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<description><![CDATA[Business Analytics is the branch of logic dealing with analysis. Business analytics is a term used for more sophisticated forms of business data analysis. Analytics closely resembles statistical analysis and data mining, but tends to be based on physics modeling involving extensive computation.]]></description>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/enterprise-applications/enterprise-applications/</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Increasing Manufacturing Profits Through Precision Pricing]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper241/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Discover how leading manufacturers are adding millions of dollars to the bottom line by using science and customer segmentation to drive pricing decisions.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Tools for Change: A Five-Step Framework to Align IT with Business Company Data Security Goals]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper278/</link>
<pubDate>2007-08-15 12:25:15</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This white paper shares the best practices for company data security used by some of today&#39;s most progressive IT leaders to help align their group&#39;s efforts with company goals and to make their data protection activities more successful.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The End of the Spreadsheet Budgeter]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper330/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-16 22:37:50</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Ultimately, it all adds up to one thing: lack of control. You need more control over the amount of time it takes to put the budget together, more control over how long it takes to make a change in the budget whenever it&#39;s needed, more control over the accuracy of the data, and more control over who can access that data.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Simplifying Data Security for Regulatory Compliance]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper465/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-25 00:05:22</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Today&#39;s Corporate Executives are faced with an array of Data Security legislation which mandates that they be personally accountable for the protection of customer account information. Crippling penalties present a modern day &#39;sword of Damocles&#39; hanging above the desks of CTOs, CIOs, CFOs and CEOs. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Accounting for Lean Success: Overcoming the Barrier of Traditional Accounting in Lean Environments]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper491/</link>
<pubDate>2007-09-24 11:32:48</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Over the last three decades, lean principles have driven massive productivity improvements in manufacturing operations around the world. Download this insightful guide now and get a free Executive&rsquo;s view on how accounting will play a larger role in lean by providing analysis, insight and direction that will support lean gains across all functions.&nbsp;]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Long Live the Spreadsheet: Leveraging Excel for CPM]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper495/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-27 08:23:32</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Learn how you can transform Excel from a personal planning tool to an enterprise-scale, collaborative solution. Read this informative article to learn more.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Unified CPM and the Application of Predictive Analytics]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper499/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-27 08:26:16</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As vendors rush to embrace and exploit predictive analytics, only those with a truly unified solutions will succeed in capitalizing on this powerful and promising technology. Read this insightful white paper to learn more.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[GIS Interoperability: The Safe Way]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper559/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-29 14:14:22</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This paper by S. Raghavendran of Pixel Infotek Pvt Ltd on GIS Interoperability and Spatial ETL solutions was presented at the GSDI conference in India and provides an excellent description of the interoperability challenges that Safe&#39;s products address.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Executive Guide to Understanding Business Requirements]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper578/</link>
<pubDate>2007-09-17 13:47:53</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This white paper is structured so that each page is its own &quot;mini-white-paper&quot; but each is also part of a total look at better structuring requirements documents, processes and content completeness. At the end of this paper is a one page &quot;tear-out&quot; summary which is both a shortened distillation of the content, and a diagnostic tool to start a peer discussion on your organization&#39;s performance.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dynamic IT and Integrated Financial Services: At the Doorway to the Financial Value Chain]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper608/</link>
<pubDate>2007-07-16 16:55:05</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This Financial Insights white paper is based on financial services IT spending primary research studies conducted in 2004 and 2005 and ongoing research and executive interviews of C-level and line-of-business executives in the areas of IT spending, enterprise performance management, and corporate banking and treasury management. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A Practical Guide to SOA for IT Architects]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper617/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-30 11:38:30</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As a strategy for creating a flexible and agile IT, service-oriented architecture (SOA) has gained considerable momentum in recent years, largely due to the advent of standards-based Web services.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Consolidation of Disaster Recovery Replica Servers]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper672/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-13 13:05:13</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Achieve significant cost savings through consolidation of disaster recovery servers by combining the award-winning disaster protection of XOsoft&#39;s WANSync with the latest virtual server technologies from Microsoft and EMC. Consolidating disaster recovery servers on virtual machines can yield both reduced hardware costs and significantly lessened management burden.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[DataDrill EXPRESS v3 for Software Project Performance Management]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper694/</link>
