Tag: supply chain

September 14, 2023

Cloud isn’t a panacea for all that ails IT. Scalable infrastructure, on-demand compute and a menu of additional tools and services stoked enterprise appetite for the technology. Most executives are pleased with the results. Indeed, 9 in 10 respondents said […]

April 14, 2023

It’s a familiar scene in 2023. A CIO nervously presents the cloud migration status to the board of directors. After a quick flip through a dozen or so PowerPoint slides and a review of the budget that supports the projects, […]

December 1, 2022

Security researchers recently probed IBM Cloud’s database-as-a-service infrastructure and found several security issues that granted them access to the internal server used to build database images for customer deployments. The demonstrated attack highlights some common security oversights that can lead […]

June 27, 2022

Data has been crowned “king” and is frequently compared to the new “oil” and “gold” because of its ability to be mined and monetized to generate additional value and revenue streams for businesses. Data continues to grow in terms of […]

December 20, 2021

Messaging services vendor Interop Technologies runs three data centers to provide services to customers and to run its own back-office systems. Interop also provides turnkey hardware/software solutions that run at customer sites. Pandemic-related hardware shortages, particularly those of servers and […]

November 10, 2021

Cloud is still a buzzword, and for good reason: It’s changing the way all businesses, but especially supply chain management, work. In “Innovation Driven Resilience,” the 2021 MHI Annual Industry Report, MHI and Deloitte surveyed more than 1,000 supply chain […]

September 14, 2021

Google Cloud on Tuesday launched Supply Chain Twin, a service that helps organizations leverage data from disparate sources to better understand their physical supply chain. The cloud company is also launching the Supply Chain Pulse module to provide supply chain […]

September 10, 2021

Over the last 18 months, the world has entered into a state of hyper-digitization as remote working, supply chain resilience and cybersecurity has taken over and driven the business economy. Estimates today suggest between five and ten years’ worth of […]

June 15, 2021

Something you need out of stock? From bicycle parts to a single chip needed to complete a new car or truck, supply chain disruptions are killing many businesses—as well as impacting the consumers who use those businesses. In 2020, the […]

April 7, 2021

Accenture said Wednesday that it has acquired Core Compete, a cloud analytics firm focused on the supply chain, retail and financial services industries. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Accenture plans to merge Core Compete’s team of more […]

February 3, 2020

Every stage and function across a global supply chain is critical, given that a failure of any link in the chain can disrupt the overall process. That said, inventory management is arguably among the most consequential of supply chain functions. […]