Cloud

TOMS Shoes has selected GT Nexus to provide the cloud supply chain technology platform to support global sourcing and import operations at the rapidly growing footwear and eye wear company.

With a mix of users accessing your applications from a variety of mobile and PC devices, from a variety of interfaces, and across a variety of networks, how do you validate the performance of your applications?

See the story of how HPs Security Analytics helped The University of Nottingham to gain a real understanding of the risks that this global University faces.

Companies are facing serious external challenges while managing aging IT infrastructures and applications portfolios. To decrease costs and risks while increasing flexibility and innovation, many are turning to cloud and mobile technologies.

E2open today announced the availability of E2 Planning & Response version 11.2, which includes improved “what-if” scenario and simulation capabilities, network planning visualization and analytics, and certified SAP adapters.

This white paper is presented in the context of these dynamics. By reading it, you’ll learn more about the cloud proposition and gain a business perspective of what it means to consume software in the cloud.

Software AG announced the results of a customer technology adoption survey carried out at its ProcessWorld 2012 event in Florida. The results confirm the software market is at an inflection point with the widespread adoption of Big Data, Cloud, Mobile, Collaborative and Business Process Management (BPM) technologies over the coming 24 months.

Ipswitch File Transfer, the trusted secure-file- transfer choice of IT for over 20 years, announces the availability of MOVEit™ Cloud and MOVEit™ Ad Hoc Transfer. MOVEit Cloud is the first enterprise-class, cloud-based, Managed File Transfer solution that makes file transfer with partners, customers, employees, and applications easy and secure.

What happens when employees go around IT and use their own Dropbox-like services, webmail or USB drives to send company information?

The latest Aberdeen research survey on the Big Data dilemma conducted in May 2012 indicates that only 16% of companies are confident in their ability to manage the size, speed and complexity of their active business data.

From intelligently micro-segmenting their products to creating continuous inventory process improvements, few businesses have the capabilities and vision to transform their inventory into a competitive advantage.

With the cloud, every handoff is automatically recorded, and everyone involved can see it—the manufacturers and suppliers, the freight companies, the truck dispatchers, and the buyer.

Bryn Heimbeck, president of Trade Tech, explains how his company's technology allows shippers and forwarders to streamline their sales, operations and accounting processes.

Japan’s Advance Filing Rules require vessel operators and NVOCCs to electronically submit detailed information on maritime container cargoes at least 24 hours before departure of the vessel from a port of loading. Japan’s 24-hour rule mirrors requirements already in place for the US, Canada, Mexico and the European Union.

UPS enhances its global ocean and air freight forwarding product, UPS Supplier Management, with the introduction of UPS Order Watch, a cloud-based technology platform that allows customers to more efficiently collaborate with international suppliers and better manage their inbound supply chains.

Maersk Line, the world's largest ocean container shipping company, has contracted with GT Nexus to provide Maersk Line’s customers with advanced e-commerce capabilities.

Motorola Solutions partnered with E2open to design and build a strategic solution for seamless information sharing, exception handling, and closed-loop process management. Chad Werkema of Motorola Solutions discusses the importance of supply chain execution to business success.

E2open's Andrew Atkinson discusses the emergence of a new type of solution that is able to extend existing investments in ERP systems while also facilitating multi-enterprise visibility and collaboration.

An organization’s decision to move IT to the cloud is daunting because it is a wholesale change in sourcing and delivery of solutions. This report is based on the views of 1,242 IT professionals surveyed by CDW. It explores what drives the shift to the cloud, what types of applications organizations are taking to the cloud and what benefits (beyond cost savings) they are achieving.

CDW’s first Cloud Computing Tracking Poll surveyed 1,200 IT professionals in U.S. organizations* to determine: Where organizations are with cloud adoption, What benefits are driving adoption, What challenges still hinder progress, Recommendations for how organizations can successfully implement cloud computing.