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The Rise of Cloud Marketplaces as a Procurement Channel for Software, SAAS, and Services Solutions | Blog

Everest Group

Our survey of procurement professionals reveals that, along with maximizing the value of unused spend commitments, cloud marketplaces are increasingly favored as a sourcing and purchasing channel for their ability to streamline acquisition and accelerate time-to-market.

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ESG in Services: What Sourcing Teams Must Know to Do More | Webinar

Everest Group

ESG in Services: What Sourcing Teams Must Know to Do More. While environmental, social, and governance (ESG) objectives have been important to sourcing teams for years, most efforts have focused on the materials supply chain or smaller, less strategic suppliers. December 7, 2021 |. 9 AM CST | 10 AM EST | 3 PM GMT | 8:30 PM IST.

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Is Your IT Sourcing Program Up to Speed? Here’s How to Get There | Webinar

Everest Group

Is Your IT Sourcing Program Up to Speed? It’s well-known that IT sourcing has become all about spending wisely and thoroughly evaluating internal budgets; yet, digitalization, cloud migration, a talent-constrained environment, and shifting software licensing terms are only driving increased spend. LIVE WEBINAR. March 29, 2022 |.

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Managing Change in the Era of AI Disruption: How to Lead, Adapt, and Thrive | Blog

Everest Group

Exhibit 1: This matrix can be used to identify the current AI maturity level of enterprises Bridging the AI readiness gap Organizations embarking on AI transformation face a clear fork in the road: will AI be a driver of innovation or a source of disruption? The difference often lies in having a clear strategy.

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Log4j, Open Source Maintenance, And Why SBOMs Are Critical Now

Forrester Digital Transformation

Forrester already released a blog on responding to Log4j, but beyond the immediate (and mid-term) response issues, there are some longer term risk management and community considerations – specifically open source support, maintenance, and risk. The fact of the […].

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From Buzzwords to Reality: Impact Sourcing and AI for Social and Business Advancement | Blog

Everest Group

NextWealth leverages impact sourcing to drive business growth and create social impact with a unique three-pillar approach focused on talent, technology, and training. Discover the transformative power of impact sourcing firsthand through Everest Group’s sustainability teams’ eye-opening visit to the NextWealth center in India.

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The Sustainability Standoff: Industry Players, Regulators, and the Carbon Question of AI | Blog

Everest Group

In our previous blogs, we have explored the stakeholder ecosystem for gen AIs sustainability technology providers, service providers, and enterprises and why Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) must remain central to its development. Take Googles data center project in Chile, which was expected to consume 7.6