<pubDate>2007-06-19 13:14:57</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[DataDrill EXPRESS is known for being the most capable web-based performance dashboard tool available for software and IT projects and organizations, automating every aspect of performance measurement.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Top 10 Tips for Web-Based Collaboration in SMBs]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper702/</link>
<pubDate>2008-02-22 14:01:45</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The following tips can help you select Web-based collaboration software that offers all the features you need to get your entire team working together effectively.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[EvolveWare’s S2T Technology - Automated Software Analysis, Documentation & Transformation]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper706/</link>
<pubDate>2008-04-01 10:00:58</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Software analysis, documentation, migration, upgrades or replacements are daunting and risky endeavors because they are primarily manual and time-consuming. EvolveWare&rsquo;s S2T Technology provides a solution to these problems with tools that automate the process up to 90%, thus reducing the time and cost of such initiatives by as much as 40-60%.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Delivering on the Enterprise Business Intelligence Mandate]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper708/</link>
<pubDate>2007-12-27 13:51:26</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This white paper discusses the specific business and architectural success factors to consider when selecting one Enterprise Business Intelligence Suite (EBIS) to serve as the enterprise standard.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Deploying an Operational Business Intelligence Architecture]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper709/</link>
<pubDate>2007-12-27 13:51:38</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The best business intelligence solutions use a data integration framework to optimize data access and BI processes at the source:&nbsp; the systems that run the business.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Achieving Compliance- Meeting Today's Reporting Requirements With Business Intelligence Technology]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper710/</link>
<pubDate>2008-06-20 12:32:01</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Learn about the challenges and solutions for meeting the reporting requirements faced by today&rsquo;s organizations, with attention to formal government legislation, industry-specific regulations, and internal corporate governance.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Establishing a Culture of Measurement – A Practical Guide to Business Intelligence]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper711/</link>
<pubDate>2007-12-27 13:51:49</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This paper serves as a synopsis of Information Builders&#39; philosophy of business intelligence. By using this paper as a model, you&#39;ll learn how to establish a culture of measurement and begin a powerful cycle of continued improvement within your organization.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Cost of a Question – Examining Total Cost of Ownership for Business Intelligence Solutions]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper712/</link>
<pubDate>2007-12-27 13:52:18</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Reduce the purchase, maintenance, and implementation costs of business intelligence by standardizing on a single solution that meets all of your reporting and information delivery needs. This paper compares the TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) of BI solutions from Cognos, Business Objects, and Information Builders.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Service-Oriented Architecture ( SOA )  – A New Alternative to Traditional Technology Integration]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper713/</link>
<pubDate>2007-11-16 16:11:51</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Service-oriented architectures are being heralded by industry analysts and vendors as the only viable way to overcome the complexities involved in creating agile, reusable business systems. This paper examines the basic premises underlying SOAs.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Butler Group on iWay Service Manager]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper714/</link>
<pubDate>2007-10-10 10:29:46</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[iWay Service Manager is a complete integrated design environment. From an end-user perspective, it is simply a complete management solution that can be used with the graphical interface to design process-centric applications, without the need for developers to understand or map to the underlying infrastructure.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Role of ESB in SOA: Creating a Loosely Coupled Integration Architecture]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper715/</link>
<pubDate>2007-11-16 16:12:12</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This paper discusses the relationship between ESB, loose coupling, and the effort needed to align IT with business process owners in order to ensure a successful SOA implementation in any organization.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[An Agile Framework for Fast, Flexible, Low-Risk Service Deployments]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper716/</link>
