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GAG Pooling: What Is It, Challenges, and Benefits

Planergy Software

How strategic sourcing, cost management, and cost avoidance strategies can be applied to indirect spend. Instead, the MAT leadership redistributes the pooled funds across schools based on strategic priorities and individual school needs. How to gain visibility and control of your indirect spend. Top Slice vs.

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Data center consolidation: Strategy and best practices

IBM Services

At its core, data consolidation efforts are a fairly straightforward activity that start with gathering organizational data from various sources. By reducing the number of data centers and other forms of outdated storage systems, an organization stands to substantially lower its operational costs. What isn’t?