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RSS sourcingBusiness Continuity Planning: Old Concept, New Imperative in Financial Services
White Paper This is especially true today when global sourcing and interdependence extend a financial institution's business beyond the confines of its domestic operations. Business continuity is no longer just a matter of staying... [05 Oct 2009]
Why malware writers are turning to open source
News And while open source may not have boosted Limbo's fortunes, it also brings with it separate problems for the fraudsters: open sourcing code also places it in the hands of security professionals. Malware developers are... [18 Sep 2009]
Who Benefits From Outsourcing?: The Political, Economic and Cultural Ramifications of Outsourcing
White Paper This White Paper explores the economic and political implications of outsourcing and offshoring, while identifying cultural differences that can make or break a sourcing relationship and examining techniques for managing... [05 Sep 2009]
Svendsen Sport Gets Hooked on Business Intelligence With IBM Cognos
White Paper In sourcing thousands of products from the Far East, fishing tackle wholesaler Svendsen Sport is presented with a complex forecasting challenge. Established in 1977, Svendsen Sport has grown to become one of the largest... [01 Sep 2009]
The Agile Business Architecture: Creating Service Provider Value Through Smart Sourcing
White Paper The service provider industry has experienced rapid and significant transformation over the past five years as broadband has proliferated, networks have enabled ubiquitous mobility, and IP has become the de facto technology standard. [30 Aug 2009]
Guidelines for Identifying Risk Vulnerabilities Associated With ICT Sourcing
White Paper As organizations broaden their organizational boundaries with sourcing practices, it is imperative to identify risk vulnerabilities from a wider perspective than before. Specifically, organizations that make substantial... [31 Jul 2009]
Automating the Quote-to-Cash Process
White Paper Businesses today realize that the sourcing and manufacturing strategies that they adopted over the last two decades have also brought in a great deal of uncertainty and cost. Global marketplaces have spurred the growth... [31 Jul 2009]
Evaluating Open Source for the Department of Defense
White Paper Sun has spent millions of dollars open sourcing the commercial software stacks. One area where open source and proprietary software differ substantially is in their development, release and usage lifecycles. [31 Jul 2009]
Imperial College Streamlines Purchasing and Improves Efficiency With e-Auction-Based Sourcing
White Paper The challenge was to increase transparency and attain a complete audit trail of all sourcing events and intensify competition among suppliers. Imperial College used Oracle Sourcing to source 5% to 6% of... [30 Jul 2009]
Apple working on a musical Cocktail with record labels?
News The project, codenamed Cocktail, has Apple collaborating with EMI, Sony Music, Warner Music and Universal Music Group with an eye on a September launch date, the newspaper said on its FT.com site early on Monday,... [27 Jul 2009]
Symbian services unit finds new home with Accenture
News Nokia bought Symbian last year, and then released the operating system for open-sourcing - a process that is expected to be completed sometime next year. The consulting firm Accenture is to buy the professional services... [20 Jul 2009]
4,000 Indian jobs go as BT brings call centre work back to UK
News This announcement shouldn't be seen as a reflection of BT giving up hopes on sourcing [work from India]," he added. BT is cutting its call centre workforce in India by 4,000 and bringing some of the work back to the UK,... [16 Jul 2009]
Outsourcing Distribution Centers Offers More Flexibility, Less Risk: Global Sourcing and Manufacturing Compels Companies to Rethink U.S. Distribution Networks
White Paper Fashion companies are almost entirely dependent on bringing goods in from multiple global sources. Fashion retail chain Anchor Blue is no exception. The problem was, it had little control over its supply chain operations. [14 Jul 2009]
On a new Voyager, tackling fraud and the intellectual challenge
Comment We've implemented some sourcing decisions for our desktop and network services and there is a strong focus on business transformation projects which extends to decommissioning our legacy systems. It's also examining... [06 Jul 2009]
Sourcing in a Flattening World: A Best-of-Breed Approach
White Paper The IT outsourcing industry is witness to an interesting phenomenon: while the number of sourcing contracts is on the rise, Total Contract Value (TCV) is steadily declining. This paper analyzes the evolution of... [04 Jul 2009]
