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    1. To ERP or Not to ERP: That is the Question

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      To ERP or Not to ERP: That is the Question

      Before jumping into an ERP implementation, organizations should develop a strong business case that justifies its potential investment in ERP software. If your organization has great difficulty doing this then it may be safe to assume that your organization does not actually need ERP software – at least for the time being. While developing a

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    2. Why Is Mobilizing A Professional Services Firm So Hard?

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      Why Is Mobilizing A Professional Services Firm So Hard?

      The business case to support a comprehensive, powerful, and flexible mobility strategy for professional services is clear, but getting there can be complicated and difficult. You know that leveraging innovative technologies can improve performance.

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    3. A Fresh Start for Enterprise IT

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      A Fresh Start for Enterprise IT

      In the face of rapidly evolving changes in technology and mounting competitive pressure, organisations must hit the reset button for how they use IT. The solution isn’t to bring existing programs to a halt and start over. But it’s almost as bold: restarting IT while in motion.

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      Mentions:   New York   Australia   Oracle

    4. BPR, BPM and ERP

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      BPR, BPM and ERP

      I had a customer ask me about the relationship between BPM and ERP. Does ERP implement BPM or do you need to have BPM before ERP? Is an ERP implementation a BPR project? Who’s on first? As the ERP industry evolves it has become evident that additional disciplines like Business Process Management (BPM) and Business Process Reengineering (BPR) must be employed for a successful ERP experience.

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    5. CIOs Are Stepping Up As Business Innovators At Long Last

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      CIOs Are Stepping Up As Business Innovators At Long Last

      I have been writing about the need for CIOs and technology executives to step up and demonstrate through their ideas and leadership how technology can be used to transform their organization.

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    6. CRM Optimization: Purge Your Data To Avoid Information Overload

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      CRM Optimization: Purge Your Data To Avoid Information Overload

      Even if a piece of data in your CRM isn't helping, it can't hurt, right? Wrong. You need to regularly purge your CRM to clear the haystack and find the needle.

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    7. ERP Trends: Mobile Apps and Integrated Processes

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      ERP Trends: Mobile Apps and Integrated Processes

      When it comes to ERP, best-of-breed is out as trends clearly move toward integrated solutions. According to a recent study, mobile BI and managed services are also becoming increasingly popular.

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      Mentions:   Germany   SAP

    8. 50 Top Tips for Analytics

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      50 Top Tips for Analytics

      Like so many other technologies, business intelligence is steadily becoming democratised.  A few years ago, BI was the province of IT specialists and business analysts – a relatively niche, expert community.  Today, it’s recognised that analytical insight is far more powerful when placed directly into the hands of everyday folk making everyday business decisions.  

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    9. Can ERP Systems be Used to Drive Innovation?

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      Can ERP Systems be Used to Drive Innovation?

      Organizations that have implemented ERP systems have long complained that deployments are too costly, time consuming and risky, so it is pretty rare that organizations look at ways to leverage enterprise software to drive innovation. Indeed, without the right expertise and guidance, ERP implementations can be difficult, even without the grand ambition of driving innovation.

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    10. SAP Fiori Simplifies The Enterprise Software Experience With Consumer-Style Apps

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      SAP Fiori Simplifies The Enterprise Software Experience With Consumer-Style Apps

      The way people work, consume content and experience technology to get things done is changing at a rapid pace, and there is a growing expectation and demand in the workplace for consumer-friendly experiences when using technology to accomplish tasks.

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      Mentions:   Vishal Sikka   SAP   Orlando

    11. 11 Tips for Deploying ERP Applications

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      11 Tips for Deploying ERP Applications

      In a global mobile environment, organisations are looking for ERP systems that do more than integrate with a legacy system. But with so many solutions available, how do you choose the software that's right for your enterprise? IT executives and ERP experts offer 11 tips to get a return on your software investment.

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    12. McLaren CIO: How we're working with big data

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      McLaren CIO: How we're working with big data

      Stuart Birrell, chief information officer of Britain's McLaren Group, stopped by SAP's annual Sapphire Now conference to explain how his company was working with big data.

      The company—known for its wildly successful Formula One racing team as well as the million-dollar consumer cars it makes for well-heeled speed demons, though it also has businesses making electronic systems and applying F1 tech to other uses—has "been working in data for a long time," Birrell said.

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    13. Integrated Business Planning — the Inevitable Journey for Finance

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      Integrated Business Planning — the Inevitable Journey for Finance

      It should come as no surprise that the next mile of finance is upon us – changes are afoot in the world of budgeting and forecasting. Traditionally, this has entailed the finance organization accumulating information at a high level of aggregation from their business partners (sales, HR, marketing) and other cost and responsibility centers. This information feeds into budgeting, forecasting, and strategic planning models with most of the emphasis on revenues and expenses. But many of these models lack collaboration, clarity, and timeliness. 

