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Intelligent Enterprise Contributor: Mark Smith

Mark Smith is the CEO and SVP of research at Ventana Research, an advisory services and research firm providing insight and education on best practices and technology in performance management. He writes the Peak Performance blog at IntelligentEnterprise.com.

Recent Articles By Mark Smith
Analyst's View: Hyperion Unveils Strategic Vision for Management Systems
With companies seeking a common technology foundation for financial and operational decisions, Hyperion has set its sights on delivering a complete management system.

Peak Peformance: Smart Money Is on MDM
If companies spent on Master Data Management training and technology what they now spend on chasing down and fixing data errors, they would be on their way to a longer term solution.

Breakthrough Analysis: Enterprise Search: Time To Get Serious
The rise of Google, Yahoo and specialized search providers has radically altered our perception of information access, yet enterprise search implementations haven't kept up with the transformation in the consumer world. Plenty of vendors are developing breakthroughs, but the missing player has been Microsoft, and many believe progress in enterprise search is being held hostage by long and unwieldy upgrade cycles for systems including Windows, Office and SharePoint. Look beyond quick fixes and bring search into your strategic information management strategy.

Informatica Extends Data Integration for On-Demand Systems and BI
Software provider elaborates partnerships with Hyperion and salesforce.com.

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Blog: Peak Performance
by Mark Smith

Why IT Might Be in Big Trouble — Again
IT has lost touch with reality as they have been disconnected from the situation in business and do not seem to be concerned about it... IT is apparently responding by shifting focus to data management rather than worrying about or focusing on the capabilities needed by business...
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04.30.2008

Why Business Should Be Mad as Hell at IT
The state of information adequacy across business has never been worse. The percentage of IT budgets allocated to improving decision support and business intelligence for business and the underlying information management technologies is now a miniscule fraction of total spend by IT for business. Even worse, the time it takes to implement improvements is dire...
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04.23.2008

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