<pubDate>2007-10-10 10:29:35</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Can service-oriented architecture (SOA) principles untangle the complexity of today&#39;s business integration requirements? This paper provides an overview of the promises and realities of collaborative SOA environments, and describes how iWay SOA Middleware solutions make the benefits of an SOA achievable, while protecting investments in already-in-place applications, middleware, and information systems.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Using Predictive Analytics to Uncover Root Causes and Solve Problems vs. Treat Symptoms]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper751/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-17 09:00:58</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Predictive analytics can be utilized to uncover root causes so that problems can be eradicated.&nbsp; Read this white paper to learn how companies can use predictive analytics treatment and prevention approaches to save time and resources, eliminate root causes of problems, and obtain the actionable insight required to improve marketing effectiveness.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Five Key Building Blocks Help You Realize the Bottom-line Benefits of Predictive Analytics]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper752/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-17 08:42:10</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Building a top-tier analytics practice is an evolution.&nbsp; The best approach is to start small, then scale with each success.&nbsp; Learn how to incrementally build your analytics practice with five customizable building blocks that create a strong foundation for analytical success. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Improving ROI with Predictive Analytics: Six Keys to Unlocking the Value of Customer Intelligence]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper753/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-17 08:58:48</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Read this white paper to learn about the six keys to a structured approach to planning and implementation of a predictive analytics infrastructure.&nbsp; Find out how you can turn customer intelligence data into actionable information for improving the accuracy, efficiency and success of your targeting efforts.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Discover Low-Cost Data Handling Breakthrough: MSSO]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper760/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-13 11:42:54</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Surprisingly low-cost technology MSSO/SD4E transforms Excel into an incredibly powerful and completely secure Business Intelligence tool capable of quickly and easily manipulating and analyzing live data directly from multiple, disparate data sources, generating even the most complex and sophisticated analytical reports with a simple keystroke.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Converging Text and BI: The Case for a Content Mining Platform]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper790/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-16 22:10:11</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This white paper describes how the Clarabridge Content Mining Platform avoids the pitfalls of previous approaches to unstructured analysis, and capitalizes on lessons learned from solving similar problems in the structured domain.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Introduction To Business Process Management (BPM)]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper795/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-24 22:24:38</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[For those individuals or organizations that are being asked to investigate process improvement, Business Process Management (BPM) is a term that frequently associated with the process improvement. This paper defines BPM and explains how it can be applied to help companies achieve process improvement goals.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Business Value of Master Data Management and Product Information Management]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper800/</link>
<pubDate>2007-06-06 09:33:54</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This white paper addresses the value of a company&rsquo;s ability to integrate, analyze and optimize all types and sources of information throughout the product life cycle.&nbsp;]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[WebSphere Customer Center Product Positioning Paper]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper804/</link>
<pubDate>2007-06-06 09:34:30</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This paper gives the reader an overview of the functionality of IBM&#39;s WebSphere Customer Center, and explains why IBM is the strategic partner that more Fortune 500 companies select as their strategic platform for Customer Data Integration. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Controlling Excel Chaos With Business Intelligence]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper822/</link>
<pubDate>2007-11-16 16:10:40</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This paper describes how to leverage WebFOCUS business intelligence software to generate Excel spreadsheets directly from enterprise data sources, consolidating large amounts of data, performing complex calculations, and creating advanced structures like PivotTables.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How to Sell Skeptics on the Value of Master Data Management]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper837/</link>
<pubDate>2007-06-06 09:44:01</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This comprehensive report addresses industry-specific issues for the Financial Services sector, Insurance, Pharmaceutical companies, Retailers, Manufacturing, and High-Tech.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Business Intelligence for Mid-Size Organizations: It's Not Just for Industry Giants]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper843/</link>
<pubDate>2007-06-06 09:24:41</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Download this step by step guide to learning how mid-size companies can benefit from Business Intelligence. You&#39;ll learn the benefits of BI and why mid-size companies need it for effective decision-making and improved results.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Leveraging Lifecycle Management for Software and Business Adapt Ability]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper845/</link>
