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Thought Leadership Archive
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Build or Buy:
The Dashboard Dilemma
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by David Ferguson, Director of Business Development and Channels, iDashboards
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Factors your company needs to consider
when determining whether to build
in-house or buy a dashboard solution
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(read article)
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Who Cares About Software Piracy Anyway?
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by Jon Gillespie-Brown, founder and CEO, Nalpeiron
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A discussion paper about software licensing and copy protection
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(read article)
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The Incredibly High Cost of Saving Money on Outsourcing
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by Robert E. Gelinas, Technology Executive, SoftServe Inc.
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Everyone is under pressure these days to cut costs, but saving money isn't worth it if you cut your own throat in the process. Find out how to avoid making a very dangerous financial mistake
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(read article)
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Using Data on Software Downloads
To Strengthen Customer Relations
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by Jay Nash, OMS SafeHarbor
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How your marketing department can
exploit license-related operations data
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(read article)
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If Vendors Are from Mars, Are Customers from Venus?
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by Ann Flynn and Laura Gauci, Technology Finance Partners
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Overcoming three reasons why prospects won't buy your software
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(read article)
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Information Rights Management:
The Time is Now
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by David Mendel, EMC Corp
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All IT professionals recognize the risks inherent in leaving sensitive content unsecured. A solution gaining in popularity is information rights management (IRM). Learn what it's about.
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(read article)
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Revolutionizing Innovation
to Drive Competitive Advantage
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by Bryan Plug, CEO, Accept Software
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Forward-thinking companies today are acquiring unprecedented market sensitivity that is transforming their ability to innovate, thereby seizing a powerful competitive advantage.
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(read article)
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Simplicity: What’s Next in Business Software
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by , QlikTech Inc.
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Vendors must figure out a way to simplify the delivery and usability of their software for today’s enterprise users and buyers.
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(read article)
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Harnessing the Power of Social Networking Applications with Facebook
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by Dietrich Kappe and Noel Rappin, Pathfinder Development
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Smart businesses are tapping into the value of Facebook’s social graph – the network Facebook maintains of the relationship between its users – to grow their presence, products and profits
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(read article)
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Compress SOA Lifecycle through Development & QA Collaboration
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by Crosscheck Networks, Crosscheck Networks
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Learn six effective ways to bridge the divide
between SOA development and QA teams to
compress the SOA lifecycle and improve focus
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(read article)
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Ruby on Rails
Everyone’s talking about it. Are you?
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by Dietrich Kappe, CTO, Pathfinder
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Ruby on Rails 2.0 is creating buzz among
software developers; here is how Ruby
can help you achieve business goals
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(read article)
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Who’s Building Your Software Demo?
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by J C Stites
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Here are four quick questions to consider when deciding whether to produce your software demo in-house or outsource it.
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(read article)
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ALLCapture: Easy and inexpensive sales solutions for even the most complicated software.
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by balesio
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Improve your online presence and increase sales using simple video communication with ALLCapture.
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(read article)
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Not Your Mom’s Enterprise Search
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by EMC
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EMC Documentum Enterprise
Content Integration Services makes
for reusing, adapting and enabling
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(read article)
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Utility Computing + SOA: Realizing the combined benefits of Amazon EC2 and Oracle SOA Suite 10g
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by Mamoon Yunus, Rizwan Mallal and David Shaffer
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Agility meets extensibility and Amazon EC2 and Oracle SOA Suite wed. Will Gestalt be their happy ending?
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(read article)
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Is the Enterprise Ready for 2.0?
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by Shirish Netke, President, Enterprise Solutions, Aztecsoft
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Enterprise 2.0 will need to learn to live with some very ancient predators. Surprise: Legacy systems can bite back.
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(read article)
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Today’s Software Requires
Quality and Security
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by John M. Jack, CEO, Fortify Software
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Security and quality require fundamentally different approaches, and tools that improve quality are not well adapted to dealing with security vulnerabilities.
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(read article)
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The Next Wave: Driving Organizational Efficiency Through BPA
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by Jeff Piper, VP, Client Services and Partner Development, SpringCM
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Business Process Automation can help reduce costs, increase throughput, and gain control of processes. Here's how to decide if it's right for your organization.
