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Financial Services Forum Examines Convergence Among Banks, Insurance Companies and Investment Firms - Experts Caution Against Enron-Inspired "Witch Hunt": The paper describes the gradual convergence of the insurance, banking and securities sectors into a financial services industry which has strengthened the U.S. financial structure, according to the panelists. Corrective actions are needed in light of Enron, the panelists said, both within the still evolving financial services industry and government....; Tags: Financial Planning, VOIP, Financial services, Insurance Information Institute, Enron Corp., financial service, convergence, insurance, financial, banking, industry, bank; White papers
Five Steps for the Era of Marketing Convergence: Marketing convergence is the strategy of putting together disparate or separate products and services to come up with a new value offer to meet the needs of the target market. This paper offers tips such as: identifying and knowing the target market while discovering emergent markets; recognizing unarticulated needs and...; Tags: VOIP, Marketing research, convergence, marketing, strategy; White papers
Profitability, Customer Relationship Management and Convergence in the Financial Investment Arena - Where Are We Really?: Convergence and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) are terms for the millennium. More significant than the rampant Y2K issues heard so much about prior to 2000, these two concepts will have dramatic affects on a financial institution's ability to increase profits in the next decade. The drivers behind these concepts are...; Tags: VOIP, Customer relationship management (CRM), Advertising & Promotion, convergence, CRM, Y2K, financial, financial service, industry; White papers
Travel and Procurement: The Convergence: According to a recent Aberdeen Group survey, companies that don't use an integrated travel and entertainment (T&E) expense management service, like Concur Travel & Expense, are falling behind in almost every measure of financial management. Aberdeen refers to these companies as "laggards" and presents figures showing that...; Tags: Purchasing & Procurement, Concur Technologies, Aberdeen Group Inc., procurement, financial management, survey, entertainment, compliance, financial, benefit; White papers 2007-10-01
Podcast: Searching For Convergence Solutions: How Combination Products Are Transforming Health Care: Convergence can mean many things. In evolution it refers to the way different organisms independently acquire similar characteristics. In technology, convergence can occur when one device acquires the functionality of another - when, for example, a computer turns into a television. In the life sciences industry, convergence is illustrated by...; Tags: VOIP, Podcasts, Deloitte & Touche, convergence, podcast, therapy, life science, alliance, health care, TV, computer; White papers 2008-02-25

In the interest of the patient: Convergence across the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries: While the pharmaceutical industry is seeking to replace the blockbuster model of drug development, healthcare is struggling with rapidly rising costs. This paper explores how, by collaborating and sharing data, the two industries can realize the full value of the information they collect--and improve patient treatments.; Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, IBM Corp., pharmaceutical company, patient, health care, industry; White papers 2006-12-01
Convergence - Driving Profound Change In The Telecommunications Industry: The convergence of the voice, data and video networks are having profound effects on telecommunications organizations, infrastructures and platforms. In the past, telecommunications network and Information Technology (IT) infrastructures were built on separate technologies and methodologies with little commonality. The historic telecommunications business model encouraged development of unique, vertically integrated...; Tags: Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, IBM Corp., telecommunications, convergence, voice, network, information technology, mobile, video; White papers 2006-11-01
Tax Issues in Digital Convergence: As different products and ideas enter the marketplace, how will a good or service be defined and what types of taxes will be applicable? How a business tackles these and other tax questions can make the difference between profit and loss in this constantly changing environment. This paper highlights a...; Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Deloitte & Touche, tax, P&L, decision-making, environment; White papers 2006-02-17
The "Quad Play" - The First Wave Of The Converged Services Evolution: With the rapid advance of the Internet and digital technologies, the line between traditional industries is becoming increasingly blurred by the blizzard of new 'Convergence' models: Fixedmobile convergence (FMC), IT and Network Convergence, Voice and Data Convergence, and Communications and Entertainment convergence. This paper is aimed primarily at telecom carriers...; Tags: VOIP, convergence, broadband Internet, entertainment, broadband, telecommunications, Internet, cable, benefit, wireless, information technology, industry, video, network; White papers 2006-02-01
Price Level Convergence and Inflation in Europe: Price level convergence has been put forth by prominent policymakers as a potential explanation for inflation divergence in the euro area. The authors' research provides evidence of an ongoing process of price level convergence in the euro area. Price convergence has contributed to observed inflation differences, but other forces explain...; Tags: Currency & Foreign exchange, VOIP, inflation, convergence; White papers 2006-01-09