<pubDate>2007-06-27 13:33:20</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In this white paper, you&#39;ll learn how to clearly define business requirements, align them with testing, and evolve development processes to prevent defects. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Business Rules Extracting (BRE) and Legacy to SOA  Auto Re-architecting (L2S) Webcast]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper847/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-16 08:41:52</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Learn the &#39;bottom-up&#39; approach to start Business Rules Extracting, Migrating and Auto Re-architecting your current mission-critical legacy system and their data, into an SOA.&nbsp; This is a &quot;how-to&quot; presentation addressing how to get started and eventually establish an internal L2S Center of Excellence.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Legacy to SOA: What You Need To Know]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper852/</link>
<pubDate>2007-07-19 09:53:30</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Learn the &lsquo;bottom-up&rsquo; approach to start Business Rules Extracting, Migrating and Auto Re-architecting your current mission-critical legacy system and their data, into an SOA. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Leveraging Your SAP Investment with Applix Business Analytics]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper926/</link>
<pubDate>2007-08-10 16:07:22</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Financial and business managers today are seeking a higher level of analytical ability to manage business performance than ever before. But these kinds of analyses often lie beyond the reach of most of today&#39;s ERP systems.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Balanced Scorecard Design Toolkit]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper992/</link>
<pubDate>2007-03-20 12:43:17</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Business professionals lack essential information about real-life metrics and information on how to build a Balanced Scorecard, which supports weights and scores, which allows calculating the performance values. This whitepaper is a Balanced Scorecard design toolkit, which contains some &quot;how-to&quot; ideas.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Future of the Loyalty Industry]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper1017/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The last ten years has been devoted to developing ways of gaining knowledge of and understanding customers, the next ten years will be devoted to developing ways of using the information. Those that do this effectively will win and those that don&#39;t bother will surely fail.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Business Intelligence Software: What It Is and Why It Is Necessary]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper1021/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Business Intelligence Software are applications that build on existing data warehouses and provide analytical processing tools that allow users to more effectively analyze such data. This, in turn, permits businesses to more rapidly develop existing and new analyses and reports for improved decision-making power and information dissemination capacity. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Calculating the Return on Investment for Automated Remote Data Acquisition and Aggregations Systems]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper1022/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ROI is based on the analysis of differential cash flows. In the case of remote data acquisition and aggregation systems for fuel tank operators, it is based on calculating the cost of acquiring and aggregating the data manually and compared to the total cost of owning, maintaining and operating an automated data acquisition and aggregation system.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Intrinsic Safety and GPRS: Wireless, Safe and Convenient Asset Monitoring Solutions]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper1023/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[To be successful in today&#39;s safety-conscious and efficiency-minded marketplace, companies must combine compelling new technologies to offer the most convenient and effective business services and solutions. For monitoring remote tank sites, that means combining the intelligence of General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) communication with the risk mitigation properties of intrinsic safety.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Using Trust, Information and Relationships to Improve Operational Efficiency]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper1024/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Companies that purchase fuels, chemicals, solvents and other products often have to make a choice: either reduce costs by keeping inventory levels low, risking run-outs and lost sales, or keep enough surplus inventories on hand to be prepared for unforeseen spikes in product demand, which tends to drive up inventory costs and market price risks.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Evaluating Financial Management Software - Is It Time for a Change?]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper1043/</link>
<pubDate>2008-03-21 15:03:10</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This white paper walks through the key areas of a financial management solution so when you are evaluating current and future financial management software, you are prepared to avoid challenges and maximize your investment.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft Dynamics CRM Enterprise Performance and Scalability]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper1045/</link>
<pubDate>2008-05-20 12:14:21</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Read how demand planning software packages can help manufacturers to: Establish baseline sales forecasts, incorporating multiple inputs, perform sophisticated analysis that improves their use of human and capital resources and better understand their markets and customers.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Keys to Performance]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper1071/</link>
