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CKS Benelux and Ivalua partner with Punch Powertrain to digitalise strategic sourcing

ivalua

The Strategic Sourcing modules of Ivalua allow Punch Powertrain buyers to define Purchasing needs collaboratively, consolidate the tendering documents and ease costing by suppliers (cost breakdown files, dialogue with the projects on technical feasibility).

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Governments need to plan for the entire product lifecycle when they purchase technology today

American City & Country

Cross-departmental collaboration and scalable solutions are important to maximizing ROI and adapting to changing citizen demands within budget constraints.” Consider the total cost of ownership, not just upfront costs. Conduct rigorous vendor vetting, with an emphasis on reliability and long-term support.

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5 best practices for accelerating research computing with AWS

AWS Public Sector

The cloud is accelerating research insights by reducing data analysis and processing times, enabling researchers worldwide to collaborate on solving universal problems from drug discovery to climate challenges. How can we maintain open and collaborative research networks, while also meeting security and compliance regulations?

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Singapore’s EVe harnesses the power of data with help from NTT DATA, AWS

AWS Public Sector

This shift enhances cash flow dynamics and contributes to a notable reduction in the total cost of ownership for EVe. Under the SaaS model introduced by NTT DATA, the conventional Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) is replaced with Operational Expenditure (OPEX).

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What You Need to Know When Migrating to the Cloud

GovLoop

Agencies often anticipate running into challenges with some issues, such as security and access management, that prove to be fairly straightforward, while other issues, such as data protection and total cost of ownership, turn out to be more complex than expected. But even then, it must be a collaborative effort.

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Evolution of the Status Quo

The Procurement School

We can achieve cost confidence by utilizing progressive project delivery models that involve design and construction project partners very early, and by engaging in transparent collaboration. Labor Cost and Availability Initially, for the construction sector, material costs and extended lead times were the greatest concerns.

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Migrate and modernize public sector applications using containers and serverless

AWS Public Sector

Building modern applications in AWS helps customers with increased innovation, speed, reliability, scalability, and security while lowering total cost of ownership (TCO). Amazon EKS and Amazon ECS allow for straightforward deployment and management of virtual classrooms, collaboration tools, and learning management systems (LMS).