Business Agility

• Forward thinking companies accept the need to embrace change and are leveraging technology to increase business agility through improved processes and systems.

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  Successful Retail Requires Support for Cross-Channel Sales

  Michael Steinhart | Date: 02-21-12 |

  Sales that happen across several cross-channel commerce ‘touch-points’ are rising in frequency and leading to higher revenues and deeper customer relationships – that is - for retailers that actually get it right.
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  Africa Poised to Leapfrog Developed Regions in Technology Adoption

  Salvatore Salamone | Date: 02-14-12 |

  Lacking the legacy IT infrastructure elements of more developed world regions, Africa's Greenfield situation presents the continent with great opportunities for the introduction of innovative, economic-boosting services.
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  SmartCamp Picks Winning Ideas

  R. Colin Johnson | Date: 01-31-12 |

  The smartest new startups will be announced this week at the IBM SmartCamp 2012. The three-day event will see entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and business leaders gather to pick a winner in the program’s competition to help build a Smarter Planet.
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  Business Process Management Boosts the Bottom Line

  R. Colin Johnson | Date: 01-12-12 |

  Business process management software combined with services-oriented architecture (SOA) infrastructure applications are gaining traction at major enterprises worldwide.
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  Universities Worldwide to Introduce Analytics Education

  Rebecca Kutzer-Rice | Date: 12-27-11 |

  IBM recently announced an initiative to bring analytics-oriented curricula to universities in Ireland, Scotland, India and China. The program comes as a reaction to the massive need for analytics-trained personnel worldwide.
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  Software Development Gets Agile

  Alison Diana | Date: 12-20-11 |

  Organizations seek ways to cut costs, time and complexity when it comes to software development.
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  New Pig Builds a Smarter Website

  Dennis Barker | Date: 12-01-11 |

  Customers used to prefer ordering on the phone, but e-commerce tools have improved their online shopping experience.
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  X-Gen vs. Y-Gen Bifurcates Cyber Monday

  R. Colin Johnson | Date: 11-25-11 |

  Cyber Monday retailers must diversify their marketing pitches, according to recent business school research released to coincide with Cyber Monday. Generation X and Generation Y make buying decisions for different reasons, with new results only now revealing why.
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  Online Car Marketplace Speeds Transactions With Automation Software

  Rebecca Kutzer-Rice | Date: 11-15-11 |

  AutoTrader.com, a top Website for buying, selling and reviewing cars, is now using IBM process-automation software for many of its systems to make its online marketplace easier for both dealerships and customers.
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  Two-Thirds of Companies Plan to Employ IT Process Automation

  Rebecca Kutzer-Rice | Date: 11-03-11 |

  With benefits including improved response time and error reduction, IT process automation may be the key to innovation for many companies. But will the technology lead to layoffs? A recent survey details how IT process automation is impacting IT success.
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  Faster Claims for Veterans Thanks to Social Software

  Dennis Barker | Date: 11-02-11 |

  Lawyers combat government paperwork and red tape with a combination of IBM tools.
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  Primer: BPM`s Role in Business Agility

  R. Colin Johnson | Date: 10-28-11 |

  Purported to be the most important advancement in business management since the Industrial Revolution, business process management aims to turn enterprises into lean, agile, profit-making machines that simultaneously maximize customer satisfaction, product quality, delivery speed and time to market.
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