e-Sourcing White Papers

WHITE PAPER: Many procurement organizations struggle to meet savings goals with an overworked staff using time-consuming, manual processes or outdated systems. Read this paper to learn how to better collaborate with key stakeholders, qualify suppliers, ensure a competitive bidding process, and negotiate contract terms with suppliers.

Posted: 22 Apr 2012 | Published: 31 May 2011

WHITE PAPER: See how manufacturers are adding value to product offerings with a new business model. Using their ecosystems to build a solution provider network, they are enabling supply network collaboration with suppliers, engineers, and financial services organizations, as well as developing industry coalitions to drive more value to customers.

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 | Published: 07 Aug 2009

WHITE PAPER: A costly, complicated migration to a best-of-breed e-Procurement platform is not the only way to achieve a consumer-friendly user interface (UI) and ensure user adoption. Read this paper to discover a cost-effective alternative that allows SAP ERP users to leverage their existing infrastructure to achieve e-Procurement adoption.

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 | Published: 31 Jul 2010

WHITE PAPER: Manufacturers will continue to leverage technology to stay competitive. Read this paper to learn how with the Vantage fully integrated enterprise solution, you will be prepared to meet the challenges of today's market place-becoming lean to do so

Posted: 03 Sep 2008 | Published: 03 Sep 2008

WHITE PAPER: Access this white paper for an in-depth look at one platform that provides a modern system of engagement when it comes to supplier relations and supply chain management. Access now to see how ongoing activity monitoring can reshape how your operations function.

Posted: 22 Jan 2015 | Published: 22 Jan 2015

WHITE PAPER: To drive market share, sales, product adoption and greater efficiency, many businesses are strategically partnering with suppliers and other supply chain participants to collaborate and share information. In this white paper, find answers to three of the top concerns for organizations developing these collaborative supply chain networks.

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 | Published: 30 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: Enhancing usability is the key to getting beyond tacit user acceptance of an e-Procurement system to the full adoption and compliance that yields cost reduction and full ROI. Read this paper to learn the full compliance strategies that best-in-class organizations are using for their e-Procurement implementations.

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 | Published: 06 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: Read ARC's view on how SAP's best practices and SAP Business All-in-One solutions for chemicals ensure rapid deployment with low risk for small and midsize companies.

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 | Published: 07 Aug 2009

WHITE PAPER: Read this article to discover the three supplier management initiatives that have helped market-leading procurement organizations drive innovation, increase productivity and mitigate risk.

Posted: 21 Apr 2012 | Published: 31 Mar 2012

EGUIDE: Read this guide to learn best practices to become strategic partners with your suppliers and understand how a sourcing strategy can make or break a company.

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 | Published: 08 Feb 2012

EBOOK: E-sourcing and e-procurement technology have created new opportunities to save money, improve supplier performance -- even make better products.

Posted: 09 Apr 2014 | Published: 14 Apr 2014

EBOOK: This handbook provides an expert roadmap for approaching cloud and mobile procurement, outlining common threats and challenges, tips for achieving e-procurement software ROI, and more.

Posted: 18 Mar 2014 | Published: 31 Dec 2012

EBOOK: Procurement technology brings buyers and sellers together in virtual marketplaces, letting manufacturers aggregate purchases of goods and services to earn volume discounts and negotiate better prices. In this E-Book, experts discuss techniques for managing supplier risk and gaining more control over direct spend on raw materials.

Posted: 13 Nov 2010 | Published: 12 Nov 2010

EGUIDE: This expert e-guide explores source and target technologies in greater detail and describes how they can complement each other in multi-tenant and centralized backup environments.

Posted: 17 Jun 2013 | Published: 17 Jun 2013

EZINE: In this week's Computer Weekly, corporate PCs haven't changed much in 20 years – as use of Chrome OS grows, we ask if IT leaders are ready for a new approach. Theresa May said Brexit means the UK leaving the EU digital single market – does this mean a return to roaming charges? And we look at the latest developments in Linux. Read the issue now.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 23 Mar 2018

EGUIDE: Learn how to have a successful transition to NFV open source by gaining valuable insight on how open source for NFV applications will require service providers to adopt new ways of designing, deploying and supporting their network infrastructure.

Posted: 06 Dec 2017 | Published: 06 Dec 2017

EZINE: In this week's Computer Weekly, we look at Apple's plan to woo open source developers to its Swift programming language. DevOps practitioners are warning of growing stress on IT operations staff through the growth of continuous development practices. And Specsavers' CIO tells us why the store is a vital part of digital retail. Read the issue now.

