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Advantages of Supplier Relationship Management

In today's demand-driven economy, companies can gain competitive advantage by connecting the strategic practices of sourcing with the operational tactics of purchasing and collaboration. Hence Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) is what one needs to turn the way to acquire goods and services into a strategic advantage. …

Aligning Execution with Corporate Strategies

Corporate Performance management (CPM) is a unified, holistic approach to managing performance, and it recognizes the interconnectivity of various parts, processes and plans in an organization's business, and how the impact each part has on each other. Gartner defines CPM as not only the process used …

Middlesourcing: The New BPO Buzzword

Middlesourcing is a term that helps to illustrate how firms in Singapore and SE Asia can benefit from the technology waves in China and India, and create a new niche area for business. As a regional hub (with similar time zones with that of India and …

Best Practices In Enterprise Engagements: Nailing Down Your First Big Enterprise Project

Congratulations – you've landed your first big enterprise client. Now you need to do what you said you'd do, and make everyone happy in the process. This article will show you how to use techniques for visibility and verification to do most things – setting up …

Combating Identity Theft

IntroductionIdentity fraud allows criminals to conceal their true identities from the community and authorities, leaving them free to pursue illicit activities without arousing suspicion. It provides financial support, in the form of fraudulent loans and credit card purchases. Identity fraud also makes it more difficult to …

Can Technology Be Made To Play Nice Together? Really?

While it comes as no surprise that many medium- and large-sized organizations in the region usually have mixed heterogeneous computing environments, the challenge of interoperability is compounded by the fact that Asia is the fastest-growing server market in the world. In fact, according to IDC’s Worldwide …

The New Realities of Virtualisation

It is virtually impossible to avoid the hype surrounding Virtualisation. It is perceived as the hottest theme of IT at the present moment which seemed to have reached a crescendo in 2006. The 'V' word has been thrown around a lot in recent times. IT vendors …

Hyperion Snap Up: Oracle Driving Consolidation in BI

After spending nearly USD 20 billion over the past three years to acquire more than 25 software companies, Oracle's Chief Executive Larry Ellison is still hungry for more. After a quarter's gap of silence on acquisitions, the Redwood Shores company added performance management software solutions company …

Enabling "Real World SOA"

Organisations are increasingly reliant on their IT infrastructure to help drive success. But in an increasingly competitive marketplace, capitalising on new business opportunities means moving fast. However, a lack of integration among IT assets—systems, applications and data—makes it difficult for IT to respond quickly and effectively …

Transforming Information into Valuable Business Assets

Introduction While information is oft described as the lifeblood of business, the sheer volume of data generated in the course of everyday work makes the analogy of knowledge workers drowning in an ocean of information a more apt one. Indeed, data volumes are growing at such …