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4 smart technologies modernizing sourcing strategy

IBM Services

Sourcing is getting smarter. To start, many organizations have already pivoted from a tactical to a strategic sourcing mindset—which can make all the difference when it comes to gaining and retaining a competitive advantage. But now, the benefits of strategic sourcing are becoming even more attainable thanks to innovation.

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Mainframe and the cloud? It’s easy with open source

IBM Business Partners

Open-source software. DevOps, open source and the mainframe Open-source software and DevOps share a common philosophy and technical underpinnings. Tools-based automation is an important enabler, but DevOps is more a change in human perception and behavior than a technological effort. The key to this deep relationship?

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4 strategic sourcing use cases to strengthen your supply chain

IBM Services

For sourcing teams, that means pivoting their mindset around selecting suppliers from a tactical, lowest-cost-above-all approach to a strategic one. Where tactical sourcing is a short-term strategy, strategic sourcing is for long-term business goals. And from that group, 71% would pay a premium for it.

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How To Confidently Implement Automation Solutions

SEBPO

BLOG How To Confidently Implement Automation Solutions April 5, 2024 One of 2024’s hottest topics has been how to harness the combined power of automation and human expertise effectively. While this might be a new question to some, SEBPO has honed this approach for many clients over the last several years.

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Navigating the Shift to Next-Gen Customer Engagement Technology Products in the Life Sciences Sector | Blog

Everest Group

Discover the three emerging customer engagement layers in these platforms, the readiness of enterprises to adopt the latest solutions, and the factors to consider when selecting customer engagement technology in this blog. Reach out to us to discuss this topic further.

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IBM watsonx.ai: Open source, pre-trained foundation models make AI and automation easier than ever before

IBM Business Partners

Sometimes the problem with artificial intelligence (AI) and automation is that they are too labor intensive. But that’s all changing thanks to pre-trained, open source foundation models. Over the next few months, we’ll be making these models available for clients, alongside the open-source model catalog mentioned earlier.

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Linux and Hyland: Partnering for open source success

Hyland

We’re also a gold sponsor and attendee at the Linux Foundation’s Open Source Summit Europe , 13–16 September. Held in Dublin this year and available virtually, the Open Source Summit is the premier event for open source developers, technologists and community leaders. Hyland’s open source journey.

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