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Microsoft Bows Important SharePoint Updates
07.18.2008

Shawn Shell

Microsoft has released a significant infrastructure update for SharePoint (and related technologies like Project Server that leverages SharePoint components). The update primarily addresses three areas: search functionality, content deployment bug fixes, and general interface and performance improvements.

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Doug Henschen

Oracle EPM System Integrates with ERP, BI
07.16.2008
Oracle made big news today introducing the Oracle Hyperion Enterprise Performance Management System Fusion Edition. The release marks both the final integration of Hyperion and Oracle technologies, following last year's acquisition, as well as a bold statement as to the future direction of enterprise performance management as a kind of ERP system for corporate management.

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The SAP/Business Objects Support Blunder
07.15.2008

Cindi Howson

If you are a regular reader of my blog, you know that support is one of my hot buttons in evaluating BI vendors... You also know that support has been Business Objects' Achilles heal, yet the vendor has made significant improvements over the last two years... All of that fell apart last week when SAP abruptly switched Business Objects customers to the SAP support site.

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Sandy Kemsley

Companies That Get It
07.11.2008
Here's a company that gets how marketing 2.0 works: Metastorm is publishing podcasts on iTunes (that is, you can get them without providing your personal information) and it also has a YouTube channel... More companies are realizing that blogging is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to new ways to interact with their audience.

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EVENTS
• Web 2.0 Expo New York
New York September 16-19, 2008

• BPM Institute SOA/Business Architecture Conference
San Francisco September 9-10, 2008

• BPM Institute SOA/Business Architecture Conference
New York November 5-6, 2008

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RESOURCE LINKS

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ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS INSIGHT

Six Steps to Better Sales Forecasting and Demand Planning
July 14, 2008
by Robert D. Kugel CFA
Most companies are immature and uncoordinated when it comes to sales forecasting and demand planning. Follow these six steps to increase forecast accuracy, speed planning cycles, reduce inventory costs, end stockouts and increase customer satisfaction.

IDC Report Shows Steady Growth for BI, Pent-Up Demand for Analytics
July 3, 2008
by Doug Henschen
Microsoft, SAS and SPSS lead marketshare gains in 2007. Analyst sees media and academia driving mainstream demand.

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ENTERPRISE APPS NEWS & ANALYSIS

Sypherlink Upgrades Metadata Discovery, Mapping Tool
Harvester 5.0 has better heuristics matching capabilities, tighter integration with the extract, transform and load process; and a graphical user interface with point-and-click navigation.

Oracle Pitches Enterprise Performance Management as Next ERP
Fusion Edition EPM System completes integration of Hyperion apps and Essbase with Oracle Business Intelligence and Oracle E-Business Suite.

SAP To Migrate Customers To More Expensive Support Service
The software company plans to move customers from their current agreements to the new service's pricing model of 22% of license fees by 2012.

Chordiant 'Listens' In On Call-Center Conversations
Chordiant Recommendation Advisor 6.1 monitors call-center conversations and offers agents recommendations on what actions to take.

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WHITE PAPERS

•Ten Things You Need to Know About SAML

•HPC Management Software: Reducing the Complexity of HPC Cluster and Grid Resources

•Top 5 Myths of Screen Scraping

•Practical Advice for Leveraging CICS in an SOA

•Nexaweb Advance: End-to-End Application Modernization

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ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS TOPICS

The Enteprise Applications channel offers thought leadership from experts including Bruce Silver, Nelson King, Kas Thomas and Shawn Shell. You'll also find news coverage, trend analysis, Q&A interviews and case studies on the following topics:

Composite Applications and SOA

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

Enterprise Application Development

Enterprise Application Integration

Enterprise Resource Planning

Mobile Applications

Software as a Service (SaaS)

Supply Chain Management

Enterprise Apps REVIEWS

• Put to the Test: Best Smartphone Platforms For Business

• Put to the Test: Google Search Appliance Version 5

• Put to the Test: Nexaweb Enterprise Web Suite 2.0