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- New version of Oracle PLM tool helps IT streamline product development
- In this economy, IT and engineering departments are not only lean, but many of them naturally become more risk-averse. That's bad for business because successful companies and IT groups use technology as an innovative and competitive advantage and in order to do that you have to take some healthy risks....
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Information Technology, Supplier, Agile Software, Tool, Product Development, Product Marketing, Channel Management, Strategy, Research & Development, Business Operations, Marketing, Management, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2009-06-22
- R10BatchMail 1.5.5 (Mac)
- R10BatchMail is a simple to use Bulk Email Sending program for Macintosh OSX. R10BatchMail is useful for sending a newletter, informing of change of address, marketing or any one of a thousand other reasons for contacting your customers, prospects or suppliers. With R10BatchMail there is no need to...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Supplier, Arten Science, R10BatchMail, Channel Management, Desktops, Marketing, Hardware
- Software downloads 2009-06-18
- Outsourcing? Avoid long-term deals
- Gartner says the good news for companies that plan to outsource is that the cost of doing business will decrease. But that's the bad news, too - outsourcing partners may go out of business. Organizations should monitor the health of outsourcing partners and avoid long-term contracts, according to research...
- Tags: Gartner Inc., Supplier, Prices, Managed Hosting, Software As A Service (SaaS), It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Emerging Technologies, outsourcing, India, Matthew Broersma ZDNet.co.uk
- News items 2009-06-17
- Psystar files for Chapter 11 (download petition); Blames economy, suppliers not Apple legal spat
-  Updated: Psystar, the unauthorized Mac clone maker, battling Apple in a California courtroom has filed for Chapter 11. The news, reported first by the Mac Observer from what I can tell, isn't that surprising. Psystar was under financial strain from trying to battle...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Financial, Petition, Courtroom, Creditor, Supplier, Apple Inc., Bankruptcy, Psystar, Debtor, Calls, Litigation, Personal Finance, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-05-26
- Research: Gov't lacks oversight on services contracts
- Rigorous contract management is a basic and crucial element necessary to successfully oversee procurement and execution of complex IT projects. New research shows gov't does a lousy job. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Contract Management, Supplier, Service Contract, Risk Management Arrangement, Service Management, Channel Management, Government, Marketing, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2009-05-06
- Auto Components Supplier Cuts Receiving Cycle-Time by 50%, Cuts Costs by 30%
- Continental Automotive is one of the world's leading suppliers to the automotive industry, employing about 150,000 people in 36 countries. To log incoming shipments, Continental used manual bar-code scanners, a technology that had a lengthy, costly receiving cycle yet provided limited accuracy and inventory control. The company chose a custom...
- Tags: Supplier, Microsoft Corp., Continental Automotive, RFID, Scanners, Channel Management, Wireless And Mobility, Security, Biometrics, Hardware, Peripherals, Marketing
- Case studies 2009-05-01
- Leading Beer Distributor Improves Driver Productivity With Windows Mobile-Based Solutions
- A leading wholesale distributor for several leading U.S. beer suppliers, Clare Rose serves over 5,000 businesses. The company began using handheld computing devices in 1981, and began investigating solutions that would help meet emerging supplier requirements in 2003. By complimenting a sales force automation solution from MiT Systems, Inc., a...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, Supplier, Microsoft Windows, Inventory Management, Microsoft Corp., Handheld Computing, SFA, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Automation (SFA), Sales Force Management, Channel Management, Handhelds, Enterprise Software, Sales, Software, Marketing, Hardware
- Case studies 2009-04-27
- As green as your partner: New IBM consulting service helps companies apply green credo to buying practices
- Follow the money. That's the best way to understand whether or not a company really has embraced green information technology policies or broader green practices. I've been saying for some time that all the great ideas around green tech were nothing if the procurement team didn't get on board. IBM...
- Tags: Consulting Service, Supplier, Procurement, IBM Corp., Purchasing & Procurement, Channel Management, Transportation, Business Operations, Marketing, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-04-10
- STX Shipbuilding Expects ROI of US$269 Million Over Five Years From Process Innovation Project
- STX Shipbuilding is one of the world's top four shipbuilding companies. To ensure it could fulfill its ambitions, STX Shipbuilding undertook a three-year process innovation project to improve workflows and implement an advanced business management platform. The company chose Oracle E-Business Suite to build an integrated finance, manufacturing, supply chain,...
