Creating a mature vendor management function is a critical activity for most organizations today, Allen says, as commodity IT capabilities are typically outsourced and represent on average 20% to ...

Vendor management is nothing new for most IT organizations. Progressive IT functions have built up their vendor governance capabilities for years. But the vendor management function today is being ...

Every company has different structures for managing vendors that hinge on where to centralize and decentralize power. Decentralization can give employees the space to act more independently and gain ...

Effective vendor management could be considered as important as any internal technology, service management, or program management capability. Written by Jonathan Shaw, Pace Harmo , Contributor ...

Historically, vendor management teams built strong skill sets in acquiring services at low/competitive unit-cost prices and measuring vendor performance. But the world changed, and there is a ...

Vanta, the leading AI-powered trust management platform, today announced the acquisition of Riskey, a pioneer in real-time ...

With compelling capabilities and deep expertise, Insight creates IT solutions to help innovate and optimize operations to run smarter. For years, sourcing, procurement, and vendor management (SPVM ...

Microsoft cloud products management tools vendor Nerdio is expanding its capabilities further into the Microsoft “modern work” portfolio while introducing a per-customer, per-tenant pricing ...

Mobile capabilities such as barcode scanning and remote asset management via the mobile app. Life cycle tracking from initial procurement to final retirement. Contract and vendor management tools ...

Security vendor Tripwire develops technology to take on security event and log management, while Ipswitch’s network management division WhatsUp Gold acquires Dorian Software to address customer ...

An all-encompassing vendor management program goes beyond and accounts for factors such as capacity, contingency plans, and vendor capabilities. In the case of critical vendors, a multidisciplinary ...