For too many organizations, the accumulating piles of decaying PCs and spare parts are becoming intolerable, and it's time for a refresh. While some of your PCs may have survived the recession of 2009, your old request for proposals (RFP) template almost certainly did not. New trends in desk-side computing beckon a change to traditional sourcing practices. Forrester sees leading sourcing organizations reaching out to the market in different ways compared to their last refresh cycle — ways that anticipate the company's strategy to transform its legacy computing environment. Strategic sourcing professionals can create a resolute RFP that defines and prepares their organization for the future by following several best practices.