Convergence in Content Management: Content management and a spate of related technologies are converging into what Gartner calls smart enterprise suites (SES). According to the research report, "Magic Quadrant for the Smart Enterprise Suite, 2004," enterprise content management as well as portal vendors are incorporating collaboration, records management, expertise location, business intelligence and analytics,...; Tags: Managerial accounting, Web technology, Operational planning, Information Today Inc., records management, content management, enterprise content management, BPM, analytics, business intelligence, business process, collaboration, portal, e-mail; White papers 2006-01-01
Voice And Data Convergence Hits The Mainstream: Why Enterprises Are Quickly Migrating Their Networks: There are many benefits from converged voice and data services that can be categorised broadly as enhanced productivity, including more efficient network management, increased employee productivity and improved business processes. Despite the new urgency to migrate to voice and data convergence, many large enterprises feel that they do not have...; Tags: TELECOMMUNICATIONS, NETWORKING, International Data Corp., voice, network management, data service, business process, knowledge, network, benefit; White papers 2005-12-01
The Trillion Dollar Challenge: Principles for Profitable Convergence: Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) industry convergence has received a lot of hype in years, but increasingly substance is displacing the hype. Indeed, it is becoming the basis of competitive advantage in the TMT sector. A wealth of convergence products and services is emerging, from online music to Internet Protocol...; Tags: VOIP, Strategy, Deloitte & Touche, convergence, online music, competitive advantage, industry, telecommunications, IP, benefit; White papers 2005-11-04
Convergence of Enterprise Security Organizations: To gain a better understanding of the impact of security convergence on global enterprises, Booz Allen Hamilton examined the trend within enterprises throughout the United States at the request of the American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS) International. This white paper identifies several internal and external drivers that are forcing...; Tags: VOIP, Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., convergence, enterprise security, compliance, asset, security; White papers 2005-10-05
How the Move to IP Can Benefit Your Business: Organisations across the globe are embarked on a journey that will result in the convergence of their voice and data infrastructures and a much tighter integration of their business processes. Many are choosing Cable & Wireless to help them make this journey. The benefits of convergence for the business are...; Tags: IP, Journey, Convergence, Cable And Wireless Plc., VOIP, Benefits, Networking, Telecommunications, Human Resources; White papers 2005-09-01
The Convergence of Learning and Performance Management: Has Talent Management Arrived?: This research report examines the emerging convergence between Learning Management and Performance Management Systems and defines a new category of HR applications called Talent Management. Information in this report was obtained by examining trends and implementation practices in 552 different organizations. This report is designed to help HR and corporate...; Tags: Workforce management, Business intelligence, talent management, talent, performance management, convergence, Human Resources, learning management system, performance, strategy; White papers 2005-09-01
Convergence - Making Sense of the New Landscape: Not so long ago, if one wanted to introduce a new product or brand into the marketplace, one could almost guarantee to reach 90% of Australia's population by doing a Sunday Night "Road block" - that is, advertise at the same time on Channel 7, 9 and 10 during the...; Tags: DVD, movie, Internet, brand; White papers 2005-08-26
Parallel Software Development With Emulation And Simulation Tools For Mobile Extreme Convergence: The converged mobile devices represented about 3 percent of the 500 million mobile phones sold worldwide and they are expected to grow at triple-digit year-over-year growth rates. The implementation of more advanced features such as accelerated 2-D and 3-D graphics, mobile multimedia, mobile IP and personal entertainment raises the performance...; Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Freescale Semiconductor Inc., Mobile IP, mobile, EDGE, 2D, phone, 3G, mobile device, 3D, multimedia, entertainment, manufacturing, cell phone, IP, wireless, performance, software; White papers 2005-08-01
East Meets West: The Convergence of Western and Traditional Chinese Medicines: From acupuncture and acupressure to homeopathy, naturopathy, chiropractic, massage therapy, botanicals, and herbal teas and supplements - Western consumers have indicated their desire for less intrusive, more preventive, wellness-focused, and systemic approaches to health care. The paper depicts that to address the innovation and IP protection deficits, the Chinese government...; Tags: Ernst & Young LLP, therapy, IP, health care; White papers 2005-07-26
Profiting From Convergence: Defining Growth Paths For Telecom Service Providers: Convergence offers telecom providers a world of opportunities. But before they can profit, they must make tough strategic and technical choices. Success will depend not only on making the right decisions about where to play in a converged environment, but on transforming business models and capabilities to make the most...; Tags: Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Business services, VOIP, IBM Corp., convergence, telecommunications, service provider, environment; White papers 2005-07-01