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    <pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> A reprint of the Tim OReilly article which defines Web </description>
    <title> What Is Web </title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> Robert Frances Group says that alignment alone without IT having effective processes and management leads to increased IT expenditures and slower or negative growth</description>
    <title> Best Practices for Strategic Alignment</title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2007 07:00:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> The deployment of executive dashboards</description>
    <title> Evolution Beats Revolution</title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 10 Oct 2006 12:00:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> While the consequences of the HP case may prove far more severe than a blown budget or project schedule the scenario should still look rather familiar to any seasoned IT executive</description>
    <title> Eyes Off the Prize</title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 11 May 2006 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> In the next year or two we can expect service and humanoriented BPM to become as highprofile among business leaders as technical folk to become as much a management methodology as an approach to IT</description>
    <title> The Future of BPM</title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 05 Apr 2006 11:16:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> The path to viability for software vendors and the IT profession is hardly obvious</description>
    <title> One and One is Three</title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 19 Mar 2006 17:00:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> Wiki and blog use is already widespread in large enterprises though companies rarely have a thoroughly refined plan for them</description>
    <title> Wikis and Blogs Make Room for Innovation</title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 12 Mar 2006 17:00:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> ebizQs own Dave Kelly asks if were looking at too much of a good thing</description>
    <title> Buzzword Alert Governance</title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 05 Mar 2006 17:00:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> A united dedicated effort from key players can fuel the development of open standards and technologies</description>
    <title> Fueling the Innovation Ecosystem</title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 26 Feb 2006 17:00:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> The  Group says a fires been lit under the company</description>
    <title> The On Demand Concept Plays Heavily in Informaticas Future Plans</title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2006 17:00:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> Technology is an enabler for more effectively managing the business but it doesnt solve problems unless it is tied directly to business and governance objectives</description>
    <title> Business Assurance and the Changing Role of IT</title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2006 17:00:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> Technology is an enabler for more effectively managing the business but it doesnt solve problems unless it is tied directly to business and governance objectives</description>
    <title> Business Assurance and the Changing Role of IT</title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2006 17:00:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> How to generate Return on Sunk Investment </description>
    <title> The Holy Grail of IT today</title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2006 17:00:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> Embracing the benefits that effective process automation and management can bring to any organization</description>
    <title> The Impact of Business Performance Management</title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2005 17:00:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> Using enterprise risk management tools to stop rewarding crime</description>
    <title> The Price of Fraud</title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2005 17:00:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> Emerging tech boards are bridging the gap at innovative companies by helping to ease complex technical issues now facing many boards of directors</description>
    <title> The New Secret to Success in Bridging Business and IT</title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2005 17:00:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> Securities firms tend to be at the front of the adoption curve for new risk management ideas and technologies </description>
    <title> Manage Risk Dont Suppress It</title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 17 Jul 2005 17:00:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> RFG says IT executives seeking to use the most innovative technologies have little choice but to turn to smaller technology vendors</description>
    <title> Dealing With Small Vendors in the Elastic Enterprise</title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2005 17:00:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> Smaller companies face a challenge of having to adhere to the same technological demands as large businesses</description>
    <title> The SMB Perspective</title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2005 17:00:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> Whats important in small to midsized enterprise business technology decisions</description>
    <title> The SMB Challenge</title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 17:00:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> Firms who get IT architecture and governance right are beneficiaries of IT business value says Dr Jeanne Ross of the Sloan School of Managements Center for Information Systems Research at MIT</description>
    <title> Getting Better Business Value from IT</title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2005 17:00:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> The technology for augmenting humandriven processes with computers is now emerging in a new generation of software frameworks for process supportsuch a software framework is termed a Human Interaction Management System HIMS In this article Keith HarrisonBroninski considers the requirements that a HIMS places on Web services and draw conclusions about the Web service technologies required</description>
    <title> Building Your SOA for the Human Race</title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2005 17:00:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> The Robert Frances Group believes running IT like the business to facilitate ITbusiness alignment and enterprise elasticity is key to the survival of CIOs</description>
    <title> Running IT Like a Business</title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2005 17:00:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> John Stelzers regular monthly column CIO Edge is dedicated to addressing the many issues CIOs are facing in todays rapidly changing world We know that one of the greatest challenges CIOs have is how to find a way to regularly outdo what they just accomplished After all it can be argued that continually producing at the same level is stagnation In this installment John talks about how to properly analyze and apply information to produce value</description>
