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Simplified Management in the Real World with VMware vCenter Operations
With so much of your network becoming virtual, it can be difficult to visualize and manage things. Check out this webcast to learn more about simplified management in a virtualized world.
Sponsored by VMware Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700
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White Papers
How to Reduce Cellular Spend with ShoreTel Mobility
Oct 2011
It's time to stop spending valuable budget on international and long-distance calls due to exorbitant cellular network costs. ShoreTel Mobility can help organizations reduce the most expensive...
Provided by ShoreTel
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White Papers
10 Tech Skills That Are Heading the Way of the Dinosaur - 2012
Jan 2012
In the IT world, new technologies emerge almost daily. New service packs, updates, new operating systems and applications, and new hardware all mean we need to keep our skill sets current....
Provided by Global Knowledge
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Resource Center
The Evolution of Asset Management
Mar 2007
Asset management - i.e., the acquisition, use, maintenance, modification and disposal of critical assets and properties - is vital to most businesses' performance and success. The more...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
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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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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White Papers
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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Tools & Templates
Smarter Collaboration TCO/ROI Calculator
May 2010
This calculator, based on the Liberate-Migrate-Virtualize cost reduction strategy, offers a 5 year TCO view of your IT spending and how you can save money around Software license, Hardware, and...
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
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
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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White Papers
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
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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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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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
An Introduction to Procurement Management Using PMI Terminology
Oct 2010
This white paper explains the steps and stages of procurement as they relate to the Project Management Institute's (PMI) Procurement Management knowledge area. It provides a general introduction...
Provided by Global Knowledge
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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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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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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
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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White Papers
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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White Papers
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
Smarter system development: a systems engineering trade study to support green initiatives with model-driven development
Jun 2009
Refine marketplace demands into robust systems requirements
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
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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White Papers
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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White Papers
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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White Papers
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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White Papers
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
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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White Papers
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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White Papers
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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White Papers
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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White Papers
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
10 Tech Skills That Are Heading the Way of the Dinosaur - 2012
Jan 2012
In the IT world, new technologies emerge almost daily. New service packs, updates, new operating systems and applications, and new hardware all mean we need to keep our skill sets current....
Provided by Global Knowledge
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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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White Papers
How to Reduce Cellular Spend with ShoreTel Mobility
Oct 2011
It's time to stop spending valuable budget on international and long-distance calls due to exorbitant cellular network costs. ShoreTel Mobility can help organizations reduce the most expensive...
Provided by ShoreTel
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White Papers
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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White Papers
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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White Papers
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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White Papers
How Ruggedness Reduces TCO for Mobile Computer
Jun 2009
General-purpose PDAs and ruggedized enterprise mobile computers are made for separate markets, are designed for different tasks, and also vary by their size, weight and materials. But the biggest...
Provided by Intermec Technologies
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White Papers
Server-and-Client-Virtualization-Whitepaper
Dec 2010
An uncertain business world still calls for reductions in Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). Yet, today's IT manager must also focus on expanding efficiencies and enhancing optimization. Fortunately,...
Provided by CDW
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White Papers
Using Utility to Provision Storage Systems
Feb 2008
Provisioning a storage system requires balancing the costs of the solution with the benefits that the solution will provide. Previous provisioning approaches have started with a fixed set of...
Provided by Carnegie Mellon University
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White Papers
How Financially Viable Are Your Suppliers?
Apr 2011
It's a near-daily occurrence: Companies of all sizes in all geographies are going out of business, which has a ripple effect both upstream and downstream. Learn in this AMR Research article, what...
Provided by SAP
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White Papers
2011 Mobile Trends
Apr 2011
The focus for companies willing to tap into the growing mobile opportunities should be on moving from experimentation to the creation of a mobile business case and strategy, while recognizing that...
Provided by SAP
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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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White Papers
Procurement From Multiple Suppliers Using Options
Jan 2011
This paper studies the design of procurement mechanisms when a manufacturer purchases from multiple suppliers that are heterogeneous in their production costs and salvage values. The option to...
Provided by INFORMS
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White Papers
Deliberate Desktop Deployment
Jan 2010
IT departments generally agree that a standardized fleet of desktop equipment makes time-consuming tasks like maintenance, updates and support easier. But even the best intentions regarding...
Provided by CDW
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White Papers
Bringing Order To The Chaos of IT Management - Business Driven IT Management
Dec 2010
The traditional approach to IT management has not been able to address the fundamental challenges in IT operations. Many IT organizations are unable to break out of the reactive, firefighting mode...
Provided by Oracle
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White Papers
Project Management Best Practices for Maximum Performance via Effective Integration
Nov 2010
During the past 60 years, organizations' have adopted new management techniques, often using Information Technology (IT) as a vehicle to enable these new approaches. During the past 30 years, both...
Provided by Global Knowledge
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White Papers
The Ten "How" Factors That Can Affect ERP TCO
Dec 2010
Organization tend to focus on the "what" - that is the vendor or the product when determining the total cost of ownership (TCO). However, its often the "how" - that is, deployment aspects - of...
Provided by SAP
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White Papers
Assessing ROI for Mobile Acceleration Clients
Sep 2010
This ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES® (EMA) paper examines the business case for deploying mobile WAN optimization client software and builds a Return on Investment (ROI) model based on the...
Provided by Riverbed
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White Papers
Building a Robust Business Case for High Quality Master Data
Feb 2010
This white paper explains the key elements for building a proper, quantified business case. It presents the measures that are favored by corporate finance departments, and helps develop a strong...
Provided by Talend
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White Papers
2010 Nemertes PilotHouse Awards
Oct 2010
The 2010 Nemertes Report compares Top 11 IP Telephony vendors and provides independent insight into how well each vendor performs.
Provided by ShoreTel
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White Papers
An Introduction to Procurement Management Using PMI Terminology
Oct 2010
This white paper explains the steps and stages of procurement as they relate to the Project Management Institute's (PMI) Procurement Management knowledge area. It provides a general introduction...
Provided by Global Knowledge
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White Papers
Purchasing and Supply Chain Management Practices in Greek Small and Medium Sized Business Enterprises (SMES)
Jun 2008
This paper presents information concerning the purchasing and supply management practices of Greek small and medium Sized Business Enterprises (SMEs). Findings from site visits to SMEs located in...
Provided by University of Houston-Downtown
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White Papers
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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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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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
-
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
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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White Papers
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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White Papers
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
-
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
-
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
-
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
Smarter system development: a systems engineering trade study to support green initiatives with model-driven development
Jun 2009
Refine marketplace demands into robust systems requirements
Provided by IBM
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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...
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White Papers
Changing Business for the Better: A Practical Guide to BPM
Feb 2006
Download this IBM-sponsored white paper from Upside Research for an overview of the benefits of business process management (BPM) technologies and issues to consider when selecting a BPM solution....
Provided by IBM
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White Papers
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...
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White Papers
Modernizing policy administration in the life insurance industry
Jan 2006
Most life insurance providers use policy administration systems to handle their applications, policy changes, anniversary processing, and other business-critical functions. But many of today's...
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Webcasts
Analyze This: The Bottom Line on Business Intelligence
Apr 2006
In a recent Gartner EXP survey of 1,400 CIOs, business intelligence (BI) emerged as the respondents' top technology priority for 2006. To learn why, check out this 14-minute audio presentation...
Provided by ZDNet
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Case Studies
ROI Case Study: SAP R/3 - Seattle Public School District
Apr 2006
Seattle Public Schools is the largest school district in the state of Washington, and one of the top fifty school districts in the United States. The existing procurement processes used by the...
Provided by Nucleus Research
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White Papers
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...
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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...
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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...
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