Utilizing the latest procurement technologies can help improve your supplier performance, produce better products and improve resource allocation. Read this editorial e-book to get expert advice on the latest procurement technologies for today’s manufacturers. 

This week’s Computer Weekly examines the growing threat from smartphones being targeted by hackers and viruses as the devices are increasingly used for work. Hospitality giant Mitchells & Butlers talks about its migration to the cloud and the CIO of Airbus discusses his IT priorities and how he spends €500m a year on IT. 

This brief paper outlines how Cognos FSR automates and streamlines the financial statement reporting (FSR) production process by gathering and connecting information from a variety of sources to construct an application database of all of your data. Learn how to overcome the challenges of scalability, process accuracy, increased workloads and more. 

This resource reveals five important considerations to keep in mind when planning desktop virtualization and discusses the ten most notable use cases for this environment. 

The key to achieving cost-effective savings in the supply chain is to exchange information accurately and quickly in real-time. 

Today’s post and parcel organizations have been drastically affected in recent years by rising costs and shifting requirements. This white paper discusses an error-reducing solution that eliminates costly, advancement barring problems and can help the postal workforce experience increased efficiency and productivity. 

The inaugural issue of BI Trends & Strategies offers sound advice to help you in ensuring your organization is on track to keep up with the rapidly changing landscape of BI and analytics. In this issue, readers will learn about a big data definition and the impact it will have on BI and data warehousing, agile development methodology and more. 

Desktop virtualization guru Brian Madden offers his insight on many desktop virtualization myths in this e-guide. In addition, he explores the best storage options for VDI. 

Using modern-day Agile techniques such as automation and cloud hosting solutions, today’s IT leaders have opportunities to reap better returns on their ALM investments. In this issue, experts will share source code control system automation strategies, hosting options for code repositories and trends in requirements management tools. 

There are several factors to consider when selecting the right label printing solution to meet your company's specific needs. Read on for a brief overview of laser, inkjet and thermal technologies as they relate to label printing. 

This paper details how the cloud can help organizations accelerate their adoption to Agile software development, and more quickly and cost-effectively realize Agile’s numerous business benefits. 

Check out this FAQ podcast, to hear W. Curtis Preston, independent backup expert and executive editor, source and target deduplication, how these approaches differ, what that means from a disaster recovery perspective and more. 

This presentation transcript offers recommendations for moving your virtualization project from the testing phase to production. Learn how to plan virtualization design to ensure a smooth transition to production rollout. Discover ways to align your implementation with best practices and determine which next steps to take to prepare for production.