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ALSO CALLED: IT Vendors DEFINITION: A vendor (pronounced VEHN-duhr, from French vendre, meaning to sell) is any person or company that sells goods or services to somone else in the economic production chain. Parts manufacturers are vendors of parts to other manufacturers that assemble the parts into something sold to wholesalers or retailers. Retailers are vendors of products to consumers. (When you have a street fair, the people who … Definition continues below.
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The Forrester Wave™: E-Signatures, Q2 2013 sponsored by DocuSign, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This Forrester Wave report offers key insight into the e-signature marketplace. Inside, learn how leading vendors fulfill a wide range of e-signature requirements – including compliance, customer experience, and more – and identify the offering that best meets your business needs. Posted: 10 May 2013 \| Published: 29 Apr 2013 TOPICS: Content Management \| Electronic Signatures \| Enterprise Content Management \| Enterprise Content Management Software \| Sales \| Sales and Marketing Software \| Sales Force Automation \| Sales Order Management \| Tablet PC \| Transaction Processing Middleware \| Transaction Processing Services \| Vendor Selection \| Vendors

Magic Quadrant for Talent Management Suites sponsored by Cornerstone OnDemand WHITE PAPER: Consult this Magic Quadrant report from the experts at Gartner to gain insight into the talent management suite marketplace. Inside, find an overview of your talent management suite options, a comparison of vendor strengths and weaknesses, and more. Posted: 10 May 2013 \| Published: 14 Mar 2013 TOPICS: Benefits \| Employee Performance Management (EPM) \| Human Resources Management \| Human Resources Service Providers \| Human Resources Services \| Human Resources Software \| Incentive Management \| Incentive Management Software \| Recruiters \| Recruiting Services \| Talent Management \| Vendor Selection \| Vendors \| Workforce Management Software \| Workforce Planning

Making the Right Storage Choices: 10 Must-Ask Questions sponsored by Oracle Corporation UK Ltd WHITE PAPER: This brief guide will arm you with ten must ask questions you need to consider when reviewing your storage strategy. Posted: 03 May 2013 \| Published: 31 Dec 2011 TOPICS: Data Center Management \| Data Management \| Hardware \| High Availability \| Scalability Testing \| Software \| Storage Consolidation \| Storage Management \| Storage Systems \| Strategic Planning \| Vendor Selection \| Vendors

Business Intelligence. It's Better Here: Why the WebFOCUS BI Platform Beats the Competition sponsored by Information Builders WHITE PAPER: This resource offers guidance to help you navigate the business intelligence (BI) marketplace, and introduces a BI platform that can help meet your business needs. Also inside, find eight key motivators you should consider when choosing a BI tool. Posted: 30 Apr 2013 \| Published: 31 Dec 2012 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Intelligence Software \| Business Management \| Business Performance Management \| Data Analytics \| Data Governance \| Data Management \| Data Management Software \| Data Mining \| Data Mining Software \| Vendor Selection \| Vendors

How To Choose Between Generic and Industry-Specific ERP Systems sponsored by Epicor Software Corporation WHITE PAPER: This resource outlines eight tips that can help you simplify the enterprise resource planning (ERP) selection process and choose between a generic and industry-specific ERP platform. Posted: 24 Apr 2013 \| Published: 24 Apr 2013 TOPICS: Business Management \| Business Performance Management \| Enterprise Resource Management \| ERP \| ERP Software \| Industry Organizations \| Manufacturing Systems \| Vendor Selection \| Vendors

The Forrester Wave™: Human Resource Management Systems, Q1 2012 sponsored by Workday WHITE PAPER: In this report, Workday is named a leader among select companies in Human Resource Management by Forrester Research, Inc. Posted: 23 Apr 2013 \| Published: 25 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Human Resources Management \| Human Resources Service Providers \| Human Resources Services \| Human Resources Software \| SaaS ERP \| Software as a Service \| Talent Management \| Vendor Selection \| Vendors \| Workforce Management Software \| Workforce Planning

CW Special Report on HP sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com WHITE PAPER: This 12 page special report from Computer Weekly gives you the facts on HP, its strategy, products and services and financial performance. Posted: 23 Mar 2013 \| Published: 22 Mar 2013 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Infrastructure Services \| IT Management \| IT Management Services \| Laptop Computers \| Networking Hardware \| Personal Computers \| Print Management Services \| Printers \| Security Hardware \| Security Software \| Server Appliances \| Server Hardware \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Appliances \| Storage Devices \| Storage Hardware \| Vendor Selection \| Vendors \| Virtual Machine