Posted: 03 Jun 2016 | Published: 07 Jun 2016

WHITE PAPER: Explore the power of Red Hat Enterprise Linux - a flexible, stable, and secure open source OS that can help unify your IT infrastructure. Learn how it provides cost efficiency, reliability, and customizability. Download the e-book to discover the benefits.

Posted: 14 May 2024 | Published: 14 May 2024

EGUIDE: Take a look through this e-guide to explore why small open source projects have become a source of vulnerability for many organization, and find out how your organization can prevent these potential security risks.

Posted: 02 Dec 2022 | Published: 01 Dec 2022

EGUIDE: From Linux to Kubernetes, open source has been key to efforts by organisations across APAC to transform digitally. In this e-guide, read how Malaysia's AmBank is using open source to engineer its software from the ground-up, ANZ Bank's move to Red Hat OpenShift, and what suppliers are doing to support deployments of containerised applications.

Posted: 14 May 2021 | Published: 14 May 2021

EGUIDE: In this e-guide: We explore how Percona have navigated themselves and the open-source industry through the pandemic. We also dive into Percona's advice about containerisation in enterprises.

Posted: 13 May 2021 | Published: 13 May 2021

EGUIDE: All organisations need to meet a variety of regulatory compliance requirements, such as General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), but they don't all have the budget for GRC software. In this e-guide, learn about the free, open source options.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 24 Jan 2020

EGUIDE: Is open source software too much of a risk for enterprises? Before using open source software, you should consider (and understand) the risks involved. In this expert e-guide, featuring tips from industry pros Mike O. Villegas and Michael Cobb, learn what you need to watch out for when it comes to open source security.

Posted: 01 Aug 2017 | Published: 27 Jul 2017

EGUIDE: In this e-guide, experts discuss the importance of moving past security concerns with open source strategies. Find out how your enterprise can keep your infrastructure secure with open source strategies so that you can meet your high-performance needs.

Posted: 16 Feb 2016 | Published: 11 Feb 2016

EGUIDE: With pressure on IT budgets, interest in open source data integration technology is growing yet implementations of open source data integration tools are rare compared with commercial deployments. Read this e-guide and learn to address such limitations and make open source data integration an attractive, lower-cost option for your organization.

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 | Published: 03 Aug 2010

WHITE PAPER: Access this white paper for an e-mail archiving solution that offers powerful search capabilities and improved archiving functions to reduce time spent trying to find specific historical messages.

Posted: 11 Nov 2013 | Published: 11 Nov 2013

EGUIDE: This expert e-guide explains how the limited scalability of source and target-based deduplication can lead to bottlenecks when large volumes of data are backed up. Learn how global deduplication can eliminate these bottlenecks through load balancing and get examples of these types of offerings in the marketplace.

Posted: 17 Jun 2013 | Published: 17 Jun 2013

EBOOK: Learn how easy it is to get started on DB2 application development. This e-book includes topics such as using DB2 Express-C, writing SQL statements, working with open-source tools and more. This is part of a full e-kit designed for fast, easy DB2 learning.

Posted: 01 Mar 2012 | Published: 01 Mar 2012

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: In this three part transcript series with industry expert Greg Schultz learn how to boost web hosting efficiency and optimization in your environment.

Posted: 17 Jul 2009 | Published: 17 Jul 2009

EBOOK: Discover in this short E-book why Essential Kubernetes Gauges (EKG) may be the solution, offering open-source observability with pre-fabricated SLOs.

Posted: 31 Mar 2023 | Published: 01 Apr 2023

EGUIDE: In this e-guide, gain enterprise programming lessons from the driving principles of OSS success, and uncover why you should stop merely thinking about how open source development projects will bring in profits for a specific sector of your business and start thinking about how they can generate good press for your whole business.

Posted: 13 Sep 2013 | Published: 13 Sep 2013

EGUIDE: In this e-guide, experts address how to realign existing BPM strategies to enforce quality employee performance. In addition, discover key tips on how to leverage the power of open source BPM.

Posted: 22 Jul 2014 | Published: 22 Jul 2014

EGUIDE: Fail to prepare, prepare to fail is an adage that never fails to lose its veracity. The same is true of using poor quality data, known to be the bane of the lives of data analysts, not to speak of organisations that yearn to be "data driven".

Posted: 29 Dec 2022 | Published: 29 Dec 2022

EGUIDE: In this expert e-guide, we examine the evolution of open source big data software and the proliferation of platforms like Apache Spark and Hadoop. Inside, you'll learn how open source tools can act as the building blocks of big data management and uncover key considerations for implementing a sound big data strategy.

Posted: 30 Nov 2016 | Published: 29 Nov 2016