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<title><![CDATA[whitepapers.msexchange.org/Enterprise Applications/Business Integration]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Data Integration (DI) is the use of software and architectural principles to bring together (integrate) a set of enterprise computer applications, with an emphasis on decoupling the data integration (application adaptors and message transformations) from the business processes that use the data. Data Integration uses middleware technologies such as an Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) as part of a service-oriented architecture as a means of integration.]]></description>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/enterprise-applications/enterprise-applications/</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Five Magic Bullets: Strategies for Improved Enterprise Faxing]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper293/</link>
<pubDate>2007-06-06 09:26:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Computer-based, network fax servers offer a high quality, low maintenance enterprise fax solution, well-suited for organizations involved in fax-intensive industries. From first-rate administration and development tools to comprehensive integration with existing network resources, fax servers can accelerate document processing and turnaround time while reducing communication costs.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Information Lifecycle Management]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper298/</link>
<pubDate>2007-08-20 13:26:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There is an impression today that Information Lifecycle Management is a new concept. Management of the information lifecycle has been with us since the dawn of the computer age. While recent legislation and shifts in media cost have spawned a mini-boom in replication start-ups and new storage technologies, the fundamentals of information management have not changed.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Enterprise Application Integration]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper656/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-29 14:44:04</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The biggest problem facing CIO&#39;s today is their existing applications. This paper describes the problem and describes our permanent solution, Enterprise Application Integration.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Business Integration ROI: Building The Business Case For Integration]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper657/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-29 15:15:54</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Business integration is becoming increasingly important for many companies, with the need to streamline processes for efficiency and productivity while at the same time leveraging years of IT investments and becoming a more agile business that can move swiftly to exploit market opportunities and beat competition.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Top 10 Points to Consider in a Business Integration Vendor]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper659/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-29 15:37:22</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Selecting the right business integration vendor is a challenge. While it is essential to focus on what is critical for your company, it is also important to evaluate vendors using a common set of metrics. This document uses customer feedback taken from a broad portfolio of evaluations to offer key factors and considerations to use when selecting an integration software vendor.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Process Automation: Moving Beyond Scripts in Operations Management]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper688/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-25 12:57:26</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This white paper describes how automating IT processes greatly reduces operational costs and improves service delivery. Learn how to standardize best practices and integrate data center and operations tools without the management burden associated with scripts and home-grown programs.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[On Demand IP Communications at IBM]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper692/</link>
<pubDate>2007-06-06 09:32:33</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Download this paper to learn why IBM believes that the real business value of IPC voice systems is reflected in improved employee productivity, enhanced business processes, and the ability to deliver more responsive services and offerings.]]></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[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[Easy Integration of Excel with SAP Solutions for Financial Data]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper773/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-25 09:09:34</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This paper describes how to easily integrate Excel data with SAP solutions and the resulting benefits from such integration &ndash; reduction in financial closing time, reduction in data entry resources, and availability of timely data for reporting.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Business-Oriented Architecture: Combining BPM and SOA for Competitive Advantage]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper792/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-24 22:22:35</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In this paper, we will discuss the benefits of BPM and SOA in more detail and show how leading companies have recognized that implementing BPM and SOA together gives them unique capabilities.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Making the Case for BPM: A Benefits Checklist]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper793/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-24 22:25:44</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This paper is intended for groups who want to make the business case for investing in BPM to drive process improvement. It provides an overview of the areas of benefit that companies can expect from BPM as well as concrete examples of value.]]></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[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[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[ITIL Training: Aligning IT with the Business]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper884/</link>
