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Learning from Business Process Management Leaders

Overview Read about the benefits, prerequisites, and impact of successful business process management (BPM) initiatives, with a closer look at the United States. This report on a new IDG Research Services study illustrates why BPM software implementations are now moving into the mainstream.

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Publisher	SAP	File Format	PDF
Date Published	June 2009
Format	White Papers
Topics	Knowledge and Data Management, ERP, Business Management, Groupware - Workflow, Policy Document Management

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Accelerating Enterprise Data Governance Part 1

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Data Governance for Master Data Management and Beyond

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Five Steps to More Valuable Enterprise Data

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Government to lead the way in IT

In a presentation Thursday, IDC predicted that the public sector - defined as government agencies and educational institutions - will grow its information technology purchases faster than any other industry in the United States, with spending...

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Law & Policy

IT departments to open wallets for security

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IT spending: Execs more optimistic than analysts

An IDC survey this month of at least 400 business and technology executives in the United States found the leaders expecting IT spending growth of 12.9 per cent over the next 12 months. Gantz said the oil situation is one of a capacity crunch, with...

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IT Director
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US tech jobs rising or declining?

But the study indicates that more and new kinds of technology jobs are likely to move from 'onshore' markets such as the United States and Western Europe to places including China, Central Europe and Eastern Europe.

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IT Consulting
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offshoring,
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CIOs plan new hires in 2005

Chief information officers in the United States and Europe plan to increase their information technology staff rosters next year, according to the report, which was released on Tuesday. Information and communications technology spending in the...

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IT Director

'Offshoring not as good as it used to be'

The report is based on surveys and in-depth discussions with 210 senior IT executives at "global 1000" companies and with 242 senior executives at outsourcing service providers in India, the United States and other countries.

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