Global Sourcing White Papers

WHITE PAPER: Learn how one company was able to utilize cost effective offshore support for use acceptance testing (UAT) of customer applications, ensuring cost benefits and reduce failure rates.

Posted: 10 Apr 2008 | Published: 01 Apr 2008

WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, discover the benefits of off-shoring and the challenges that stand in the way of a successful outsourced project.

Posted: 01 Nov 2011 | Published: 31 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: A formal Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) and change management infrastructure significantly increases the chances of project success for geographically distributed software development teams. This whitepaper explains why.

Posted: 16 Aug 2007 | Published: 01 Aug 2007

WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, unveil the top 7 biggest things to avoid when conducting web conferences so that you can efficiently and effectively lead meetings even when online.

Posted: 30 Dec 2013 | Published: 30 Dec 2013

WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides a business case for considering Vietnam as an offshore outsourcing destination, and offers specific examples from the IT and software industries, including a US software testing firm with a facility in Vietnam.

Posted: 14 Jun 2011 | Published: 14 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: Test-driven development (TDD), behavior-driven development (BDD), and domain-driven development (DDD) comprise an approach to BRMS development ensuring predictable and productive processes. In this white paper, learn how development teams can deliver products faster and keep pace with the demands of our rapid global marketplace.

Posted: 04 Apr 2014 | Published: 04 Apr 2014

WHITE PAPER: Drools, a business rules management system (BRMS) created by members of the JBoss developer community, offers the innovation you need for early stage projects or proof-of-concepts. But when it comes to mission-critical applications, don't you want the assurance of SLA-based support, patches, and updates?

Posted: 12 May 2014 | Published: 31 Dec 2012

WHITE PAPER: This brief resource introduces an IT transformation consulting service as a means of achieving effective, value-driven change. Read on now to learn how you can ensure business and IT alignment, spur business growth, and more.

Posted: 09 Oct 2013 | Published: 31 May 2012

WHITE PAPER: Find out how HP Messaging Services can increase the reliability and performance of email systems, and help better manage your infrastructure with consistent, efficient and cost-competitive services.

Posted: 04 Sep 2014 | Published: 30 Apr 2013

WHITE PAPER: This paper explores challenges and opportunities inherent in the global sourcing movement and provides at least five capabilities to be mastered if an organization is to achieve world-class status in the sourcing approaches and management techniques.

Posted: 26 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Sep 2007

WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes components of the VMware vSphere and VMware View solutions and discusses options for protecting these environments using EMC® Avamar® with global source-based data deduplication.

Posted: 04 Aug 2010 | Published: 21 Apr 2010

EBOOK: Until recently, organizations that wanted to deduplicate their backups were forced to choose between either source or target-based dedupe. But now, global dedupe does both while eliminating bottlenecks. Read now to learn more.

Posted: 08 Mar 2013 | Published: 08 Mar 2013

WHITE PAPER: Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) is becoming a necessity for successful supply chain execution.

Posted: 29 Nov 2007 | Published: 01 Nov 2007

PODCAST: How can Governance not be seen as a hindrance - but as an enabler, and provide the freedom to operate without worrying about those issues. This podcast reviews governing development as the next step in development organization transformation.

Posted: 09 Apr 2007 | Premiered: Apr 9, 2007

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

WHITE PAPER: What is news is that now you can protect your company’s valuable assets from web-based attacks with an innovative, effective new form of web security – cloud-based, reputation-driven defense. Read this paper to learn how.

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 | Published: 20 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, learn how to approach today's advanced threat landscape by first understanding the source of attacks, then developing threat intelligence to better detect and analyze new threats to help maximize defense efforts.

Posted: 06 Mar 2014 | Published: 30 Sep 2013

PRODUCT LITERATURE: McLaren's Enterprise Engineer application suite assures the integrity of your asset documentation, providing a single point of control to manage the lifecycle of asset related content.

Posted: 01 Feb 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2008

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

WHITE PAPER: Procurement Outsourcing is defined as a process wherein organizations take a calculated approach of moving some of their processes around source to pay to a specialist.

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 | Published: 13 Jan 2009

EZINE: In this week's Computer Weekly, we look at the global WannaCry ransomware attack that spread over 150 countries – will it be the wake-up call to take cyber security seriously? Also, find out how Moscow is leading the way in smart city digitisation. And our latest buyer's guide examines customer experience management.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 23 May 2017

EZINE: In this week's Computer Weekly, we look at how businesses are adapting to the challenges of perimeterless network security. We examine how digital transformation is bringing increased complications for identity and access management. And we ask if public cloud providers are a threat to the funding model for open source software. Read the issue now.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 18 Jan 2019

CASE STUDY: When this global heavy equipment manufacturer began to struggle with their legacy indirect and direct sourcing processes, they sought out a way that they could improve their operations. That’s when they found GEP, whose software was able to meet all of their needs and more. Browse this case study to hear the full story.

Posted: 26 Mar 2024 | Published: 26 Mar 2024

EBOOK: In this 13-page buyer's guide, Computer Weekly looks at open source technology. Discover more about why open source has become the infrastructure choice over commercial software; the due diligence required to reap the rewards of open source and how to choose the best fit for your needs.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 23 Feb 2016

WEBCAST: Attend this webcast to learn about risk assessment process and tools used by ethical hackers.

Posted: 10 Dec 2008 | Premiered: Dec 10, 2008

WHITE PAPER: This resource explains how customer analytics can help your organization monetize customer insights and compete in a global marketplace.

Posted: 11 Nov 2013 | Published: 31 Dec 2012

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: First, target and source deduplication are defined and explained in this segment. Then, Curtis discusses the pros and cons of each, how each fits into different types of environments, and how each approach is typically being used today.

Posted: 07 Apr 2009 | Published: 07 Apr 2009

WHITE PAPER: This paper is about the critical role that integrated requirements management can play in helping to ensure that your business goals and IT investment are continuously aligned.

Posted: 24 May 2010 | Published: 01 Oct 2007

WEBCAST: The old days of "dialing for dollars" is gone. Today it takes more than a room full of ISRs calling down a contact list to win deals and set meetings. Find out how you can leverage new data sources and advanced sales technologies to increase pipeline and improve the frequency and quality of meetings set.

Posted: 24 May 2018 | Premiered: May 23, 2018

EZINE: Unified collaboration (UC) is transforming the way business is done globally. In this issue of CW ASEAN, we take a closer look at how ASEAN enterprises are embracing UC tools, factors that organizations should consider when developing a UC strategy, and the emergence of startups that have been shaking up the marketplace.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 11 May 2018

EGUIDE: Open source software may be all the rage right now as the DevOps movement advances, but it's important to keep track of it carefully for licensing and security purposes. Continue reading this eGuide for information on how to accurately track your open source software, and the steps you should take to avoid licensing fees.

Posted: 28 Apr 2017 | Published: 28 Apr 2017

WHITE PAPER: This is the first in a series of six reports addressing the opportunities and challenges faced by midsize manufacturers.

Posted: 08 Jun 2009 | Published: 02 Jun 2009

WHITE PAPER: Check out this exclusive white paper to discover how Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 can help your organization establish an open, vendor-independent, hybrid cloud.

Posted: 02 Apr 2014 | Published: 02 Apr 2014

EBOOK: There's a lot of data out there, much of which doesn't need to be stored in heavyweight relational databases complete with complex query languages. In this 13-page buyer's guide, Computer Weekly looks at a new category of NoSQL data stores and how they are being used.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 28 Jul 2016