Ars Technica’s Sean Gallagher writes that researchers at Rapid7 Labs discovered the availability of data that allows the tracking of ship movements (34,00 ships at sea) and can pinpoint ships…
New Gartner Report: Software License Order Forms
Gartner’s Joseph Neapolitan and Jane B. Disbrow have just published a new report entitled “Protect Your Software Investment by Negotiating Order Forms Vigilantly to Avoid Conflict with the Master Agreement.”…
ThomasNet.com Launches IMT Procurement Journal
ThomasNet.com has launched IMT Procurement Journal for industrial and manufacturing products/services purchasing and procurement professionals. IMT stands for “industry marketing trends.” The journal offers “original news briefs, ‘best of the web’…
The Rock Star Analyst Model
In a recent article, Phil Fersht, founder of HfS Research, laments about the decline of the “rock star analyst” model, once used by big ticket analyst firms. He notes the…
Is the Contract Manager Role in Decline?
Tim Cummins, CEO of the International Association for Contract & Commercial Management (IACCM), raises his concern about the declining role of contract managers (even though recent interviews with Global 250…
The Trend to Move Manufacturing to Cambodia
Strategic Sourceror just published a post discussing how companies are beginning to move factories away from China and are favoring other Asian countries, such as Cambodia, for their offshore operations.…
White House Procurement Chief Says Contractor Performance Not Effectively Reviewed
Jill R. Aitoro, reporter for Washington Business Journal, writes that Joe Jordan, administrator of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, has indicated that agencies are failing to effectively review contractor performance…
LinkedIn Revamps Search Engine Feature
April Holmes (Beyond Search) picked up a Computerworld article that reports LinkedIn has changed its search engine feature to make finding information about other professionals, companies, jobs and groups easier for members. “Now…
Pew: The Most Desired Skills Will Be….
Stephen’s Lighthouse blog picked up a great article that covers Pew survey results featuring what the most-desired skills of 2020 will be… Here are some highlights: “Internet literacy was mentioned by many people.…
Gartner: Demonstrate IT Procurement’s Value
A new Gartner research report entitled “Demonstrate IT Procurement’s Business Value and Prevent Bypass by Avoiding These Common Pitfalls” by analyst Guriq Sedha stresses the need for IT procurement directors “to…