, confusing and increasingly stringent. Companies are justifiably nervous about...
Provided by Bellwether Software
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Case Studies
Hy-Vee: Hy-Vee Boosts Performance, Speeds Data Delivery, and Increases Competitiveness
May 2012
Hy-Vee operates a growing chain of employee-owned supermarkets in eight states in the midwestern United States. To boost its competitiveness, the company sought to increase its data warehouse...
Provided by Microsoft
-
White Papers
Ten Steps to Lower Procurement Costs in Life Sciences: Drive Bottom Line Results in Only Four Months
Jul 2009
Regardless of the economic conditions, companies that can quickly respond and take action to stay in the game ultimately emerge as market leaders. Now more than ever, the next generation of...
Provided by SciQuest
-
Case Studies
Imperial College Streamlines Purchasing and Improves Efficiency With e-Auction-Based Sourcing
May 2009
Imperial College wanted to maintain and improve the college's position as a leading academic institution with the help of very careful spending and realize greater savings and efficiencies across...
Provided by Oracle
-
Case Studies
Leaner, Smarter Purchasing Helps Reading Borough Council Cut Costs and Meet Government Targets
May 2009
Reading Borough Council wanted to cut purchasing administration overhead, reduce buying cycle times, and encourage the use of approved, best-value suppliers and increase the use of purchasing...
Provided by Oracle
-
Case Studies
Azul Linhas Aereas Brasileiras Establishes Efficient Administrative Systems to Support Airline Launch
May 2009
Azul Linhas Aereas Brasileiras wanted to implement a robust solution to support operations in record time for an airline and develop in-house tax, accounting, and human resource processes,...
Provided by Oracle
-
White Papers
Business Service Efficiency: The Key to Green IT and Profitability
Mar 2009
The days of simply adding hardware to meet the growing demands of business for IT services are over. IT can no longer afford to pay the resulting energy bill. That's why Green IT has emerged as a...
Provided by BMC Software
-
Case Studies
Lancashire County Council Boosts Buying Efficiency With Centralized, Replicable Procurement Blueprint
Aug 2009
Lancashire County Council wanted to maximize purchasing efficiency, gain a real-time view of spend commitment, and reduce off-contract buying and automate procurement to reduce the need for buyer...
Provided by Oracle
-
White Papers
Managed Print Services
Aug 2008
Whilst well-known and widely accepted for the procurement of copiers, a service contract for printers is still new to many commercial and government organisations. This paper discusses the...
Provided by Fujitsu
-
Case Studies
Ukrop's Super Markets Case Study
Jan 2009
Ukrop's Super Markets are refreshingly down to earth in an age of mega superstore chains.With more than 29 stores in central Virginia, this family-owned business still adheres to founder Joe...
Provided by Teradata
-
White Papers
Google Apps 2nd Wind ROI Case Study
Sep 2009
Nucleus Research conducted an ROI study with 2nd Wind Exercise and found that this 300-user specialty retail company achieved an ROI of 837% and a one-month payback. 2nd Wind replaced its existing...
Provided by Google
-
White Papers
Enhance Customer Loyalty through Higher Responsiveness
Apr 2009
The economic downturn is forcing businesses to tighten their belts and look for more efficient channels. Using the Internet as a business channel, and sometimes even the only channel, is becoming...
Provided by Oracle
-
Whitepapers
Strategic Asset Management
Sep 2009
An effective asset management system is designed to increase asset and resource effectiveness by providing a platform to support all types of asset classes and all types of work in a dynamic...
Provided by IBM
-
Whitepapers
BSA LifeStructures Boosts Collaboration, Responsiveness to Customers with Unified Communications
Aug 2008
BSA LifeStructures provides architectural, engineering, and technology consulting services to the healthcare industry. Senior Management wanted to implement new technology that could help cut...
Provided by Microsoft
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White Papers
Dell™ Proconsult Windows 7 Readiness Assessment FAQ
Jan 2009
What is the Microsoft®Windows®7 Readiness Assessment (W7RA)? W7RA is a gap analysis of a customer's ability to migrate to Windows 7 in a given timeframe. Your migration project is evaluated in...
Provided by Dell
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Case Studies
Barts and the London NHS Trust Lowers Procurement Costs to Become One of the Most Efficient NHS Trusts
Aug 2009
Barts and The London NHS Trust wanted to gain real-time view of spend commitment, increase purchase order accuracy, and automate complete procure-to-pay process and leverage multimillion pound...
Provided by Oracle
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Case Studies
City of St. Petersburg Improves Buying Power and Saves US$4.9 Million by Centralizing Procurement
Nov 2009
City of St. Petersburg wanted to eliminate error-prone paper processes with self-service ordering, while improving productivity and control and streamline data requisition process to enable more...
