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Social Media Week: Business Metrics Take Spotlight
At the global social event that expanded to 21 cities this year, business metrics dominated discussion. Hot topics included analytics and internal...
The Many Styles Of Social Media Analytics
Whether provided as self-service or with the backing of consultants, for marketing, CRM, or operations, social media analytics are snowballing in...
An App Isn't A Mobile Strategy
You might only need part of an app, or just one piece of data, on a mobile device to make a process better.
18-Month Rollouts: Nothing To Brag About
With technology evolving so rapidly, entering into lengthy enterprise IT contracts seems foolish.
Why P&G CIO Is Quadrupling Analytics Expertise
Procter & Gamble's Filippo Passerini is investing in analytics talent, even as the company cuts in other areas, to speed up business decision making.
The Shadow IT Threat
Rogue IT groups outside the main IT organization pose both pros and cons--and won't disappear anytime soon.
Lifecycle Of An Enterprise Social Community (So Far)
Consider these lessons we've learned in the first four years of building an internal enterprise community.
Gartner BI And Data Warehouse Quadrants: More Science, Less 'Magic'
Gartner's 2012 business intelligence and data warehousing vendor analyses reveal more customer survey work, fewer dark arts.
Big Data, Big Social, Big MDM
InformationWeek's Valley View will air live this Thursday. It will feature Rikard Steiber, Google's global marketing director for mobile and...
The Public Sector CRM Opportunity
Disconnected governments and disempowered citizens are why we need a full-blown, nationwide public sector CRM program.
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Oracle Analytics Package Expands In-Database Processing Options
February 08, 2012New Oracle Advanced Analytics package speeds and scales R-language-based analyses inside the 11g database.
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Hadoop Players Question Forrester's Take On Leaders
February 06, 2012Forrester's first-ever Hadoop market assessment draws mixed reactions, both for its leader rankings and for the players who were left out.
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VMware Vs. The Old School: Data Center Management Battle
January 27, 2012With vCenter Operations Suite 5, VMware takes steps to manage the burgeoning virtual machine environment in a more advanced manner than...
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VMware Wins At Show Me The Money
January 26, 2012While Microsoft plays catch up with its upcoming System Center 2012, VMware craftily focuses on management tools and posts 2011 revenue up 32%...
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SAP Takes On Oracle Database, Salesforce Cloud
January 26, 2012SAP plans to build on last year's momentum in the applications, analytics, and mobility markets. Can it also challenge big rivals in the database...
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Infor Plays Catch Up On Mobile
January 24, 2012Mobile CRM and approval apps run on iPhone and iPad; supporting Infor Motion 10 platform delivered first via the cloud.
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How ING Avoids Customization Nightmares
January 23, 2012ING CIO says the bank's new operations model is helping centralize more IT work, while still letting leaders react to local market needs around...
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Shiny Social Tools Meet Practicality At Lotusphere
January 23, 2012Enterprise success with next-generation collaborative software, built around social networks, will require the same attention to deployment,...
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Microsoft Simplifies System Center 2012 License Fees
January 17, 2012In Microsoft's battle with VMware for cloud management, price is a weapon. System Center 2012 users will have two options: a low-cost starter...
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Microsoft Makes Cloud Management Move On VMware
January 17, 2012New System Center suite, due in first half of 2012, centrally manages Windows Server in the data center plus future workloads in private clouds...
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