<pubDate>2008-03-10 13:20:49</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ITIL awareness training is defined as a broad yet detailed enough overview of ITIL practice areas to give IT managers enough information to begin to pinpoint their business drivers for the implementation of ITIL.&nbsp; This white paper explores the value of &#39;ITIL Awareness Training&#39;, including using this training as the first step towards aligning IT with the business.&nbsp; ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How IBM Positioned for Business Growth Using Integrated Business Communications]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper909/</link>
<pubDate>2007-06-06 09:32:17</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This paper describes IBM&#39;s experience with and the benefits achieved from basic network convergence and IP telephony, the convergence of applications, and the ability to transform the enterprise business model.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Paving the Way for Business Innovation with Integrated Business Communications Solutions]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper910/</link>
<pubDate>2007-06-06 09:32:51</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This paper provides an overview of opportunities and benefits of business communications integration and includes two &quot;before and after&quot; scenarios - one in financial services and one in healthcare - that demonstrate how IBM clients have benefited from integrated business communications.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Infor Manufacturing Essentials Addresses Marine Manufacturer's Business Issues]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper946/</link>
<pubDate>2007-09-24 11:34:46</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The Viking Yacht Company is a $275-million family-owned business that builds more than 100 sport fishing yachts a year in a high-technology, 550,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in New Gretna, N.J. With an increased emphasis on service, Viking Yacht needed an enterprise resource planning system that would better support its service system.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Presenting a Real-Time Enterprise for Your Company]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper979/</link>
<pubDate>2007-04-13 12:02:03</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This exclusive Yankee Group White Paper reveals and examines how mid-size businesses can now build a real-time enterprises and leverage real-time information. Learn how to reduce scattered information and silo databases that prevent your enterprise from achieving operational excellence.]]></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 Sales Force - A Consultative Approach]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper1041/</link>
<pubDate>2008-02-14 08:23:11</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If your company uses a contact management or customer relationship management (CRM system), you need to ask one additional key question. Does your CRM or contact management system tie your consultative sales, ROI analysis and proposal production process together?]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft Dynamics CRM Enterprise Performance and Scalability]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper1045/</link>
<pubDate>2008-09-04 15:26:57</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[Mashups: Understanding Mashup Building Platforms for Business Applications]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper1142/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This paper explores trends past, current, and future in the mashup space and surveys the types of tools used to build and distribute mashups. The goal is to develop a set of criteria for the reader to use when evaluating mashup platforms for the development of business applications. Where appropriate, analogies to existing technologies and methodologies are employed.]]></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[Microsoft Dynamics Case Study: J.D. Byrider]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper1186/</link>
<pubDate>2007-07-09 17:18:36</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[J.D. Byrider&#39;s franchisees experienced a high level of frustration due to an old system running on Linux using dBase files. Byrider made the decision to switch their development environment to Intel-based servers in a Microsoft SQL Server and ASP development environment. Download this paper to read about their results.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Asserting Control, Seizing Opportunity in High Tech: 5 Critical Success Factors]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper1188/</link>
<pubDate>2007-07-11 10:06:01</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Until recently, many high-tech manufacturers &ndash; especially small and medium-sized businesses &ndash; have been able to survive by applying 80% of their operational focus to 20% or less of their critical customers and suppliers. That was then. The new mandate from channel masters is for more intense, collaborative relationships with fewer suppliers.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How to Get to the Numbers that Matter in Retail]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper1191/</link>
<pubDate>2008-02-05 12:31:47</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The objective of this white paper is to review various aspects of retail financial management and to draw important lessons for small and mid-size retailers. The paper addresses a wide range of topics that impact a retailer&rsquo;s financial success. Many of these are common to retailers of all sizes, but some are specific to mid to small tier businesses and many cautionary notes are given.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[One Touch Business Travel and the End of the Expense Report]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper1205/</link>
<pubDate>2008-01-29 10:59:05</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Despite the fact that billions of dollars per year are spent on business travel and entertainment (T&amp;E) by employees on behalf of their organizations, many companies are still not maximizing the value of that spend because they&rsquo;re relying on multiple processes and solutions to manage their T&amp;E &ndash; an area of spend that for many is the second largest controllable cost after payroll. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Making the Case for an Interoperable, Multi-scale Hospital/Healthcare Knowledge Domain]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper1207/</link>
<pubDate>2007-07-16 11:02:43</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Get this free white paper to read why mass casualty and other public health emergencies create a demand for information within hospitals, between hospitals, between hospitals and local incident command centers, and between local, statewide and multi-state incident command centers and agencies.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ERP End-User Business Productivity: A Field Study of SAP & Microsoft]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper1222/</link>
