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3 Ways Sourcing Professionals Can Proactively Address Risk

Sarah Holliman

With so many avenues for entry, managing risk has become everyone’s job , and the sourcing organization is front and center as their direct relationship with third parties increasingly puts them in the driver’s seat. Data breaches provide a good example. And many make headline news. Consistency.

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Services Delivery Risk in Ukraine and the CEE Region Rises Amid Conflict with Russia | Blog

Everest Group

The recent crisis between Russia and Ukraine dates back to 2014 when Russia annexed the Ukrainian peninsula, Crimea, and backed pro-Russian separatists in the eastern Donbas region. During the 2014-15 conflict, most companies had already diversified the risks of operating in Ukraine to a large extent.

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5 Biggest Cyber-Attacks & How Much Did It Cost Companies?

31 West

Verizon dug into Yahoo’s records during due diligence for the acquisition in 2014 and discovered the data breach. As per the record, hackers hit Yahoo twice, first in 2013 and second in late 2014. Companies can choose either paid or open source software tools. Yahoo - The most records stolen. Yahoo - The repeat offender.

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How To Manage Third-Party Supplier Spend And Increase Profitability

Obobo

The average company spends 70% of its revenue on third-party suppliers and effective management of third-party spend can on average release savings of 7-14% and have a direct impact on the bottom line ( Strategic cost reduction through Procurement – PwC, 2014 ). As an example: A company’s annual turnover is £2.1

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The history of Kubernetes

IBM Services

When it comes to modern IT infrastructure, the role of Kubernetes —the open-source container orchestration platform that automates the deployment, management and scaling of containerized software applications (apps) and services—can’t be underestimated.

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How To Improve Profitability by Managing Third-Party Spend

Obobo

It is estimated that 70% of a company’s revenue is spent with third parties, and that effective management of third party spend can result in savings of between 7 and 12%, improving the bottom line (Strategic cost reduction through procurement – PwC, 2014). As an example: Company A has annual turnover of £2.1

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Disruptive Questions in an Exponential World

Sarah Holliman

In one of the breakout sessions at the SU Global Summit, Neil Jacobstein shared that the Amazon Echo (known as “Alexa”) launched in September 2014 with 15 skills. If you have an Amazon Echo, you can readily see this in action. In a year and a half that number grew to 135 and by the end of Q2 2017, it had developed 15,000 skills.

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