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• The top 5 supply chain management vendors

  19-09-2017 21:49
  The supply chain management (SCM) market continues to grow with the same characters on top of the revenue lists, according to a recent report by Gartner, and will most likely stay there as legacy clients continue to upgrade, and international clients start purchasing supply chain services.The SCM software market grew 9.8 percent to $11.2 billion in 2016, up from $10.1 billion in 2015, according to the Gartner report. SAP made up 26.2 percent of the market, followed by Oracle at 13.9 percent, JDA
  
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• BrandPost: Is Your Cloud Approach the Right Approach?

  19-09-2017 19:52
  By almost any measure, cloud computing is on a tear. Most organizations have grown comfortable with this form of computing, and many have grown passionate. Unfortunately, far too many companies are still using a haphazard, piecemeal approach in their adoption of different cloud models and services. The lack of a comprehensive cloud computing strategy today will likely come back to haunt these companies further down the road.Why are so many companies ending up with an inefficient patchwork of clo
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: When email threads can become binding agreements

  19-09-2017 18:15
  It is important to be aware of how easy it is to unintentionally create a binding contract when communicating by email.Email communications are the most common form of business communication. A large and critical portion of almost every business negotiation will also take place via email. Whereas it is common practice when drafting a term sheet to include explicit language stating that the term sheet is non-binding, this qualification is very rarely included in email communications discussing po
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Cost reduction and new tech capabilities aren't the goals for a performance breakthrough

  19-09-2017 16:37
  There’s a proverb that says old habits die hard. This is certainly true in business, even those that aggressively move forward in their markets. Why do I remind of this proverb? Because most businesses, no matter their size or industry, have been oriented toward reducing costs and/or implementing new technology as their performance goals. These goals are their means of improving competitive posturing and nibbling at market share. This goal orientation hasn’t changed for decades and i
  
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• IDG Contributor Network: Why RPA implementations fail

  19-09-2017 16:31
  Robotic process automation (RPA) uses software code, often called “bots,” to record and replay repetitive software application interaction tasks that are normally done by employees in an enterprise, as an example, inputting order management data into an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system and returning confirmations or exceptions by email.  And the beauty of RPA is that it does not require expensive and time consuming enterprise application integration efforts, as it essen
  
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• 3 machine learning success stories: An inside look

  19-09-2017 12:00
  Fewer technologies are hotter than artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), which mimic the behavior of the human mind to help companies improve business operations. And for companies embarking on digital transformations, AI and ML are being viewed as cornerstone technologies for wooing customers with new services.Aggressive marketing has triggered significant hype around these emerging technologies. Restaurants, retailers and airlines are deploying chatbots that approximate human
  
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• 7 keys to a successful business intelligence strategy

  19-09-2017 00:31
  Business intelligence (BI) is essential for business growth and competitive advantage, yet reaping benefits from BI requires more than implementing the technology that enables it.In fact, deploying the technology is the easiest part of any BI initiative, according to Boris Evelson, vice president and principal analyst at Forrester Research. Getting the personnel and processes portions right are much more challenging, he says.As such, organizations must addresses personnel and processes as key fa
  
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