<pubDate>2007-07-23 12:49:37</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In this white paper, we measure how end users of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) applications describe the impact of Microsoft and SAP applications on their business productivity. This research found that Microsoft Dynamics end users on average rated their experience with Microsoft applications more favorably than SAP users rated their experience with SAP.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft Dynamics RoleTailored Business Productivity]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper1223/</link>
<pubDate>2008-09-04 15:29:17</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Businesses don&rsquo;t garner insights or make decisions. Businesses don&rsquo;t close deals, invent new products, or find new efficiencies. People do. Companies excel when they empower their people to drive the business forward. But to see results, you also have to give your people the right tools, information, and opportunities&mdash;because success ultimately comes down to your people. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Microsoft Dynamics: Enabling Real-World SOA to Connect Your Business Vision with Software]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper1224/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This paper walks you through the tools and technologies that enable service orientation. The purpose of this paper is to share with you the value of Real-World SOA and a few success stories from our customers who have taken on Real-World SOA projects to support their business vision.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Why Do Leading Organizations Implement Integrated Workplace Management Systems?]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper1240/</link>
<pubDate>2007-07-27 08:41:51</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In this white paper, we discuss industry standards, the range of disciplines IWMS spans, external systems (e.g., CAD, ERP, human resources) that interact with a solid IWMS, and the costs avoided when innovators enforce data templates and processes throughout the enterprise.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[6 Keys to Smarter Cross Channel Integration]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper1266/</link>
<pubDate>2008-08-28 15:08:11</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[Unmasking the Complexities of Data Sync: Understanding Retailers' Options for Reaping Benefits]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper1270/</link>
<pubDate>2007-10-30 09:10:17</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Major retailers and mass merchandisers are turning up the pressure on their trading partners and even other retailers to implement Global Data Synchronization (GDS) within their organizations. These advocates see GDS and participation in the Global Data Synchronization Network (GDSN) as the best path to improving the timeliness and accuracy of their supply chains, particularly once these efforts are broadly supported across the retail supply chain landscape.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[IT Due Diligence Case Study: J.W. Childs]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper1335/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In 2004, J.W. Childs had the opportunity to acquire the Sunny Delight Beverage Co. (SDBC) through a unique carve-out of brands by Procter &amp; Gamble. An accurate and in-depth assessment of the infrastructure required to support SunnyD&rsquo;s business going forward would be absolutely essential to Childs&rsquo; decision to purchase the company.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How ERP Outsourcing Helps Skanska's IT Group Maintain Its Focus]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper1338/</link>
<pubDate>2008-02-12 14:01:15</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In November 2002, Skanska embarked on the construction industry&rsquo;s largest consolidation effort. Having acquired numerous companies in the previous 12 years &mdash; ranging in size from $100 million to $1 billion and comprising the $3.9 billion Skanska of today &mdash; CIO Chris Stockley was charged with migrating all the companies onto the J.D. Edwards application platform already in use by a few of the organizations.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Web-Enabled Applications and the Internet: Satisfying the Growing Expectations of Business Users]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper1572/</link>
<pubDate>2007-11-13 10:18:26</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Businesses across Europe are becoming increasingly reliant on web-enabled applications that are accessed over the public internet. One of the key drivers for this is to open up communications with external organizations that are fundamental to core business processes.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Business Intelligence: The Strategic Imperative for CIOs]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper1586/</link>
<pubDate>2007-12-27 13:51:01</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The CIO&#39;s role becomes more strategic as organizations use information to create a competitive advantage. This paper &ndash; using evidence from benchmarks created with IBM to test WebFOCUS&#39; performance on System z running z/OS and Linux &ndash; helps CIOs to balance demands for information accessibility and processing power.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Is a Data Warehouse the Only Option? 7 Styles of Data Integration]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper1589/</link>
<pubDate>2008-05-16 12:40:14</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[There are many ways to access data for analysis and reporting. You should analyze each business challenge to understand whether a data warehouse or another type of information-access method presents the best solution. This white paper identifies seven basic ways to integrate and access data to solve various business problems.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The New Competitive Advantage: Web Collaboration Reaches the Tipping Point]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper1691/</link>
<pubDate>2008-01-23 08:43:45</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Despite the ease and enthusiasm with which knowledge workers have embraced Web collaboration, user-driven integration can only go so far. It is imperative that CIOs take control of their collaboration deployments now and weave collaboration solutions deep into the fabric of their business processes and enterprise software strategies.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The ABCs of Choosing a CRM System]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper1711/</link>