- Tags: Innovation, Oracle Corp., Business Management, ROI, Supplier, STX Shipbuilding, Strategy, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Channel Management, Manufacturing, Leadership, Management, It Operations, It service Management, Marketing
- Case studies 2009-04-01
- UK prison IT: Massive and 'spectacular' failure
- The UK National Offender Management Information System project failed amid scathing attacks, accusations of mismanagement, and vast budget overruns. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Project, Information Technology, Supplier, Failure, C-NOMIS, NOMS, Offender Database, Strategy, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Channel Management, Management, It Operations, It service Management, Marketing, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2009-03-14
- TenderWiz 4.0.0305 (Windows)
- TenderWiz is an online tendering portal. It encompasses the entire specification, tendering and bid management process, including: Creation of tenders and uploading related documents. Publication of the tender in electronic format on the internet to a selected list of suppliers or to the general public. Registered suppliers can login to...
- Tags: Supplier, Microsoft Windows, Remy InfoSource, TenderWiz, Bids, Channel Management, Marketing
- Software downloads 2009-03-04
- EMC joins SmartWay fold
- Storage tech giant has become part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's SmartWay Transport Partnership. What this means, mainly, is that the company is putting a sharper focus on its distribution practices over the next three years. That means it will be looking at ways to improve its trucking operations,...
- Tags: Supply Chain, Emission, Carbon Dioxide, Supplier, EMC Corp., SmartWay Partner, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Channel Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-03-02
- Grandi Salumifici Italiani Improves Purchasing Management With Business Intelligence Solution
- Grandi Salumifici Italiani GSI wanted to allow the purchasing department to assess its performance and contribution to the overall business and improve analysis of suppliers, purchase prices, and deferral of payment, to determine the most appropriate suppliers. The challenge was to implement a multidimensional system that is easy to browse...
- Tags: Business Intelligence, Oracle Corp., Supplier, Analysis, Grandi Salumifici Italiani, Channel Management, Marketing
- Case studies 2009-03-01
- What is cloud computing?
- We've been reading quite a bit about cloud computing recently. Many find all of this chatter confusing because they really don't have a clear idea of what this is. To tell you the truth, I hear so many different definitions from so many different sources that I find myself confused...
- Tags: Supplier, Cloud Computing, Channel Management, Marketing, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2009-02-26
- VMware's cloud computing announcements
- VMware's cloud computing announcementsPlease explain the concept to a non cloud proI am a manager of a company wanting to base our software solutions in the cloud. I need clarification as to how these initiatives and seemingly lacking standards will affect my company in the future. My concerne right now...
- Tags: Channel management, desktop virtualization, Amazon EC2, cloud computing, VMware Inc., cloud computing announcement, supplier
- Discussion threads 2009-02-25
- VMware's cloud computing announcements
- VMware told us more about its cloud computing strategy, cleverly named "vCloud". If you'll remember, Paul Maritz please see Notes from VMworld for a discussion of the inital announcement of this strategy. This time, a bit more information on VMware's Virtual Datacenter Operating system (VDC-OS) and VMware's VCloud API. Although...
- Tags: Strategy, Environment, Supplier, VMware Inc., Unix, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Channel Management, Hardware, Marketing, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2009-02-25
- FSP Group Cuts Procurement Costs and Improves Supplier Management With Web Based System
- FSP Group wanted to find an efficient and cost-effective way of processing the large amounts of data resulting from supplier transactions and reduce the lead time from order placement to delivery to compete effectively with other manufacturers. The challenge was to improve communication with suppliers and centralize information storage to...
- Tags: Web, Oracle Corp., Supplier, Procurement, Channel Management, Marketing
- Case studies 2009-02-01
- The green datacenter
- I've often written on the topic of how the different layers of virtualization technology could be used to build a datacenter that makes better use of energy. So, I found it interesting when Dell's analyst relations folks sent me a copy of a paper authored by John Pflueger, Ph. D....
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Data Center, Supplier, Data Centers, Storage, Channel Management, Hardware, Data Management, Marketing, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2009-01-06
- Accounts Payable Productivity
- Finally, it doesn't matter how hard the Account Managers work, or how often one uses a supplier's services - if one doesn't pay them on time, or if there are consistent errors within the payments-one can say goodbye to any long term working partnership. Best practice companies track supplier satisfaction...
- Tags: Accounts Payable, Supplier, Accounts Payable News, Channel Management, Operational Accounting, Marketing, Finance
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Managed Cloud Computing: How Service Delivery Changing for the Supplier and the Consumer
- Cloud Computing may get one onto the Internet quickly and cheaply but is it what one wants the business to depend on? Does one have the IT infrastructure expertise to manage it? Are the service level agreements going to be enough for the investors? Where is the data located and...
- Tags: Fault-tolerance, Supplier, C Infinity, Cloud Computing, C/C++, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- White papers 2008-12-04

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