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How SAP’s Business Objects Purchase Affects You

Oracle bought Hyperion, and now SAP has made this bold BI move. Here's what analysts say CIOs should be asking themselves and their vendor reps.

10 Oct 2007 6 mins
Business Intelligence Outsourcing
feature

A Delicate Operation

Lives may not hang in the balance of your company's data mining efforts. But the experiences of those in the business of curing patients could help you come up with a prescription for a healthier business.

10 Oct 2007 14 mins
Outsourcing
feature

Reaching for Help

Plenty of vendors stand ready to help health-care providers mine their data. Here are some pros and cons of relying on outside assistance.

10 Oct 2007 5 mins
Outsourcing
opinion

Captive Audience: How to Partner with Service Providers to Improve In-House Offshore Operations

Many IT leaders who opened captive centers in India to reduce costs while retaining control of assets, have found themselves disappointed and given up. Here's one solution for salvaging a captive center offshore: partner with local providers.

9 Oct 2007 7 mins
IT Leadership Outsourcing
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IT Value Metrics: How to Communicate ROI to the Business

CIOs are always faced with pressure to justify their IT expenditures. Now, new research can help correlate those IT dollars spent with business value accrued.

8 Oct 2007 16 mins
Budgeting IT Leadership ROI and Metrics
opinion

Want Innovation from Outsourcing? You Have to Pay for It

To get new ideas from your outsourcer, you have to be willing to rethink your approach, including how you pay for the services.

8 Oct 2007 3 mins
Innovation Outsourcing
feature

What Does It Take to Get IT Outsourcers to Innovate?

IT leaders say they want outsourcing providers to go beyond traditional services. And the providers want to market themselves as partners in innovation. So why isn't it happening?

8 Oct 2007 24 mins
Innovation Outsourcing
feature

Five IT Projects That Need Your Attention Right Now

You have only so much funding and time, so don't waste either of them. These projects can make you a hero or at least can save you from one of those terrible "learning experiences."

5 Oct 2007 11 mins
Data Center Innovation Project Management Tools
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CIOs chug through Chapter 11

Surviving corporate bankruptcy takes a toll but makes some CIOs stronger.

4 Oct 2007 5 mins
Budgeting IT Leadership Project Management Tools
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The Rupee’s Rise, the Dollar’s Demise and You: Managing Currency Risk in Offshore Outsourcing

The U.S. dollar has depreciated more in the last year against the Indian rupee than it has in more than a decade. That's bad news for Indian IT services providers and their customers. Here's what to look out for and how to manage the offsho

3 Oct 2007 6 mins
Outsourcing