<pubDate>2008-01-30 14:07:44</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Since the 1990s, the customer relationship management (CRM) concept has been embraced by the business world as a way to forge, maintain, and improve bonds with customers. Previously, many companies focused mainly on gathering consumer data for their own use. However, once businesses began to understand the value of allowing customers to dialog about their needs, they began implementing more systems that invited customer feedback. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How an Integrated Software Solution Can Grow Your Business]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper1781/</link>
<pubDate>2008-04-18 15:13:44</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[This white paper examines how small and medium sized business can grow their businesses by streamlining their processes, creating employee empowerment, reducing IT costs, increasing productivity and improving their customers experience by implementing an integrated, real-time software solution.&nbsp; ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Personalized Gift Provider Relies on Everest Software to Manage Inventory and Support Growth]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper1782/</link>
<pubDate>2008-04-18 15:13:52</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[After maxing out on Quickbooks, Gunther Gifts needed a software solution that could support their growth and enable complete integration across inventory, accounting, purchasing and sales. Download this paper to read about their results. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sales and Operations Planning: The Key to Continuous Demand Satisfaction]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper1917/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Find out how leading companies are designing their sales and operations planning processes to continuously monitor and meet customer demand. Through interdepartmental collaboration, they create business plans with the latest and most accurate data and use a common set of metrics.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Deliver Application Integration Projects in Days]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper2056/</link>
<pubDate>2008-07-14 13:10:49</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Discover how to complete more application integration projects by delivering in days what used to take months of custom programming.&nbsp; Find out how an appliance-based approach to application integration uses &ldquo;configuration, not coding&rdquo; to dramatically simplify and accelerate integration projects, while cutting costs by up to 80%.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Integration Appliances: Simplify Software as a Service (SaaS) Integration]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper2057/</link>
<pubDate>2008-07-14 13:11:15</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Discover why traditional software and custom coding solutions are obsolete when solving integration problems in a SaaS environment and how they&rsquo;re rapidly being replaced by Integration Appliances that use &ldquo;configuration, not coding&rdquo; to quickly integrate your SaaS applications with your business-critical data.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Integration Appliances: Finally an Integration Solution for Midsized Companies]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper2058/</link>
<pubDate>2008-07-14 13:11:05</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Midsized companies face the challenge of integrating key applications while keeping risks low, costs down, and schedules short.&nbsp; Explore three approaches to application integration and discover a quick and cost-effective way to get your critical applications to work together without custom code or burdening specialist resources, ensuring rapid ROI for your application investment.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[5 Reasons to Switch from Custom Code to Appliances for Integration Projects]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper2059/</link>
<pubDate>2008-07-14 13:10:38</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Traditionally companies had just two choices for their integration needs, complex and expensive platforms like EAI or write custom code. Learn about the &quot;hidden costs&quot; of custom code and discover five reasons why companies are switching to Integration Appliances that use a simple &ldquo;configuration, not coding&rdquo; approach to integration.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How to Simplify Integration with Your SAP Solutions]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper2060/</link>
<pubDate>2008-07-14 13:10:56</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Traditionally companies had only two choices for integrating SAP solutions, complex and expensive platforms like EAI or write custom code. Integration Appliances offer companies a third option, one that dramatically simplifies and accelerates SAP integration by using a &ldquo;configuration, not coding&rdquo; approach to rapidly connect SAP applications with a wide variety of applications, without burdening specialist resources.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Bridging the Value Gap Between IT and Business]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper2089/</link>
<pubDate>2008-08-18 09:03:52</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Why is it that business and IT teams always seem to be at odds with one another? In this IBM white paper, Macehiter Ward-Dutton, specialists in IT business alignment, give a step-by-step explanation of how to make long-term improvements in the relationship between business and IT.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Unified Communications: Concepts and Business Applications]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper2104/</link>
<pubDate>2008-02-28 13:44:43</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Unified communications has the potential to dramatically simplify and improve enterprise communications, as well as improve business agility. By integrating various forms of communications, such as voice, video, instant messaging, conferencing, presence and voicemail, individuals can more effectively control and manage their inbound and outbound communications sessions, and enterprises further stand to benefit.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Unified Communications: Are You Ready?]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper2105/</link>