<pubDate>2007-09-24 11:37:42</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Key Performance Indicators and To-Do Lists provide the opportunity for a company to more fully utilize information already available within the organization to promote greater efficiency, stronger performance, and continuous improvement &ndash; all directed toward accomplishing company-wide business objectives for greater stronger asset performance. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[6 Steps for Linking Corporate Strategy to the Budget]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper1074/</link>
<pubDate>2007-09-24 11:32:20</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Budgeting is part of a larger, closed-loop process called &quot;performance management.&quot; Performance management is a holistic approach to the way organizations direct and manage resources to achieve objectives. In the context of performance management, budgeting&#39;s central role is to support execution through the allocation of resources to the activities that drive value.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[BI 2.0: The Next Generation of Business Intelligence]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper1094/</link>
<pubDate>2007-06-06 09:56:59</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The term Business Intelligence 2.0 (BI 2.0) is cropping up more and more in the industry, generally referring to the next generation of BI just as Web 2.0 has come to refer to the next generation of the Web.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Reporting & Dashboarding with Cognos 8 Business Intelligence]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper1155/</link>
<pubDate>2008-04-11 14:11:59</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Read how Cognos 8 Business Intelligence delivers complete reporting to all users with one business intelligence product&mdash;to make it simpler, faster, and easier to manage.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Performance Manager: Turning Information into Business Performance]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper1156/</link>
<pubDate>2008-04-11 14:12:06</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Performance Manager, Proven Strategies for Turning Information into Higher Business Performance, strengthens the partnership between decision-makers and the people who provide the information that drives better decisions. It suggests 42 decisions areas, or information sweet spots, to help you understand your data, plan, and monitor your performance.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Visual Communication: Core Design Principles for Displaying Quantitative Information]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper1157/</link>
<pubDate>2008-04-11 14:12:13</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This paper looks at research into the link between visual perception and understanding, and translates the findings into practical techniques that you can use to communicate more clearly with your data.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft Retail Management System Case Study: White Pass & Yukon Route]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper1183/</link>
<pubDate>2007-07-09 16:57:11</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[When White Pass &amp; Yukon Route Railroad recast its business model, revenues gained speed, but the cumbersome UNIX system labored through long lines of customers, discouraged timely reporting, and imprisoned data behind arcane rules and menus.&nbsp; Find out what WP&amp;YR did to help increase sales 13 percent, clear out slow-moving items, save steps and stoke the profit engine.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Best Practices in Siebel CRM Performance Management]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper1214/</link>
<pubDate>2007-08-21 13:15:59</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[What is often overlooked is that application performance is just one of three key drivers of return on investment (ROI) from your Siebel application. An efficient infrastructure is critical. It&#39;s important to optimize the Siebel application for your own unique business environment, user needs and usage patterns. But, it&#39;s all for naught if you do not build and sustain adoption and efficient and effective use of the Siebel application by your end users.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[6 Keys to Smarter Cross Channel Integration]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper1266/</link>
<pubDate>2008-04-28 09:08:50</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Need a retail intelligence system that doesn&#39;t require a significant up front investment, coordination of multiple software vendors and system integrators, or take months or years to implement? This guide will help you gain greater visibility of all your sales channels, products, distribution and suppliers to make timely and effective business decisions. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[BPM: The 'Must Have' Enterprise Solution for the New Century]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper1305/</link>
<pubDate>2007-08-17 09:02:03</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[By helping companies model, automate, manage, and optimize their business processes, BPM provides the framework for sustainable competitive advantage.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Future-Proof Your Compliance Using BPM]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper1306/</link>
<pubDate>2007-08-17 09:03:58</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A BPM-based compliance solution is the most efficient and flexible way to optimize and future-proof your compliance investment to create long term business value.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Location Intelligent Enterprise: Unlocking the Value of Location in Data]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper1478/</link>
<pubDate>2007-10-05 09:03:06</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Knowledge of the location of customers, property, products or any other asset is invaluable intelligence for improving competitive advantage and operational efficiency.&nbsp; However, despite the proliferation of data that businesses generate today, the potential value of this location dimension is often overlooked in the business intelligence process.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[5 Tips to Turn Your Website into a Marketing Machine]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper1584/</link>