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    14. Why I Hate the Term GRC

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      Why I Hate the Term GRC

      GRC is the most worthless term in the vendor lexicon. Vendors use it to describe whatever they are selling and Gartner clients use it to describe whatever problem they have. For seven years I have battled this monolithic term and I fear I’m losing the battle. The alternative is to try to bring some clarity to its usage by defining some boundaries. Here is our published GRC definition, which I like: GRC is neither a project nor a technology, but a corporate objective for improving governance through more-effective compliance and a better understanding of the impact of risk on business performance. 

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    15. Key Analytics Trends For 2013

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      Key Analytics Trends For 2013

      Business analytics has evolved dramatically from its humble beginnings in core data warehousing more than 30 years ago. It’s evolved from simple, decision support solutions to advancements in business intelligence (BI), enterprise performance management (EPM), and, most recently, intelligent data concepts and predictive analytic applications.

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    16. ERP Training is All About Communication

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      ERP Training is All About Communication

      Training and communication are each integral parts of an organisational change management initiative undertaken in conjunction with ERP implementation. While many organisations like to distinguish between these two components, they naturally overlap. Training can even be thought of as a communication tactic in itself. 

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    17. Developing Enterprise Risk Intelligence

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      Developing Enterprise Risk Intelligence

      Using learning programmes to bridge the gap between knowing and doing. Most organisations have an understanding of what risk management is and why it is important. Some have expended considerable effort in developing and  fine-tuning their risk management and governance infrastructure and programmes. However, many organisations are still struggling to realise the tangible benefits...

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    18. Defining ERP Success for Your Organisation

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      Defining ERP Success for Your Organisation

      One of the interesting takeaways from the 2013 ERP Report released earlier this year is the apparent confusion between the perceived success and actual results of ERP implementations.  While most ERP projects still take longer than expected, cost more than expected and fail to deliver expected business benefits, our research indicates that most organisations are still generally satisfied with their ERP implementations.

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    19. Leveraging Rapid Deployment Solutions For Analytics And Beyond

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      Leveraging Rapid Deployment Solutions For Analytics And Beyond

      Today, organisations face multifaceted problems and need to quickly realize the value of their technology solutions whether it’s for business intelligence (BI) or other technology implementations. Business challenges have become more complex and are often riddled with ambiguity that makes it harder to address using traditional methodologies in analytics and beyond.  As a result, to answer the most pressing business questions, we’re still left with an age—old problem—balancing functionality against scarce time and resources. Rapid deployment solutions (RDS) can provide an alternative method.. 

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      Mentions:   Bill McDermott   SAP

    20. 3 Key Features To Look For In Rapid Deployment Solutions

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      3 Key Features To Look For In Rapid Deployment Solutions

      Software packages designed for rapid deployment implementations are perfectly designed to deliver everything you need – from soup to nuts. They will meet your business needs and get you up and running quickly. What makes the concept of packaged solutions designed for rapid deployment so awesome? Here are three key features you should look for...

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    21. Data to Decision: Big Insights vs. Big Data

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      Data to Decision: Big Insights vs. Big Data

      Everyone is talking about “Big Data,” but what they really want are “Big Insights.” To realize significant insights requires an effective analytic strategy. Many companies believe they have an analytic strategy when what they actually have is an architecture, which is important but certainly not all you need. An analytic strategy requires continuous strategic and tactical business alignment, defining and updating your analytic strategy in view of your business goals and objectives, and analyzing and updating your current analytic roles, analytic skills..

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    22. Deploy SAP Solution Manager software faster with content accelerators

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      Deploy SAP Solution Manager software faster with content accelerators

      Companies that don't take advantage of content accelerators when deploying SAP Solution Manager software are missing out, writes Tony de Thomasis.

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      Mentions:   Australia   Oracle   SAP Community Network

    23. The Top 10 Trends In Analytics 2013

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      The Top 10 Trends In Analytics 2013

      I don't know about you, but my head is spinning with the phenomenal amount of change going on in the industry: here's Timo Elliots roundup of the ten top trends in Business Intelligence and Analytics for 3013.

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      Mentions:   SAP Community Network   SAP   Orlando

    24. What’s In Your Business Network?

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      What’s In Your Business Network?

      Business networks have come a long way since the first EDI messages were sent via telex before being converted into computer data. Today, electronic documents are exchanged securely over the Internet, and many networks have built-in business rules that bring intelligence to the network. 

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