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Cloud basics: Iterative development and the CIO's quest for value

Cloud basics: Iterative development and the CIO’s quest for value

By Michael Krigsman on July 11, 2012

The nature of cloud development can help CIOs climb higher on the business value chain.

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Chief information officer, CIO, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Value chain

Deltek to Acquire INPUT, Extends Its Reach in the Government Contracting Value Chain

Deltek to Acquire INPUT, Extends Its Reach in the Government Contracting Value Chain

By Michael Fauscette on September 30, 2010

Today Deltek announced its intent to acquire market research firm INPUT. INPUT, originally founded in 1974 as an IT market research firm has, since 2000, focused on delivering market and opportunity intelligence to IT public sector contractors and agencies. The deal is expected to close Oct 1, 2010. INPUT offers government contractors (GovCon) sales and […]

Posted in Business | Tagged acquisition, Deltek, INPUT, M&A, networks, proj, social business, Value chain

The Middle Market Is Bipolar!

The Middle Market Is Bipolar!

By Naomi Bloom on June 7, 2010

Metaphor For Complexity We often do things in human resource management not because they’re important but because they’re needed and easy to do.  A glaring example is the way in which HRM software vendors and outsourcing providers describe their target markets — and the way, by reflection, in which those same organizations describe themselves.  The […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged enterprise software, HRM Software, Human resource management, Human resources, Labour economics, Market Segmentation, Value chain, Vocabulary Shapes Our Thinking

Spend Matters, Live From ISM on Wednesday: Supply Risk Management Solution Analysis Session (Part 1)

Spend Matters, Live From ISM on Wednesday: Supply Risk Management Solution Analysis Session (Part 1)

By Jason Busch on April 26, 2010

This Wednesday at 9:00 AM PDT at ISM, I’ll be co-presenting with Sherry Gordon, a Spend Matters contributor and president of the Value Chain Group. Our session is titled “Understanding and Choosing Supply Risk Solutions: Software, Content and Analytics.” The two of us spent quite a bit of time analyzing the supply risk solution landscape […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Business, ISM, performance management, Risk management, spend analysis, supplier information management, Value chain

Business Partner Optimization: The Third Pillar of Social Business Design

Business Partner Optimization: The Third Pillar of Social Business Design

By Jevon MacDonald on April 23, 2010

We choose business partners because of their competency, resources and reliability. They become a critical lynchpin in delivering value to the customer. Whether it is a strategic R&D partner or an independent truck driver moving your good across the continent, isn’t it time to think about those relationships in a Social Business Design light? Some […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Business, Business partner, Business Partner Optimization, Dachis Group, Strategic management, strategy, Value chain

Customer Ownership: Relationship? Conversation? Simply Put. SCRM is not VRM. Simple Being the Operative Principle

Customer Ownership: Relationship? Conversation? Simply Put. SCRM is not VRM. Simple Being the Operative Principle

By Paul Greenberg on April 17, 2010

This is meant to be a simple post.  Flat out, I want to say that there is a difference between “ the customer’s control of the conversation” and “customer’s owning the relationship.”  Because there is a discussion that I see looming on the “ownership of the relationship” I’d like to clarify my thinking at the […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Business, SCRM, Social network, Value chain, Vendor Relationship Management, VRM | 1 Response

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