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(read article)
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Global Integration of Value Propositions
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by Nick Moore, President, Manhattan Software
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IT and corporate real estate partnering in a real-time world.
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(read article)
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In-house vs. Outsourced Paid Search Management
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by William Leake and Brian Combs, CEO and VP, Apogee Search
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The rhetorical question of "Do you want to play inside or outside?" is more prevalent in Paid Search Management than one would think.
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(read article)
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SOA Testing using Black, White and Gray Box Techniques
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by Rizwan Mallal and Mamoon Yunus, Crosscheck Networks
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Traditional techniques such as Black, White and Gray Box testing map well into Web Services deployments, but there are some challenges. A novel approach extends Gray Box’s reach into realm of White Box testing.
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(read article)
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How Much Is Your Sales Cycle Costing You?
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by J.C. Stites, Autodemo
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How soon do your prospects get to see your software in action? If you make them wait too long, you may be losing hot prospects and spending too much time on unlikely leads.
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(read article)
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Pillars of SOA Testing
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by Rizwan Mallal, Managing Director, Crosscheck Networks
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Only by adopting a comprehensive testing stance can enterprises ensure that their Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) begins to form the fabric of IT infrastructure. The SOA testing must span functional, performance, interoperability and vulnerability testing to ensure that the SOA is robust, scalable, integrated in the environment and secure.
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(read article)
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The New Role of the CIO
in M&A Due Diligence
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by Nick Moore, President, Manhattan Software
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What if the CIO, along with CRE management, could demonstrate a contribution of 37% increase in shareholder value? Implementing an Integrated Workplace Management Solution and being able to reduce workplace operating costs by as much as 15% could help you be a part of the next Board of Directors discussion.
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(read article)
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The Blurring Face
of Enterprise Software
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by Joey Benadretti, President, SYSPRO USA
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The spate of mergers and acquisitions in the software industry has failed
to produce any significant benefits to customers.
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(read article)
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SOA: Double-Edged Sword
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by Dr. Adam Kolawa, CEO and co-founder, Parasoft
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Connection to partners, customers … and increased opportunity for errors.
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(read article)
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Justifying New Tech Investments:
Developing the Business Case
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by Ralph Breslauer, Aspect Software
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The goal is to clearly define the business benefits of the technology investment.
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(read article)
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On Demand Software:
From Revolution to Evolution
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by K.B. “Chandra” Chandrasekhar,, CEO, Jamcracker Inc.
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New market demands create opportunities & challenges for software companies
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(read article)
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Cutting Lag Time
From Business Processes
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by Michael Daffer, VP Marketing, TRIRIGA
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Automated workflow puts control over business processes in the hands of the organization, not the software developer. Effective use of automated workflow ensures that messages, notifications, approvals and data transformation occur without delay.
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(read article)
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Online Surveys Optimal
For Enterprise IT Feedback
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by Jeffrey Henning, Chief Operating Officer, Perseus
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As online surveys rise in popularity within large firms,
IT professionals are in a position to coordinate using
a new generation of enterprise feedback management
systems, ensuring compliance and avoiding problems.
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(read article)
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Greater Automation Boosts
Infrastructure Transparency
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by Blair Wheeler, Vice President of Marketing, Relicore
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IT departments seek a manageable view of the dependencies and relationships between their ever-growing number of IT components. A new class of tools that automates more of the application infrastructure configuration shows promise for helping IT to decrease costs and improve efficiency.
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(read article)
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Taking Stock of the IT Portfolio
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by John Williams, Collaborative Consulting
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It is no secret that the last few years marked a significant slowdown in information technology development. With most companies selling fewer products and services, there was little need to create more capability. In fact, the opposite was true.
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(read article)
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My Wish List for Web Services
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by Bob Sutor, IBM
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Though the road hasn’t been without its bumps, we’ve made good progress in IT integration through Web services. Here’s where I would like to see 2003 take us.
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(read article)
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The Business Case for Wireless Software
Applications in the Enterprise
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by Iain Gillott
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Wireless and mobile solutions have moved up in priority for CIOs, who see financial benefit and opportunity to gain a competitive edge.
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(read article)
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