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Best Practices in Contract Management: How to Shrink Your Sales Cycle through Smart Contract Management by SpringCM October 2010 - (Free Research) This white paper discusses the seven best practices in contract management. It's time for you to think about how to manage your contracts more effectively, close more deals, and get more cash. Learn how in this paper.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

CW+: Compass: How to negotiate effective telecoms contracts by ComputerWeekly.com October 2010 - (Free Research) Effective negotiations and management of telecom contracts can have a measurable impact on a business’ financial performance.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Computer Weekly – 12 February 2013: Can BlackBerry 10 bridge the business-consumer smartphone divide? by ComputerWeekly.com February 2013 - (Free Research) In this week's Computer Weekly, we look at the new smartphone from BlackBerry – it's designed to please both business and consumer users, but is it enough to save the company? We examine the options for using cloud services for disaster recovery. And IT leaders tell us what they think about the future of the data centre. Read the issue now.  (EZINE) READ ABSTRACT |

Global Cloud Computing Adoption: Transformation Is in the Air by Dell and VMware March 2011 - (Free Research) This paper analyzes the benefits and drawbacks of outsourcing cloud services, examines the business benefits and risks, and provides the steps you should take for a successful implementation.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Service-Oriented Architecture: Developing the Enterprise Roadmap by Burton Group April 2008 - (Free Research) SOA is a new way to design systems, and it is more about culture than it is about technology.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Global Cloud Computing Adoption: Transformation Is In The Air by VMware, Inc. February 2011 - (Free Research) This paper analyzes the benefits and drawbacks of outsourcing cloud services, examines the business benefits and risks, and provides the steps you should take for a successful implementation.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Be a multi-sourced IT services broker by Hewlett-Packard Company February 2013 - (Free Research) Access this white paper to learn about an advanced service integration and management (SIAM) model that can help reduce the costs and complexities of global multi-supplier IT environments. Discover key advice for becoming a successful IT service broker.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Computer Weekly – 19 March 2013: Delivering software development success by ComputerWeekly.com March 2013 - (Free Research) In this week's Computer Weekly, we talk to IT leaders about successful software development, and how they combine the best of agile and waterfall methods. Drugs giant AstraZeneca talks about how it changed its outsourcing approach to eliminate past mistakes. And we look at a new social media bank that is shaking up the sector. Read the issue now.  (EZINE) READ ABSTRACT |

Forrester Research: Improving Application Deployments - How an Application Delivery Architecture Can Help Businesses Overcome Deployment Challenges by F5 Networks August 2007 - (Free Research) Today's businesses must operate in a drastically changing environment. Forrester found most companies are not well equipped to reorient IT as a critical driver of top line success. This report showcases the results of an April 2007 Forrester survey.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Computer Weekly - 27 March 2012: What the Budget means for IT by ComputerWeekly.com March 2012 - (Free Research) This week’s Computer Weekly asks what chancellor George Osborne's Budget means for the UK IT community and if he can deliver his goal to make Britain "the technology centre of Europe". Also you'll find the final part of our private cloud Buyer's Guide and we examine the options for choosing the right WAN optimisation strategy.  (EZINE)

Computer Weekly 20 September 2011: Download the new issue of the UK's leading technology publication, featuring in-depth analysis of the latest IT news and technology trends by ComputerWeekly.com September 2011 - (Free Research) In this week's Computer Weekly, we examine what reform of the UK's banks will mean for financial services IT strategies. We also look at the problems of software licensing when moving to desktop virtualisation, discuss how to make sense of cloud computing, and provide part three of our guide to business intelligence. Download the new issue now.  (EZINE)

How to Use the Six Laws of Persuasion during a Negotiation by Global Knowledge October 2006 - (Free Research) Discover the Six Laws of Persuasion and learn how to use them to conduct more effective negotiations.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

A Guide to SOA Governance by Torry Harris Business Solutions April 2008 - (Free Research) This white paper provides a guide to a successful SOA governance. Explore the integral role governance plays in realizing optimal ROI from an SOA implementation.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

