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Don't Remove the Intelligence from BI

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By Tom Allanson on February 22, 2011 12:01 PM 0 Vote 0 Votes
I just finished reading this great article by David Caruso of Information Management, "Bringing Agility to Business Intelligence," which focuses on the challenges organizations face in trying to get their BI deployments to keep up with the pace of their... Read More..

Today's Lesson, "Doing More With Less," Taught By Visalia School District

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By Tom Allanson on October 29, 2010 5:02 PM 0 Vote 0 Votes
At home and at work, people are being asked to do more with less these days, a trend that is likely to continue for the foreseeable future. The nation is slowly climbing out of a recession which means that business... Read More..
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AIIM's World Paper Free Day: Paying Our Respects

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By Tom Allanson on October 28, 2010 10:28 AM 0 Vote 0 Votes
I just had to share how happy I am that today is World Paper Free Day, an initiative from AIIM (the Association for Information and Image Management). In a post on their website, AIIM draws attention to a powerful reality... Read More..

Citizen Developers Unite! Avoiding Tool Anarchy

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By Tom Allanson on October 6, 2010 3:50 PM 0 Vote 0 Votes
I recently came across some Gartner research insights from almost a year ago that I had read previously and enjoyed. The findings concerned "citizen developers" - people creating solutions outside of the jurisdiction of enterprise IT. Discussed at the Gartner... Read More..
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Social BPM - A New Name for an Old Concept

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By Tom Allanson on September 8, 2010 4:51 PM 1 0 Vote 0 Votes
There has been much discussion lately of the momentum surrounding "social BPM" - a term loosely defined as business process management involving direct feedback from external and internal stakeholders and therefore, constant improvement. I think a much more appropriate term... Read More..

In BPM, "B" Stands for "Business" - Part Two

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By Tom Allanson on August 25, 2010 12:26 PM 0 Vote 0 Votes
Last week I shared my views on a question posed by Robert Mitchell - who should lead BPM? As I've contended many times before, I'm of the opinion that a business user should ultimately make the final decisions and maintain... Read More..

In BPM, "B" Stands for "Business"

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By Tom Allanson on August 17, 2010 7:52 AM 6 0 Vote 0 Votes
"Who should lead a business performance management project: IT, finance or both?" Robert Mitchell of Computerworld asked this question in a recent article, entitled "Who Should Lead BPM?" In the piece, Mitchell asks several IT and finance tech company pros... Read More..

Like it or not, we're getting SaaSy

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By Tom Allanson on July 29, 2010 4:45 PM 0 Vote 0 Votes
As most of us have figured out by now, SaaS is here to stay. Just in case you had any doubts, both IDC and Gartner issued reports this week chronicling the recent double-digit gains in the marketplace that we'll continue... Read More..
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The Year of...Broken Promises?

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By Tom Allanson on July 14, 2010 4:31 PM 0 Vote 0 Votes
A few weeks ago ebizQ's BPM Forum asked a question I've heard many times in the past few months: will 2010 be the year of BPM? It got me thinking not just because we tend to quickly put labels on... Read More..
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Stop Asking "What Can Brown Do For You?" Ask, "What Can You Do For Yourself?"

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By Tom Allanson on July 1, 2010 8:33 AM 0 Vote 0 Votes
Overnight delivery services like FedEx and UPS have done a tremendous job automating their processes to the point that many of us take for granted the ability to track a package en route, and learn exactly when it will arrive.... Read More..
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Tom Allanson, CEO of Perfect Forms, Inc., has over 19 years of experience leading teams and growing businesses and has held key executive roles at Intuit, General Electric, and H&R Block. Most recently the President of H&R Block Digital Tax Division, he had previously been Senior Vice President at Intuit in charge of the Tax Division, including TurboTax. He started his career as a design engineer.

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