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Ensuring Software Quality Across a Global Supply Chain January 16, 2012 
Companies commonly rely on a myriad of software suppliers, from internal teams that share and re-use code to third-party commercial software suppliers and outsourcing development partners. Companies are increasingly being held accountable by their customers for the quality and security of the complete product. Yet third-party code typically isn't tested with the same level of rigor as internally developed code.
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The Role of CRM in Logistics Companies' IT Strategies, Part 3 December 19, 2011 
The logistics industry is facing challenges in adopting a sustainable and profitable CRM strategy, and there is inertia when it comes to replacing or augmenting disparate CRM solutions adopted by different business units, like retail, as well as various channels, like phone, Web, email, etc.
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Thailand's Summer Floods Leave Intel High and Dry December 12, 2011 
Intel has informed its shareholders that its fourth-quarter results will not match its earlier outlook. The reason: a global shortage of hard disk drives, due to flooding in Thailand earlier this year. Now the company expects fourth-quarter revenue to be approximately $13.7 billion, down from the previous estimate of roughly $14.7 billion.
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The Role of CRM in Logistics Companies' IT Strategies, Part 2 December 12, 2011 
The mainframe application forms the core of the system where the bulk of the order processing takes place. The traditional mainframe UI in, say, SCOBOL (Screen COBOL) is being augmented/replaced through the front-ending applications built in VB, ASP, .Net, etc. The front-end screens fetch the customer account and order data from the mainframe database through custom connectors built in Java J2EE.
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The Role of CRM in Logistics Companies' IT Strategies, Part 1 December 05, 2011 
The logistics industry faces several challenges with the tremendous growth observed in the last two decades. Global manufacturers in industries such as automotive, IT and consumer goods have outsourced supply chain activities such as distribution and warehousing to third parties. The industry has begun to offer additional value-added services around processing of products.
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Tempering the Supply Chain With Dynamic Discounting November 07, 2011 
Recent trends are driving savvy companies to improve how they manage their supplier and buying processes using dynamic discounting. Discount management and dynamic discounting can dramatically improve how enterprises procure by better managing the buying process, improving cash management, and gaining an analytic edge on constantly improving processes through cloud-enabled automation.
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E-Commerce Without Borders - What It Takes to Cross Frontiers October 04, 2011 
Today's increasingly connected world makes it possible for anyone to transact and do business anywhere -- from anywhere. But just because we now increasingly live in a "global village," that doesn't mean place has become irrelevant. In fact, it matters more than ever.
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Trusting the Chain August 08, 2011
Let's examine The Open Group Trusted Technology Forum, also known as the "OTTF," is designed to help technology acquirers and buyers safely conduct global procurement and supply chain commerce. The security risk for many companies and organizations has only grown, even as these companies form essential partnerships and integral supplier relationships.
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The Holy Grail of Application Development July 11, 2011 
Recently we've explored some some major enterprise IT solutions, trends and innovations making news across HP's ecosystem of customers, partners, and developers. This enterprise case study discussion focuses on Seagate Technology, one of the world's largest manufacturers of rotating storage media hard-drive disks.
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Is Amazon Nimble Enough for Flash Sales? July 02, 2011 
Last month, e-commerce giant Amazon made a foray into the flash sales marketplace. With European flash sales stalwart Vente Privee entering the North American market, and with the tremendous growth of U.S. flash sales players like Gilt Groupe and Rue La La, it's clear that the flash sales sector is blossoming. Every week, there's a new startup or another round of funding.
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The IT Infrastructure Renaissance June 20, 2011 
This latest BriefingsDirect panel discussion on converged infrastructure and data center transformation explores the major news emerging from this month's HP Discover 2011 conference in Las Vegas. To put it all in context, a series of rapidly maturing trends around application types, cloud computing, mobility, and changing workforces is reshaping what high-performance and low-cost computing is about.
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An App Store of Your Own June 06, 2011 
As enterprises and most business users rapidly adopt smartphones and make them mission-critical to their work and lives, tablets are fast on their heels as a similar major disruptor. These fast-moving mobile trends together are also escalating demand for enterprise app stores.
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The Tremendous Transformative Powers of B2B E-Commerce June 01, 2011 
The development and adoption of e-commerce strategies for established businesses has become a given over the past few years. It seems appropriate to say that we have crossed a line where the question of, "Should a business have an e-commerce strategy?" has been replaced with, "When will a business have an e-commerce strategy?" or even with, "How many e-commerce sites can be leveraged as a part of the overall strategy?"
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Catching Up to the Shopper Revolution May 31, 2011 
It has been a wild ride for retailers these past few years. But when we look back, we won't be talking about the economy, the drive for lean inventory, or deep discounting. Rather, we will recognize the fundamental change that occurred was in the shopping process itself. Shoppers are often interacting with retailers in many channels at once.
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What It Will Take to Create a Social Supply Chain May 27, 2011 
I have a love-hate relationship with social media. I love platforms like Twitter and LinkedIn that let me keep up with people I truly value as friends and colleagues, even as we move on to new stages in our lives. I hate social media's potential for baring intimate details of your life with people you never really cared for, or never even met.
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Amazon Can Do IT - Why Can't You? March 26, 2011 
Those of us who have been around the IT block a few times have witnessed remarkable changes in hardware and software capabilities. The big ones are fairly obvious in hindsight: from mainframes to minicomputers in the 1960s; from minis to PCs in the 1980s; and from dumb terminals to client-server technology in the 1990s. For some of us, these shifts seemed like a big deal the first time we learned of them.
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