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. 

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. 

It is well-known that eCommerce transactions require a level of trust between participants in that trust, in this context, gives each partner confidence that the other will fulfil his part of a bargain in the future. 

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. 

Check out this resource to uncover the transformative impact Virtual Private Data Centers have on eCommerce, and learn how they provide the agility to supporting the required evolving demands. 

The demand for greater ecommerce capabilities is growing leading CIOs and IT professionals concerned with choosing the perfect vendor. Through this in-depth vendor analysis by Gartner, uncover the top 6 questions you should ask and the strengths and weaknesses of the top 20 e-commerce vendors. 

Read this whitepaper to learn the best practices for dashboard formatting and layout. It also discusses nine dashboard design problems and solutions. 

Read this article to learn how to alert a BlackBerry smartphone user from a Background application. 

SiriusDecisions has commissioned a new research study to examine the efficacy of demand creation - from the point of view of prospects and customers you are spending millions of dollars to communicate with. Read this executive summary of our Demand Creation webinar to find out which tactics are viewed most favorably in b-to-b marketplace. 

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. 

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. 

This E-Guide will explain the new changes in Version 1.2 and how the standard will tackle emerging technologies such as cloud computing and virtualization. Specific topics include avoiding audit trouble, wireless encryption, tokenization, and more. 

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.