<pubDate>2008-02-28 13:42:49</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In this white paper, you&rsquo;ll learn how two of the most respected industry analysts define unified communications and why organizations are considering its use to improve business operations. With vivid examples of the problems it solves and its value to users and IT, you&rsquo;ll begin to understand how unified communications improves productivity and enhances business processes. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[WebSphere Message Broker: Delivering Business Value Through an Advanced Enterprise Bus]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper2337/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Business integration, along with the IT integration resources required to support it, has become an essential focus for companies across industries. These organizations want to update existing technology assets&mdash;and realize new value from what were previously disconnected and isolated applications.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Workplace Performance Management (WPM)]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper2425/</link>
<pubDate>2008-04-15 11:13:18</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Workplace Performance Management: A strategic framework and system to align, measure and deliver greater shareholder value from workplace assets and operations. Corporations need to align workplace operations and assets to business strategies.&nbsp; Workplace assets and operations must be measured and linked directly to stakeholder expectations to expose the true contributions of real estate to the organization.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Smart SOA- Best Practices for Agile Innovation and Optimization]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper2586/</link>
<pubDate>2008-05-13 13:15:08</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[In this era of unprecedented change, organizations need agility to adapt rapidly. Part of what separates winners from losers is the ability to respond quickly and intelligently to market opportunities, competitive threats and regulatory constraints - in short, to innovate and create value. The best companies understand how to use technology for strategic advantage to help accomplish these goals. Service oriented architecture (SOA) can help. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Optimizing Performance Across Your Supply Chain]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper2671/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A firm&#39;s supply chain is the essence of how it delivers value to its customers. Deploying a supply chain performance management solution is a challenging process. This paper outlines critical steps and key factors in optimizing performance management for your entire supply chain.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Beyond Converged Networks: Driving User Productivity Through Unified Communication and Collaboration]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper2734/</link>
<pubDate>2008-09-12 12:47:04</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Unified communications and collaboration strategies can help organizations deliver a user experience that brings together communications and collaboration silos across and beyond traditional business boundaries. This paper reviews how by providing users with a single, integrated experience across both business applications and communications and collaboration tools, organizations can cultivate more dynamic and flexible business systems.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Best Practice Recommendations for IT and Telecom Inventory Management]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper2828/</link>
<pubDate>2008-08-11 15:01:21</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Telecom assets are a special class of IT assets that require an accurate inventory for effective financial management. Enterprises should consider the benefits of establishing a &quot;single version of the truth&quot; that comes from linking management of IT and telecom assets with their other systems and processes. An accurate inventory is critical for effective financial management. Managers need accurate information that supports their business decisions. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A Powerful, Flexible Solution to Optimize SharePoint 2007]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper2880/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[SchemaLogic Enterprise Suite for Microsoft SharePoint 2007 (SES) resolves SharePoint issues by providing a framework that enables companies to model and connect the structures and relationships of the metadata across the entire SharePoint environment. SES continuously updates and synchronizes metadata across SharePoint site collections, Web applications and farms by leveraging and extending SharePoint&rsquo;s native capabilities.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Make Customers the Center of Attention with Microsoft Dynamics CRM]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper3040/</link>
<pubDate>2008-08-01 08:50:30</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Microsoft Dynamics CRM is a powerful tool for your sales and marketing teams, but it is more than just a contact management solution. In this webcast, we explore how Microsoft CRM is a flexible, integral part of your enterprise, supporting sales, marketing, customer service, manufacturing, and professional services. We describe how you can configure Microsoft CRM to work the way your business does, and we illustrate its many benefits.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Driving your Channel Business]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper3277/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[How can brand owners keep pace with global marketing changes and maintain competitive edge? Find out how to move beyond internal improvements to focus on managing, enabling, incenting, and integrating channel partners in your ecosystem to reap rewards and strengthen market position.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[High Technology Manufacturers' Journey to Best in Class Performance]]></title>
<link>http://whitepapers.msexchange.org/whitepaper3290/</link>
<pubDate>0000-00-00 00:00:00</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[By increasing ERP adoption rates and standardizing implementations, high-tech manufacturers can improve their performance. This report discusses the impact of using a standardized manufacturing execution system (MES) that to perform real-time ERP integration and collect real-time KPI measurements.]]></description>
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