No more waves of hardware and software procurement cycles, or nights bolting servers into racks in the data center.

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Last week, Jeremiah Owyang released an Altimeter Group report reinforcing proliferation risks, offering ways to address problems through more informed social software procurement, planning and implementation.

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In addition, agencies will notify JFMIP that a core financial management software procurement is planned - - preferably prior to, or in the early phases of, acquisition planning.

WHITEHOUSE: Circular No. A-127 -- Transmittal Memorandum No. 2 (Financial Management Systems) | The White House

Agencies may purchase this software using the strategy and procurement vehicle they believe will best enable them to meet their needs in a timely and effective manner following the competition requirements associated with the procurement vehicle being used to conduct the acquisition.

WHITEHOUSE: Circular No. A-127 -- Transmittal Memorandum No. 2 (Financial Management Systems) | The White House

Workday sells software to manage employee data, time tracking, procurement, expense management and financial accounting.

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Military procurement has long been driven by cost and availability of additional software--two measures where Macintosh computers have typically come up short against Windows-based PCs.

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