The Forrester Wave: Application Life-cycle Management Q4 2012 sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: In this 116-criteria evaluation, the experts at Forrester identify, analyze, and score the nine most significant application lifecycle management (ALM) vendors in the marketplace today. Read on to learn more. Posted: 05 Mar 2013 \| Published: 23 Oct 2012 TOPICS: Application Development \| Application Life-Cycle Management \| Application Life-Cycle Management Software \| Application Performance Management \| Software Development Life-Cycles \| Software Development Methodologies \| Software Development Tools \| Software Project Management \| Software Testing \| Vendor Selection \| Vendors

Gartner Report - Critical Capabilities for Enterprise Endpoint Backup sponsored by Druva Software WHITE PAPER: This document provides detailed stack ranking of 11 endpoint backupproducts against 12 critical capabilities and across two use cases. Userscan use this research to narrow down their enterprise endpoint backup product shortlist. Posted: 12 Nov 2012 \| Published: 09 Nov 2012 TOPICS: Backup Software \| Backups \| Data Security \| Endpoint Security \| Vendor Selection \| Vendors

Vendor Management: Reduce Complexity for Your Clients sponsored by ConnectWise WHITE PAPER: Learn how developing a vendor management service offering can create a new revenue stream for your business and reduce complexity for your clients. This essential white paper provides seven steps to help you get started. Posted: 25 Apr 2012 \| Published: 24 Apr 2012 TOPICS: Business Management \| Business of Information Technology \| Business Service Management \| Channel Management \| Channel Management Software \| Vendor Selection \| Vendors

Gartner: The future of videoconferencing sponsored by ComputerWeekly.com WHITE PAPER: With a transition to new endpoints, capabilities and services, changes are on thehorizon for videoconferencing, and the emphasis is now shifting to improvingendpoint coverage and adding reach. Posted: 21 Oct 2011 \| Published: 01 Sep 2010 TOPICS: Vendors \| Videoconferences \| Videoconferencing Services \| Videoconferencing Systems

Remote Vendor Access: Not All Access Should Be Treated Equally sponsored by Quest Software, now a part of Dell WHITE PAPER: This white paper explains why Remote Vendor Access (RVA) should not be treated the same as traditional remote access for employees. Explore how a new set of remote access requirements can ensure that your enterprise remains in step with both compliance regulations and security expectations. Posted: 10 Sep 2012 \| Published: 10 Sep 2012 TOPICS: Compliance (Systems Operations) \| Compliance Best Practices \| Remote Access Security \| Remote Computing \| Remote Users \| Risk Assessment \| Risk Management \| Security \| Security Best Practices \| Security Management \| Security Policies \| Security Threats \| Vendor Selection \| Vendors \| Virus Protection

Market Overview: Private Cloud Solutions, Q2 2011 sponsored by Dell, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This white paper examines the current market for cloud computing. Access survey results from your peers and learn how to differentiate between various vendor offerings. Posted: 18 Jun 2012 \| Published: 20 May 2011 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Cloud Management \| Private Cloud \| Private cloud computing \| Surveys \| Vendor Selection \| Vendors

CIO Quickpulse: Drivers for Enterprise Virtualization Diversification sponsored by Red Hat WHITE PAPER: Considering adopting second-vendor virtualization to increase diversity, data center power and agility? This resource describes the appeal of open source solutions over proprietary vendor solutions. Posted: 25 May 2012 \| Published: 25 May 2012 TOPICS: Linux \| Open Source \| Server Consolidation \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| Vendor Selection \| Vendors

Gartner Magic Quadrant: Selecting a vendor sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: The demand for greater ecommerce capabilities is growing leading CIOs and IT professionals concerned with choosing the perfect vendor. Through this in-depth vendor analysis by Gartner, uncover the top 6 questions you should ask and the strengths and weaknesses of the top 20 e-commerce vendors. Posted: 17 May 2012 \| Published: 03 Nov 2011 TOPICS: Business IT Alignment \| Business Management \| Business Process Management \| Business Process Management Software \| CIOs \| eCommerce \| eCommerce Services \| Vendor Selection \| Vendors

Doing Business with Comstor sponsored by Comstor WHITE PAPER: Learn more about Comstor, a leader in Cisco product distribution and an established provider of networking and advanced technology solutions. Posted: 01 Feb 2012 \| Published: 27 Jan 2012 TOPICS: Certification Programs \| Channel Management \| Distribution \| Marketing \| Networking \| Vendor Selection \| Vendors

HP Proliant DL980, Intel Xeon, and Vmware vSphere 5 SAP Performance Analysis sponsored by HP WHITE PAPER: Access this resource to review the results of ESG Lab that tested the performance and scalability of the HP ProLiant DL980 server powered by Intel Xeon processors, running SAP with VMware vSphere 5. Posted: 26 Oct 2011 \| Published: 25 Oct 2011 TOPICS: Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| Server Virtualization Software \| Vendors \| Virtual Machine Migration \| VMware