The SAP Contract Lifecycle Management Application: Reducing Cost and Risk While Optimizing Contract Value by SAP America, Inc. December 2012 - (Free Research) Too many companies struggle to efficiently create, file, and ensure the compliance of corporate contracts using manual, incomplete, disjointed processes.View this demo to learn how SAP Contract Lifecycle Management streamlines these processes by automating contract creation, enhancing visibility, and improving compliance.  (VIDEOCAST) READ ABSTRACT |

Enterprise Contract Management for Life Sciences: Integrating Contract Creation, Administration, and Execution by SAP AG June 2009 - (Free Research) Leading life sciences companies are recognizing the need for synchronized, enterprise-wide pricing and contract management processes. An integrated solution can provide the transparency needed to satisfy auditors, balance pricing with go-to-market strategies, and support sales and finance teams - including accurately predicting margins.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

The Case for Contract Management -- Why You Should Get Started Today by SAP America, Inc. June 2011 - (Free Research) How well-versed are you in the three key areas of contract lifecycle management (CLM) that will give you the visibility to control your contracts and comply with regulations? Take this quick quiz to determine your contract competency and understand whether a CLM solution would benefit your organization.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

An On-Demand Solution to Optimize Contract Management by SAP America, Inc. April 2011 - (Free Research) Read this paper to learn three ways your company can get the most out of its contracts by ensuring that the agreements you enter into are low in risk and that contractual terms are being observed and met.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

SearchCIO.com eBook: Unlock Outsourcing Potential and Change by SearchCIO.com May 2009 - (Free Research) The key to unlocking outsourcing potential lies in targeting the right projects, choosing your suppliers wisely and then managing them with an eye on economic conditions at that global site. Here's a step-by-step plan for optimizing savings.  (EBOOK) READ ABSTRACT |

Stratus Technologies: Stratus streamlines contract negotiations by SpringCM March 2011 - (Free Research) Stratus needed to address 3 key needs: Salesforce.com integration; user access through a familiar Outlook interface; and full self-service visibility for salespeople. The SpringCM Contract Accelerator for Salesforce.com enables Stratus' sales teams to collaborate, share best practices and to streamline contract negotiation and approval processes.  (CASE STUDY) READ ABSTRACT |

Best Practices for Mobilizing Finance Organizations with SAP and Deloitte by SAP America, Inc. May 2013 - (Free Research) This in-depth webcast focuses on how organizations in the financial industry can leverage SAP mobile technologies to get valuable financial insights from anywhere, at any time. Watch to learn how real-time access to business-critical information decreases financial risk, increases operational efficiency and maximizes finance productivity.  (WEBCAST) READ ABSTRACT |

DocuSign - Electronic Signature Services by DocuSign, Inc. DocuSign is a secure and convenient way to get a legally binding electronic signature. It's fast and easy-to-use. For businesses, DocuSign can dramatically increase efficiency and accelerate growth while reducing administrative costs.  (ASP)

ISG Outsourcing Index (EMEA) by ComputerWeekly.com April 2013 - (Free Research) The ISG Outsourcing Index provides a quarterly review of the latest sourcing industry data and trends.  (IT BRIEFING) READ ABSTRACT |

Prepare For Vendor Audits and Improve Software Asset Management with Integrated IBM Solutions by IBM December 2010 - (Free Research) Read on to learn how effective software asset management can support both cost effectiveness and cost efficiency through automation and by matching inventory with actual deployments, thereby helping to reduce over- and under-licensing.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

Ensure Best Price and Contract Compliance Now Delivered in real-time with Big Data analytics by Oversight Systems September 2012 - (Free Research) Traditional procurement and financial analytics practices lack the visibility today's businesses need, and can lead to millions of wasted dollars. Check out this paper to learn about an innovative financial analytics tool that can help monitor and analyze purchase data to ensure prices and contracts are being met.  (WHITE PAPER) READ ABSTRACT |

E-Book: A CIO’s Guide to Outsourcing by Dimension Data November 2010 - (Free Research) Access this e-book and learn outsourcing contract danger signs, how to tell if changing vendors is worth the risk, the importance of encouraging innovation and flexibility from providers, and more!  (EBOOK) READ ABSTRACT |

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