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Supply chain visibility in the energy and utilities industry

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For the energy and utilities industry (E&U), time is not on their side. Equipment-heavy and reliant on an aging infrastructure, E&U clients suffer from costly supply chain disruptions as wear, tear and time take their toll. But with the right tools, tactics and collaboration, it doesn’t have to be this way.

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Types of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems

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The fast-paced business world we live in today requires smart tools to manage a business’s operations and everyday needs. ERP solutions are built to meet the needs of organizations across multiple industries including retail, consumer products, industrial, energy and utilities and government (including defense).

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Public cloud use cases: 10 ways organizations are leveraging public cloud

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Multi-tenant hosting allows cloud service providers to maximize utilization of their data centers and infrastructure resources to offer services at much lower costs than a company-owned, on-premises data center. Public cloud service models Today’s cloud providers offer hundreds of managed services and tools across four main categories.

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