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		<title><![CDATA[Get Clean, Stay Clean - Competitive Advantage through Data Quality]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=336673]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The purported benefits of advanced IT investment are many. Systems promise to provide executives with comprehensive, timely, and accurate data to support better decision making. Whether the strategic goal is better customer targeting and servicing Customer Relationship Management, streamlined logistics Enterprise Resource Planning, or an integrated view of the enterprise...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Jacada and Spectrum Systems Join Forces To Help the Public Sector Improve Customer Service Operations While Protecting IT Investments]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2007_Sept_25/ai_n27384309]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA -- Jacada Ltd. (Nasdaq: JCDA), a leading provider of unified desktop and process optimization solutions for customer service operations, today announced that Spectrum Systems, Inc., a leading provider of end-to-end enterprise IT solutions and services to the public and private sectors, has added solutions from Jacada to its General...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[IDG Research Survey Reveals Top Initiatives of IT Investment, and Drivers for Cost-efficient Change Management]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2007_Sept_19/ai_n27379324]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[FrontRange Solutions white paper explores survey findings on how IT service management can propel business transformation via Alignment, Automation and Integration of IT Systems]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SOA: Tailwind For IT Investments]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1179349]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Service-oriented architecture is about to overturn what most business leaders think they know about IT. CEOs who ask the right questions - and act quickly on the answers - will be surprised by how much more they can get out of their existing IT investments. Several early examples show why. ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[News Briefs.(survey on Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999)(survey on insurance IT investments)(TowerGroup research on regulatory compliance)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4794/is_200703/ai_n19262901]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[STRATEGIC GOALS GUIDE IT SPENDING     STRATEGIC GOALS GUIDE IT SPENDING   ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Technology: a look ahead; In the future, successful companies will leverage their IT investments to meet customer demand.(supply chain management)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4754/is_200611/ai_n17332282]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[For the consumer packaged goods supply chain, the last 10 years  have been the decade of "The Next Big Thing."       One after another, a parade of new ideas and nifty acronyms has  commandeered the spotlight Phrases like "reengineering    For...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Research and Markets: SAP Is the Long-Time but Little Recognized Leader in Business Process Management  - 25 IT Investment Research Facts You Need To Know About SAP]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2006_Oct_4/ai_n27048189]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c43074) has announced the addition of 25 IT Investment Research Facts You Need to Know about SAP: A 2005 Year in Review with 2006 Outlook to their offering.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Measuring The Business Value Of IT]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1200483]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[There's an old management axiom: You can't manage what you don't measure. Yet many organizations  do a very poor job or no job at all of measuring the business value of their IT investments; but  maximizing the business value of IT investments is the primary objective of good...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Woolies boosts IT investment.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4692/is_200603/ai_n17526540]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Mar 20, 2006 (Food Industry Week NZ - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Major  savings through information technology        systems have encouraged  Woolworths to invest        another $A178m on IT for the current  financial year. ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A Process Model Of Business Value Creation From IT Investments]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=283450]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The history of Information Systems IS as a discipline has been accompanied by vigorous debate on how, and indeed whether, IT investments contribute to improving organisational performance and hence in delivering value to the organisation. A number of models have been put forward to describe the relationship between IT expenditure...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[FedSources Presents: Analysis of President's Budget to Congress for FY07 as delivered February 6, 2006 - IT Investments]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2006_Feb_7/ai_n26751788]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[MCLEAN, Va. -- Seventh bullet of release should read: DHS' US-VISIT program - $407.4 million (sted DHS' US-VISIT program - $460.3 million).]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[TANDBERG Integrates Video with IBM Lotus Sametime and IBM Lotus Notes and Domino to Increase Collaboration; Integration leverages existing IT investments, makes video more accessible and easy-to-use]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2006_Jan_23/ai_n26732286]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK & OSLO, Norway -- TANDBERGR, a global leader in visual communication (OSLO:TAA.OL), introduces the integration of business-quality video with IBMR LotusR SametimeR and IBM Lotus NotesR and DominoR. The solution is the next step in the evolution of workplace productivity and is a user-friendly tool for increasing face-to-face...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Who's Accountable for IT Investments? Senior Executives Need to Take Charge]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=153212]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Successful companies use the portfolio method to manage their enterprise IT projects and services. Although the complex problems facing IT management today have been some 40 years in the making, they can be fixed by any organization willing to look hard at its existing portfolio practices, understand what is not...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[CDW Debuts Suite of ROI Toolkits To Help Customers Build Business Cases for IT Investments]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2005_August_30/ai_n14937348]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[VERNON HILLS, Ill. -- Toolkits Are The Newest In Growing List of CDW Value-Added Services Delivered Online, Via Telephone And From The Company's Distribution Center]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Worldwide Server Market Shows Growing IT Investment Across Platforms, According to IDC]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2005_August_26/ai_n14932197]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- According to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, factory revenue in the worldwide server market grew at 5.6% year over year to $12.2 billion in the second quarter of 2005, marking the ninth consecutive quarter of positive overall revenue growth.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Good Enough! IT Investment and Business Process Performance in Higher Education]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=141436]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This report evaluates a study that was designed with the hope of improving the understanding of the complex set of issues surrounding the performance of higher education business processes in higher education, and the influence of information technology IT, leadership, culture, and other factors on process performance. The state of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Slow IT investments have hurt job creation.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5262/is_200504/ai_n20389458]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT professor--who has  Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan's ear on the subject of how  information technology impacts productivity growth--says corporate  decisions to cut hack IT spending during the reces  A Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT professor--who has  Federal Reserve Chairman...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Claims cited as top carrier IT priority.(Survey reports on IT investments for insurance industry)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5249/is_200504/ai_n20034454]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[CLAIMS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS will be the leading area of information  technology investment among U.S.-based property-casualty insurers in  2005, according to a recently released report from independent market  analyst Datamonitor.    Indeed, p-c carriers   CLAIMS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS will be the leading area of information...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Jonathan Seelig Named Managing Director at Globespan Capital Partners; Akamai co-founder to concentrate on IT investments, global partnerships]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2005_April_12/ai_n13600537]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON and PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Globespan Capital Partners, an information technology focused venture capital firm, has named Jonathan Seelig Managing Director. A co-founder of Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), Seelig's entrepreneurial and international track record effectively complements Globespan's strategy, including a focus on providing portfolio companies with access to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Reaching Efficient Frontiers in IT Investment Management: What Financial Services CIOs Can Learn From Portfolio Theory]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=138228]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Heavily dependent on information technology, financial services firms globally spend over Euro235 billion on IT, representing for large banks 15 percent to 22 percent of their overall non-interest expense. Unfortunately, their investments too often fail to generate anticipated returns and worse many firms do not even know which are paying...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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