If it's Just a Disk, Why the Reliability Gap Between Vendors? sponsored by Nexsan WHITE PAPER: If all storage array vendors buy disk drives from the same small set of disk manufacturers then why is there such a big reliability gap between storage vendors? This white paper seeks to gain insight into this question. Posted: 23 Sep 2011 \| Published: 23 Sep 2011 TOPICS: Disk Storage Systems \| Enterprise \| Fibre Channel \| Storage Infrastructure \| Vendors

ESG: Market Landscape Report: Storage Tiering sponsored by DataCore Software Corporation WHITE PAPER: It's almost impossible to conduct a conversation with a storage vendor without raising the topic of "storage tiering." Along with "virtualisation" and "cloud," it's one of those de rigueur phrases. And, like those other two, storage tiering suffers from an over-exposure that can assume familiarity and understanding where it does not exist. Posted: 19 Sep 2011 \| Published: 19 Sep 2011 TOPICS: Cloud Storage \| Disk Storage Systems \| Solid State Disks \| Storage Capacity \| Storage Management \| Storage Virtualization \| Tape Backups \| Tiered Storage \| Vendors

Single Vendor Network: Myth or Reality sponsored by Avaya WHITE PAPER: This white paper presents an analysis conducted by Gartner of hundreds of clients discussing why they introduced a second vendor into their network infrastructure, and the impact it has on operational costs. Posted: 14 Jun 2011 \| Published: 14 Jun 2011 TOPICS: Network Architectures \| Network Infrastructure \| Network Management \| Networking \| TCO \| Vendors

IBM Inspires Customer Delight by Consistently Meeting High Customer Expectations for Product and Service Integrity sponsored by IBM and Intel WHITE PAPER: In Technology Business Research’s 3Q10 x86-based Server Customer Satisfaction Study, based on the views of 481 IT decision-makers in North America, IBM earned its fifth straight No. 1 ranking and its fourth consecutive singular (unshared) top ranking. Read this retrospective analysis to learn more. Posted: 07 Jun 2011 \| Published: 07 Jun 2011 TOPICS: Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Hardware \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Management \| Vendor Selection \| Vendors

Staying aloft in tough times - Why smart innovative businesses are turning to cloud computing sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Explore how cloud computing from IBM can answer these needs with a highly automated, dynamic alternative for the acquisition and delivery of IT services. Posted: 20 May 2011 \| Published: 20 May 2011 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) \| IT Infrastructure \| Private Cloud \| Public Cloud \| Security \| Vendors

Getting cloud computing right sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: Cloud computing can potentially be a disruptive change to the way an enterprise’s IT services are delivered. We propose that examining a candidate cloud solution provider’s reference architecture should be a standard element of a CIO’s cloud vendor evaluation strategy. Learn more now. Posted: 03 May 2011 \| Published: 04 May 2011 TOPICS: Applications Management \| Cloud Computing \| Cloud Storage \| Server Provisioning \| Vendor Selection \| Vendors

Magic Quadrant for Data Warehouse Database Management Systems (Gartner) sponsored by Teradata WHITE PAPER: The data warehouse DBMS market is undergoing a transformation, including many acquisitions, as vendors adapt data warehouses to support the modern business intelligence and analytic workload requirements of users. This document compares 16 vendors, including IBM & Netezza, to help customers find the right one for their needs. Posted: 11 Apr 2011 \| Published: 11 Apr 2011 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Data Analytics \| Data Management \| Data Mining \| Data Warehouses \| Database Performance Management \| Databases \| Market Research \| Vendor Selection \| Vendors

Choosing a Cloud Provider with Confidence sponsored by GeoTrust, Inc. WHITE PAPER: The goal of this paper is to help enterprises make decisions about where and when to use cloud solutions by outlining issues that enterprises should raise with hosting providers before selecting a vendor, and by highlighting ways in which SSL from a trusted certificate authority can help enterprises conduct business in the cloud with confidence. Posted: 02 Feb 2011 \| Published: 02 Feb 2011 TOPICS: Cloud Computing \| Compliance Best Practices \| Data Loss Prevention (DLP) \| Database Security \| Enterprise Content Management \| Regulatory Compliance \| SSL \| Vendors

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VENDORS DEFINITION (continued): … A vendor (pronounced VEHN-duhr, from French vendre, meaning to sell) is any person or company that sells goods or services to somone else in the economic production chain. Parts manufacturers are vendors of parts to other manufacturers that assemble the parts into something sold to wholesalers or retailers. Retailers are vendors of products to consumers. (When you have a street fair, the people who set up booths and tables are often referred to as vendors.) In information technology as well as in other industries, the term is commonly applied to suppliers of goods and services to other companies. A machine that takes your money and gives you a product is known as a vending machine.
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