This IT Skills Gap Kit brings together the latest information, coverage of important developments, and expert commentary to help you close the Skills Gap. Defining the Skills Gap and Building a Cloud Foundation Team – The first part of the kit defines what characterizes the skills gap, how it formed, and why it is proving so difficult to close. Then […]

Benchmark Report on VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer Moving from appliance-based load balancers to software-defined VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancers could enable your organization to modernize load balancing services with efficient use of standard computing infrastructure and reduce overprovisioning. For enterprises moving to software-defined data centers, the combination of VMware NSX Advanced Load Balancer deployed on servers with Intel Xeon […]

Should You Onshore or Near-shore Your Supply Chain? The coronavirus crisis has exposed the lack of visibility many organizations had into their offshore suppliers and manufacturers, leading to a call for greater supply chain resilience and traceability. This paper will cover the benefits of localizing a supply chain—in this case, to North America—major costs to consider, potential barriers to relocation […]

For most businesses, the supply chain is not only the primary cost center but one of the most challenging aspects of running a profitable operation. This ebook will examine the role of inventory management in each step of the supply chain and share best practices for how businesses can use inventory management to optimize operations.

Signs that this year’s holiday season will be different already abound. Walmart made the surprising decision to close all its stores on Thanksgiving Day the first time since the 1980s. Amidst the uncertainty, retailers still need to prepare. Download this white paper to learn the methods, strategies and tactics retailers should consider this holiday season while:• Ensuring online channels are […]

When it comes to managing a services business, few topics generate as much interest—and controversy—as the topic of Metrics. Whether the question is what to measure or how to measure it, it can be challenging to reach consensus within a single team environment, much less at departmental and organizational levels. Find out key perspectives on metrics that matter most to […]

Based on results from the thirteenth annual Professional Services Maturity™ benchmark survey, SPI Research has named the 2020 Best-of-the-Best Professional Services Organizations (PSOs). SPI’s extensive annual survey, the 2019 PS Maturity™ Benchmark, revealed top performers are far more likely to deliver projects on-time to satisfied clients than average firms. The Best-of-the-Best delivered 93.9% of their projects on time compared to […]

When an unprecedented 10-year economic expansion came to a grinding halt in early 2020, a lot of companies were left scrambling to adjust their business processes, workforces and supply chains. Disruptive forces like trade wars, Brexit, global labor shortages and rising tariffs were already impacting multiple industries before COVID-19. Yet, it doesn’t take a global pandemic to turn a company […]