Provided by Oracle
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Whitepapers
Guide to cost optimization: 4 ways to gain operational advantage
Dec 2009
In today's economic environment, companies everywhere seek to reduce the cost of operations. Did you know that organizations today spend up to 80 percent of the IT budgets supporting day-to-day...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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Case Studies
Streamlined PC Procurement Improves Productivity While Controlling Costs
Oct 2009
Microsoft IT (MSIT) created specific procurement guidelines to make it easy for employees to purchase mobile PCs. The procurement guidelines enable Microsoft to save money by reducing the variety...
Provided by Microsoft
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Case Studies
Provade, Inc. Helps Global Companies Improve Staff Management With Centralized Services Procurement
Nov 2009
Provade, Inc. wanted to implement a flexible, scalable, secure, and feature-rich services procurement application to create a solid foundation for Provade's VMS offering and select an application...
Provided by Oracle
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Case Studies
Myriad Genetics Extends Visibility Into Operations and Supports Growth With Integrated Applications
Nov 2009
Myriad Genetics, Inc. wanted to integrate disparate, multiple systems and automate paper-based processes to ensure greater visibility, productivity, efficiency, and IT scalability to keep pace...
Provided by Oracle
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Downloads
Paragon Drive Backup 10.0 Server Trial
Jan 2010
This highly-rated tool set for backup and recovery provides powerful features to effectively protect valuable company data and systems. Experienced Windows users, Boot Camp users, system...
Provided by Paragon Software
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White Papers
7 Procurement Outsourcing Myths, Demystified
Oct 2009
In recent times, misunderstandings about the why, when and what to outsource have increased in the Procurement Outsourcing (PO) space. This has created gaps between customer expectations and...
Provided by Genpact
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White Papers
Passion for Purchasing
Dec 2009
A couple of years ago purchasing was just a black box for many organizations. The board somehow understood that procurement is somewhat important, due to its direct influence on the bottom line...
Provided by IBX
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White Papers
ZDNet Make The Case: Business Case Template For Updating And Replacing Notebook PCs
Jun 2005
Regularly replacing notebook computer inventory is an important decision for all organizations. Increased computing power, operating system improvements and application software enhancements all...
Provided by ZDNet
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White Papers
Breaking Down The Barriers To Sourcing Services In The A&D Industry
Jan 2010
The aerospace and defense industry has undergone dramatic change in recent years, yet its procurement practices have not kept pace. While other industries have adopted new approaches to reduce...
Provided by Deloitte LLP
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White Papers
Higher Education Mobile Learning Handbook
Dec 2005
This handbook from the Center for Digital Education explains how one-to-one computing—a model in which all students use notebook computers or tablet PCs to complete their course work—is changing...
Provided by Gateway
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White Papers
e-Procurement - Strengthening the Indirect Supply Chain Through Technology Globalization
Aug 2005
e-Procurement focuses on several innovative solutions with a single global Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system as a foundation. An Internet negotiations tool was introduced to achieve...
Provided by Intel
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Case Studies
CASE STUDY: Leading Oracle Partner Ignites Channel Sales With Ci Pipeline From Harte-Hanks Market Intelligence
Oct 2009
Arrow ECS was faced with a critical business issue. Sales cycles were getting longer, the volume of leads was shrinking and the cost of providing leads was on the rise. At the same time, Arrow ECS...
Provided by Harte-Hanks
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Case Studies
Redapt Uses HP Renew Program to Win Customers
Nov 2009
Redapt Systems, Inc., an HP reseller based in Redmond, Washington, looks for ways to help customers keep technology costs down while meeting their specifications for bandwidth, performance, and...
Provided by Hewlett-Packard (HP)
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White Papers
Building Your Business Case for Best-Practice IT Services Delivery
Mar 2010
This white paper examines various TCO components and complexities, as well as hidden costs, cost avoidance, and business impacts that companies can miss when building their business case. The...
Provided by Oracle
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Whitepapers
Five SOA Projects that can pay for themselves in six months
Oct 2005
One of the easiest ways to get started with SOA is to identify a project that can pay for itself within a short period of time. A pilot project allows an organization to develop skills and...
Provided by IBM
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Whitepapers
The Finance Perspective on Procurement
Feb 2010
Supply chains are never static. And the supply chain itself is just one link in a chain of business processes that must work together smoothly for organizations to succeed. If one key component...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
Video: Differentiate Your Company With Complete CRM
Jan 2010
This white paper will expand on what Oracle defines as Complete CRM - how businesses can better engage customers and users, manage customer transactions, and analyze results to adapt and take...
Provided by Oracle
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Case Studies
Tifco Group Tightens Control on Purchasing While Streamlining Business Processes for Expansion
Mar 2010
Tifco Limited wanted to gain access to accurate and timely financial information and standardize key accounting functions across the group for greater efficiency and expenditure control. The...
Provided by Oracle
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Case Studies
Korean Air Soars to New Heights With ERP System Based on Oracle E-Business Suite R12
Mar 2010
Korean Air is South Korea's national airline and its largest carrier. The global financial crisis has placed enormous pressure on the airline industry, with lower demand for domestic and...
Provided by Oracle
