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6 best practices for better vendor management

CIO

And how well an IT leader deals with and orchestrates vendor relationships can mean the difference between a well-organized and efficient IT operation and a mess that costs an organization millions of dollars without delivering positive results. Here are several key tips for making the most of vendor relationships.

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10 cloud strategy questions every IT leader must answer

CIO

To maintain the cloud-like experience for users, security must be embedded throughout the cloud-native software development and cloud architecture,” says Upchurch. Organizations also need nontechnical skills such as cloud financial management and cloud optimization, Nathan says.

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5 ways to measure and improve your QA Effectiveness; is your vendor up to the mark?

Trigent

The performance of software development can be measured by the difficulty and amount of code committed in a given sprint. Measuring the effectiveness of QA is harder when its success is measured by the lack of problems in software application deployment to production. If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it. Escaped bugs.

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IT Leaders’ Top 5 Outsourcing Headaches

Seerene

Since outsourcers don’t publish any kind of standard metrics, you can’t really compare apples to apples. Vendor selections are typically based on hourly rates or perceived customer satisfaction, which is influenced more by the provider’s marketing and account management than by impartial data. Measuring outsourcing value.

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Don’t Let Strategic Debt Suffocate Your Organization

GreenBar

He was losing sleep about his company’s challenges arising from: Poor vendor management A hodgepodge of tech that wouldn’t scale Inability to keep up with new leads Stagnant R&D Lack of focus A week later I found myself in a similar conversation, this time with a VP of Engineering looking for an outside perspective.

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Supply chain management software, operations, processes, and roles

Altexsoft

At all stages of procurement, e-sourcing solutions use analytical tools to sort through document sent by suppliers, draw and process essential information, verify compliance of a vendor with business requirements, compare prices and other metrics, and highlight unsuitable proposals. Invitation to tender (ITT). eAuction.

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12 strategic tips CIOs can learn from tech vendor CTOs

CIO

CIOs are increasingly doing more software development and technology-focused work as part of their digital transformations, making the adage “every company is a software company” more of a truism with each digital wave. Moving to this mindset brings a lot to the table, even beyond software development, Porter adds. “It