<pubDate>2008-01-18 11:45:24</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Learn how you can transform your website into a marketing machine that attracts qualified prospects and converts a higher percentage of them into paying customers.&nbsp; This Internet marketing whitepaper discusses 5 tips you can implement today to leverage the Internet and reach your customers more effectively.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Worst Practices in Business Intelligence: Why BI Applications Succeed Where BI Tools Fail]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper1587/</link>
<pubDate>2008-05-16 12:39:46</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This paper provides insight into the top four worst practices for business intelligence. It also provides guidance on how to avoid or overcome worst practices in order to tap into the true power of BI. By reading this paper, you will have a solid understanding of how to avoid BI failure and achieve success with your BI initiatives.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How to Outsell the Competition]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper1604/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Sales Benchmark Index presents information in this NetSuite White Paper that helps sales management succeed in implementing a data-driven decision making process for sales success. Five steps for developing a sales benchmark are defined, with a list of key metrics you can use.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Acquiring Business Intelligence is Crucial]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper1607/</link>
<pubDate>2007-11-27 14:16:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[But what is &quot;BI&quot; and how do small/mid size business owners acquire it without too much cost?&nbsp; This Executive White Paper will outline the issues and solutions for the &quot;BI&quot; requirements of growing companies.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Harnessing the Power of an IT Dashboard]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper1635/</link>
<pubDate>2008-01-24 09:53:32</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Discover the three key reasons how enterprise IT dashboards can deliver highly valuable information to your organization in an easy to use format and provide simple processes that will turn dashboard data into actionable IT decisions.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Operations Management in UK Financial Services]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper1646/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The extremely competitive nature of the financial services industry today and the changing landscape of customer expectations and their approach to investing in financial products, puts an onus on suppliers to consider how well they are dealing with new and existing customers&rsquo; business transactions.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Power to Improve Everything: Enabling the Customer-Centric Enterprise]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper1676/</link>
<pubDate>2007-12-13 13:42:58</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[What kind of customer service does your organization deliver? Is your customer service system of handling questions or issues developed with the customer in mind?&nbsp; If it isn&rsquo;t, you may be putting your customer relationships at risk. Download this white paper to learn the competitive advantages of being a customer centric company.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Customer Service Analytics: A New Strategy for Customer-Centric Enterprises]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper1677/</link>
<pubDate>2007-12-14 09:05:01</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Does your company struggle with balancing customer satisfaction with the requirement to increase revenue and minimize the cost of customer service?&nbsp;&nbsp; Managing these conflicting goals is difficult, but is complicated even further by the many different enterprise functions and supporting processes involved in serving customers.&nbsp; Implementing a customer service analytics solution is can help. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The 5 Must-Have Features of a CRM Solution]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper1712/</link>
<pubDate>2008-01-30 14:07:35</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Customer relationship management (CRM) systems are being implemented by a variety of companies looking for a competitive advantage in the global marketplace. Without customer loyalty, many companies won&rsquo;t be able to thrive and grow. Today&rsquo;s consumers are more demanding because they have a greater variety of choices, including doing business on the Internet and via automated phone systems. Many expect access to customer service 24 hours a day.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Forrester: Measuring The Business Value of IT]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper1916/</link>
<pubDate>2008-07-18 10:35:34</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There&rsquo;s an old management axiom: You can&rsquo;t manage what you don&rsquo;t measure. Yet many organizations do a very poor job (or no job at all) of measuring the business value of their IT investments. Four existing methodologies can be adopted as is or customized to suit specific needs. Firms should pick one, institutionalize it as part of an overall governance framework, and embed it in IT portfolio management.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Learn the Secrets of Competing with Larger Financial Institutions]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper1992/</link>
<pubDate>2008-04-10 09:04:54</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s tough for community financial institutions to succeed, especially when faced with fierce competition from large banks with large budgets. See how IBM can help with solutions tailored for community banks. Click now and receive the new 18-page report from TowerGroup on CRM Metrics and how smart banks measure success.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The CMO's Strategic Agenda Benchmark Report]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper1993/</link>
