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Usability and Compliance: The Carrots and Sticks that Drive E-Procurement Success sponsored by Simplifying-IT 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 TOPICS: Compliance Best Practices \| eProcurement \| ERP \| ERP Software \| Order Management Systems \| Procurement \| SAP (Product) \| Supplier Relationship Management \| Supply Chain Management \| User Interfaces	All resources sponsored by Simplifying-IT

The Strategic Supplier Mandate: Three Principles to Deliver Transparency Across the Supply Base sponsored by SAP America, Inc. 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 TOPICS: Procurement \| Supplier Management \| Supplier Relationship Management \| Supply Chain Execution \| Supply Chain Intelligence \| Supply Chain Management

Is an Open Source Business Process Management Solution Right For You? sponsored by Red Hat WHITE PAPER: Open source options are taking the pain out of business process management (BPM), and putting the value of BPM within reach of more companies and projects. But is open source BPM the right move for you? Read on now to find out. Posted: 13 Aug 2013 \| Published: 13 Aug 2013 TOPICS: Application Development \| Applications Management \| Business Management \| Business Performance Management \| Business Process Automation \| Business Process Management \| Business Process Management Software \| Business Processes \| Open Source \| Open Source Software \| Project Management \| Software Development Methodologies \| Software Development Tools \| Workflow Software

ARC View In Dynamic Market, Consumer Goods Companies Rely on Manufacturing Operations Management Systems sponsored by Apriso Corporation WHITE PAPER: In this paper, discover a manufacturing operations management (MOM) platform and system has seen proven success in consumer goods companies. Posted: 31 Oct 2011 \| Published: 27 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Business Process Management \| Business Processes \| Enterprise Resource Management \| ERP \| Manufacturing \| Manufacturing Industry \| Manufacturing Systems

Mitigating the Risks of Outsourcing sponsored by Hewlett Packard Enterprise WHITE PAPER: When opting for an outsourcing program, CIOs should check the reliability, financial stability and reputation of service providers, advices Shailesh Joshi, head of corporate IT at Godrej Industries. Get further outsourcing insights in this resource. Posted: 06 Nov 2013 \| Published: 06 Nov 2013 TOPICS: Business Management \| Business Process Management \| Business Process Outsourcing \| Business Processes \| CIOs \| IT Governance \| IT Management \| IT Management Services \| IT Managers \| IT Outsourcing Services \| IT Service Management \| Outsourcing

Lights Out Testing for End-to-End Business Process Validation sponsored by Worksoft WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn why automation is the best way to make your testing processes more efficient while preventing critical business process disruption. Posted: 11 Apr 2012 \| Published: 11 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Application Performance Management \| Applications Management \| Business Process Automation \| Business Processes \| SAP (Product) \| Software Quality Assurance \| Software Testing

Optimize Value of Enterprise Software with App Usage Management sponsored by Flexera Software WHITE PAPER: Ensuring software license compliance and optimizing spend aren't easy -- complex agreements, virtualization, BYOD, and other trends make it difficult to understand and demonstrate compliance. But when you can't afford overspend on software, what can you do? Posted: 25 Jun 2014 \| Published: 28 Feb 2013 TOPICS: Application Life-Cycle Management \| Applications Management \| Change Management \| Compliance Audits \| Procurement \| Software Licensing

BPM Patterns and Practices in Industry sponsored by Oracle Corporation UK Ltd WHITE PAPER: This paper reviews common BPM adoption patterns and best-practices across different industries to illustrate the value of BPM. Posted: 18 Sep 2012 \| Published: 18 Sep 2012 TOPICS: Business Process Automation \| Business Process Automation Software \| Business Process Management \| Business Process Management Software \| Business Process Modeling \| Business Processes \| Oracle (Product)

Creating a Secure Private Network for Cloud Computing sponsored by MegaPath Inc. WHITE PAPER: This essential resource highlights key criteria to consider when evaluating managed network service providers for the private cloud. Discover how a MPLS-enabled, all-optical network provider can help you meet performance-sensitive application needs and SLAs. Posted: 23 May 2012 \| Published: 22 May 2012 TOPICS: Application Performance Management \| Cloud Computing \| Hybrid clouds \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Private Cloud \| Public Cloud \| Vendor Selection

Intel Distribution of Apache Hadoop: A Dell Partner for Dell/Hadoop sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel® WHITE PAPER: This brief resource introduces an open source software platform that includes Hadoop components for distributed processing and big data management. Posted: 21 Jan 2014 \| Published: 31 Dec 2013 TOPICS: Analytic Applications Software \| Apache \| Business Intelligence \| Business Process Management \| Business Processes \| Content Analytics \| Content Management \| Content Management Software \| Data Analytics \| Data Governance \| Data Management \| Data Management Software \| Data Mining \| Data Mining Software \| Information Management \| Open Source Software