    <title> MultiEnterprise Collaboration in Action</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2005 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> Its still early in  and serviceoriented architecture SOA is the hottest buzzword of the year SOAs slice and dice and they do anything you need them to do faster cheaper and more efficient than anything else ever But do our customers really need or want it</description>
    <title> Is SOA the Answer for Our Customers</title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 06 Feb 2005 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> John Stelzers regular monthly column CIOedge is dedicated to addressing the many issues CIOs are facing in todays rapidly changing world We know that one of the greatest challenges CIOs have is how to find a way to regularly outdo what they just accomplished After all it can be argued that continually producing at the same level is stagnation In this installment learn about significant changes in how technology is being leveraged to create sustainable competitive advantage</description>
    <title> The Need for MultiEnterprise Collaboration</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2005 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> Sara Braunstein of the Robert Frances Group says the movement of application development budgets back to the lines of business and the ongoing operational budget cuts have begun to erode and marginalize the role of the CIO However she argues this need not occur and is not inevitable </description>
    <title> CIO Marginalization is Not Inevitable</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2005 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> John Stelzers new regular monthly column CIO Edge is dedicated to addressing the many issues CIOs are facing in todays rapidly changing world We know that one of the greatest challenges CIOs have is how to find a way to regularly outdo what they just accomplished After all it can be argued that continually producing at the same level is stagnation</description>
    <title> The Next Big Thing</title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2004 10:55:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> Product innovation and growth are some of todays top business issues and are major factors in strategic investment yet research shows that among top companies there is no common measure of success IT departments however provide unbiased metrics and clues to organizational leadership that provide a critical thread of continuity that is critical to business success The CIO would do well to harness the skills his IT department is trained to provide</description>
    <title> The Innovation Imperative</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2004 11:03:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> The top ten mistakes the IT department makes in dealing with their top executive</description>
    <title> Confessions of a CIO</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2004 11:00:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> Theyre either aligned or maligned</description>
    <title> The New IT Executives</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2004 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> The role of chief information officer has never been more demanding or less defined</description>
    <title> Business First IT Second</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2004 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> Real time means real fast right But hold on a second In the business context of the realtime enterprise speed isnt always the correct measure Author and visionary Peter Fingar explains what real time really means in business and why</description>
    <title> Is Speed the Measure of Success</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2004 09:00:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> Having complete reliable realtime information from and on all areas of the enterprise and its partners adding up to the big picture is critical for businesses But theyre still not there according to ebizQ columnist Dr Chris Harding of The Open Group He says the obstacles are formidable but being tackled in the hope of reaching information Nirvana what The Open Group dubs Boundaryless Information Flow</description>
    <title> Does Your Company Know What It Knows</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2004 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> IT blindness can result in missed business opportunities on a large scale according to the terms creator David Luckham a Stanford professor IT guru and ebizQ columnist But Luckham notes that technology leading to IT Insight is starting to emerge solutions that could enable enterprises to seize those opportunities And he calls BAM the tip of the iceberg of that emergence</description>
    <title> The Beginnings of IT Insight Business Activity Monitoring</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2004 08:00:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> As businesses become more processcentric and managing those processes becomes more critical the need is arising for a new Clevel executive asserts Staffwares Chris Phillips The Chief Process Officer Here he argues that creating such a role makes compelling business sense</description>
    <title> Will Your Next Appointment Be A CPO</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2004 08:20:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> Being realistic pragmatic and cautious is the most valuable way to approach your companys highimpact integration projects says Peter RhysJenkins</description>
    <title> Wisest Approaches To Integration Projects</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2003 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> Complying with the evergrowing mountain of new laws and regulations is a daunting task for businesses but IBM executive Brett MacIntyre says compliance and the technology meant to assure it can have positive side effects such as betterrun businesses</description>
    <title> Upping The Ante On Compliance And Improving Your Business Performance</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2003 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> ebizQ is happy to welcome a new columnist renowned integration expert David Linthicum CTO and  Executive Vice President of RD of Mercator Software In his first column for us Linthicum looks at XSLT and explains why the standard is appealing where it falls short and most importantly the lessons it can teach us about applying standards in general and technology in particular</description>
    <title> Moving Away From XSLT</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2003 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
    <description> Companies continue to turn to integration as they seek a competitive edge by becoming more flexible and efficient They move toward realtime infrastructures so they can adapt quickly to changing market conditions and serve their customers better Yet integration has inherent challenges All these trends and more are borne out in a recent survey by ebizQ and the analyst firm IDC In this executive brief IDC reviews the highlights of that survey one that chronicles an evergrowing trend</description>
    <title> Integrations Increasing Importance</title>
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