<pubDate>2008-04-10 09:05:45</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Marketing executives, face a constant stream of business pressure. At the same time, customer expectations are increasing and customer satisfaction is becoming increasingly difficult&nbsp; This report provides a blueprint of what best-in-class CMO&#39;s (Chief Marketing Officers) do differently to improve marketing effectiveness through marketing automation.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[SOA - Actionable Information for Business Optimization]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper2321/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[We live and work in a fast-moving and dynamic world, caught between a host of conflicting demands on our time and attention. Against this backdrop we&rsquo;re called on to boil an ocean of information in order to support the decisions that we have to make on an hour-by-hour basis.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Best Practices Using WS Business Modeler and Monitor]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper2339/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The purpose of this Redbook is to provide guidance for the preparation of business process models, developed with the WebSphere&reg; Business Modeler, which will ultimately be monitored by the WebSphere Business Monitor. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Applications of Industrial-Strength Business Intelligence]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper2404/</link>
<pubDate>2008-05-01 06:41:12</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Discover the wide range of business intelligence applications that MicroStrategy customers are using.&nbsp; This 88-page document features detailed application descriptions, sample reports and customer vignettes from leading companies like eBay, Netflix, Yahoo!, and many more.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Customer Success with MicroStrategy Business Intelligence]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper2405/</link>
<pubDate>2008-05-01 06:41:38</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Learn how MicroStrategy delivers the Best in Business Intelligence to its customers.&nbsp; This comprehensive book reviews over 90 customer success stories, presents customer applications by industries and much more.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Corporate Overview: Enterprise Business Intelligence]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper2406/</link>
<pubDate>2008-05-01 06:41:29</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[MicroStrategy software has helped industry leaders such as eBay, Ace Hardware and Cingular Wireless increase revenues, reduce operational costs, and better serve their customers. Learn how these and other successful MicroStrategy customers have committed to a culture of continuous performance improvement by running innovative MicroStrategy-based business intelligence applications.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[MicroStrategy Dynamic Enterprise Dashboards]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper2429/</link>
<pubDate>2008-05-01 06:42:24</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[MicroStrategy Dynamic Enterprise Dashboards deliver a new caliber of information dashboards. MicroStrategy combined state-of-the-art data visualization and interactivity with its industrial-strength business intelligence platform to create dashboards that yield greater business insight and are usable by more people than ever before. Dashboards provide easy-to-use access to enterprise data and help organizations track performance and optimize decision-making.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The 5 Styles of Business Intelligence]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper2430/</link>
<pubDate>2008-05-01 06:41:54</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The purpose of this paper is to provide a framework for understanding the diverse range of business intelligence (BI) functionality that has evolved in the market over the past 15 years. It is also intended to show that there is a fundamental shortcoming in most BI tools today because they cannot support the full range of BI functionality within a single architecture &ndash; leading to excessive costs, excessive delays and excessive user dissatisfaction.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Selecting an ERP System for Packaging and Printing Operations: A Guide for Executives]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper2537/</link>
<pubDate>2008-04-29 11:17:46</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Buying an ERP system that doesn&#39;t closely fit your business processes can be a costly mistake. This is particularly true if you try to fit a generic manufacturing ERP solution into a packaging/printing business environment. Reworking a non-industry specific system to meet the day-to-day operational needs of a printing/packaging operation requires significant modifications to the core product. The resulting software can end up so heavily customized that it can be difficult and very costly to maintain.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Scenarios for Leveraging Solutions from SAP and Business Objects]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper2662/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A recent worldwide survey listed business intelligence (BI) as CIOs&#39; number one priority for 2008, the third consecutive year BI topped the list. In this light, organizations that run SAP software should perform due diligence on solutions from SAP and from Business Objects, an SAP company. New milestones in areas such as user experience and information integration, from both business-user and enterprise-IT perspectives, will be hard to ignore under such a mandate.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Master Data Management: Effective Data Governance]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper2716/</link>
<pubDate>2008-07-24 11:07:45</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Organizations with data-sharing environments, complex information and systems hinder business responsiveness and decision makers&rsquo; ability to make informed decisions. This white paper will describe how engaging in a master data management (MDM) project enables effective governance of data - specifically master data - and achieves maturity in key categories of the IBM Data Governance Maturity Model.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Managing Business Intelligence (BI) Complexity]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper2944/</link>
