procurement
RSS procurementIT Strategies for Uncertain Economic Times: How Microsoft Delivers High-Value Solutions at Low Cost to Help Organizations Improve Productivity, Accelerate Agility, and Reduce Costs
White Paper Intended for IT leaders and procurement professionals, this paper describes how Microsoft, with a long history of delivering high-value solutions and market-leading innovation at low cost, helps organizations... [01 Jul 2009]
Storage Management for SAP and Oracle8i on SUN SOLARIS: Split Mirror Backup / Recovery With IBM's Enterprise Storage Server (ESS)
White Paper Off late products such as SAP's B2B Procurement, CRM and mySAP.com Portals and Trading Exchange markets require an ever-increasing need for continuous system availability underscoring the stringent requirements of most... [25 Jun 2009]
Developing Return on Investment and Business Case Support for Storage Area Networks
White Paper It is these varied efficiencies and benefits that should prompt steps toward SAN procurement. Many companies have recognized new efficiencies when upgrading their IT infrastructures to include a Storage Area Network (SAN). [25 Jun 2009]
The Purchasing and Material Management Solution to Meet the Needs of the Non-Profit Community
White Paper In addition, there is a need for flexible procurement and material management solution that can automate fund accounting and allocation tasks, handle complex requirements, streamline and consolidate budgeting processes,... [25 Jun 2009]
Laying the Foundation for Innovation and Competitive Advantage
White Paper Serving as a trusted business advisor, BearingPoint helped the Finnish Road Enterprise develop a procurement framework that has been successfully integrated into the company's business management model and operations. [25 Jun 2009]
Automated eProcurement System for the Petrochemicals Industry
White Paper PLD Group B.V.had significant manual intervention in procurement of orders for major British/Dutch petrochemical, which led to order errors and an unacceptably slow response time. Unified application framework led to... [25 Jun 2009]
BEA Systems Case Study: The French National Institute for Agricultural Research
White Paper The company wanted to meet the new government regulations regarding public procurement contracts. The National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) is a French public research body charged with producing and... [25 Jun 2009]
Delta Electronics, a World-Leading Producer of Power Supply Systems, Enhances Its Global e-Business Platform Using Dell Servers and Storage
White Paper This resulted in greater efficiency in IT procurement and system selection, improved business efficiency, reduced operational costs, and enhanced end-user experience. Delta Electronics wanted to re-engineer traditional... [25 Jun 2009]
'Innovation, not cutbacks, is right prescription for NHS IT'
News Darzi said that while high-tech could appear costly, NHS managers, commissioners and procurement bodies should look at technology, both high and low tech, in terms of the effect it can have on a business model. [22 Jun 2009]
Best-in-Class HP Integrity and OpenVMS Architecture Draws High Marks at Los Angeles Community College District
White Paper The College migrated SIS (legacy application on HP OpenVMS) and core business systems (SAP HR/Payroll, Financials, and Procurement on HP AlphaServer/Tru64 UNIX) to HP Integrity Superdome Servers with virtualization... [22 Jun 2009]
BAA on IT offshoring, T5 opening and selling Gatwick
News Cost reduction is also another priority for BAA, and will take the form of "improving processes, further offshoring, better procurement and virtualisation and simplification of infrastructure," according to BAA. [18 Jun 2009]
Simplifying PC Support and Procurement
White Paper Simon Fraser University wanted to standardize its Microsoft Windows-based desktop and laptop computers onto a single brand, to reduce IT purchasing and maintenance overhead and manage its computer network more efficiently. [18 Jun 2009]
Guide to Deploying Microsoft Windows Server 2003 on Dell PowerEdge Servers
White Paper This article guides administrators through deployment planning; provides information about network, storage, and software components supported on PowerEdge servers running Windows Server 2003; and discusses procurement... [18 Jun 2009]
Signing off a gov't IT contract? Don't move a muscle
News Government procurement is also dogged by long lead times, according to the report, and "typical IT procurement can take three years from initial approval to tender to the contract being signed". The... [16 Jun 2009]
And the £400m biometric passport contract goes to…?
News According to the IPS, the procurement process for the contract started with 20 prospective bidders in June 2008, before DeLaRue was eventually awarded the project. The UK government has awarded the contract for creating... [12 Jun 2009]