<pubDate>2008-06-22 22:15:58</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Businesses, more than ever before, are relying on fact based decision-making and analytics to compete in this environment. This has given rise to &quot;Business Intelligence,&quot; or simply BI, a broad category of applications and technologies for accessing, combining, computing and analyzing data to help enterprise users make better business decisions.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Insights to Accelerate Services Growth]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper2993/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As a Services Executive are you struggling with questions regarding what to measure, how to effectively engage with your customers, and what information should be leveraged and shared with service-chain partners and customers? Leading edge organizations are making tools and data available to their suppliers and customers with aggregated information from multiple data systems. Service-chain partners and customer personnel can now see the same views of service performance and activity. This is the next frontier to creating customer &quot;stickiness&quot; and business growth. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sales Force Automation Case Study: TaylorMade Golf, Inc.]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper3021/</link>
<pubDate>2008-06-30 19:25:27</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Wholesale sales representatives sell TaylorMade golf clubs, clothing and accessories to more than 10,000 retail outlets. TaylorMade executives concluded that if the company could automate these value-added sales force services, which were requiring more than 60% of the company&#39;s 100+ wholesale representatives&#39; in-outlet time, the overhead savings and increase in sales revenue could be significant. Read how TaylorMade addressed this challenge in this case study.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sales Force Automation Case Study: adidas America]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper3022/</link>
<pubDate>2008-06-30 19:32:52</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A leader in its industry, adidas America recognized that it could increase its sales potential by automating many components of the sales process. Tim Oligmueller, sales force automation manager for adidas America, wanted to reduce the number of calls from sales representatives in the field to check on product availability, enabling them to capture &quot;at-once&quot; business and show customers that the company is on the cutting edge not only in footwear and apparel design, but also in customer service.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Customer Relationship Management: Secrets to CRM Success]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper3038/</link>
<pubDate>2008-08-01 08:49:53</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Find out how you can convert your pains into profit. Learn how Microsoft Customer Relationship Management (CRM) can help you develop profitable customer relationships. Microsoft CRM uses lead and opportunity management, incident management and a searchable knowledgebase. CRM also makes use of reporting tools for accurate forecasting, measurement of business activity, and employee performance.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Transform Data and Analytics into Meaningful Business Insights with Microsoft Dynamics GP]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper3039/</link>
<pubDate>2008-08-01 08:51:48</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Watch this informative webcast as we discuss how the integrated intelligence in Microsoft Dynamics GP and other Microsoft technologies can help improve your company operations by providing business insights to all employees. Learn how you can enable people throughout your organization to make confident, business-critical decisions while minimizing costs.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Using Financial Management Solutions to Make Intelligent Business Decisions]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper3043/</link>
<pubDate>2008-08-01 08:52:45</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In this webcast, we discuss how companies excel when they empower their people to drive the business forward. While strategies, organization, motivation, and leadership all set the stage for business success, you also have to give your people the right tools, information, and opportunities to see results&mdash;because ultimately success is determined by your people. Learn why we call a business that fosters a winning environment a &quot;people-ready business.&quot;]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Using Business Intelligence to Gain an Advantage]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper3046/</link>
<pubDate>2008-08-01 08:52:32</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The people in your organization have access to volumes of information that was once unimaginable. Success or failure can hinge on whether or not people can use this information to make wise decisions quickly. But without the ability to make sense of information, a knowledge gap exists, and the best anyone can do is guess or follow a hunch. Business intelligence helps you decipher and extract meaning from data so you can make informed decisions. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Data Modeling: A Necessary and Rewarding Aspect of Data Management]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper3059/</link>
<pubDate>2008-07-07 13:07:38</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Data modeling has evolved from an arcane technique for database designers into an entire family of interrelated techniques that serves many constituencies, including techno-phobic business stakeholders and users. The new maturity of modeling tools and techniques arrives in the nick of time, because new technical and regulatory realities demand that enterprises maintain scrupulous awareness of their data and how it is used. Data modeling is no longer for databases only, no longer for technologists only, and no longer optional.]]></description>
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