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Report:Forrester's HRM Process And Systems Capabilities Assessment Tool

This HRM assessment tool enables a self-evaluation of four key areas: strategic alignment between HR and the overall business, the current portfolio of HRM applications, the effectiveness and...

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Report:SAP Shows Progress On Its Cloud, Mobile, And In-Memory Innovation Agenda

At its recent Sapphire Now user conference, SAP confidently extolled the virtues of in-memory computing, mobility, and on-demand applications as key innovation pillars, with social collaboration as...

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Report:Oracle Customers Are Hesitant To Embrace Fusion Applications

Slow Adoption Of Newer Product Means Changes Likely In Oracle's Strategy

This report, originally written for CIOs, includes content relevant to application development and delivery (AD&D) professionals. With Oracle's strong footprint in the enterprise business apps...

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Tool:Finance And ERP Lead Upgrade And Expansion Activity

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Tool:The Vendor Selection Process Overview

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Report:Transform Strategic Processes For Talent Management And Employee Engagement

Processes: The Human Resource Management Playbook

This report, the processes component of the human resource management (HRM) playbook, enables application development and delivery (AD&D) professionals, CIOs, and their HR business partners to...

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Report:Employee Master Data Management Trends

These data charts detail the results of the August 2011 Global Employee Master Data Management Online Survey.

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Tool:Half Of SAP Customers Have Fallen Behind On Upgrades

For Business Process Professionals

Blog:What Is An "Unconference"? Please Weigh In On Topic Choices.

At Forrester's Business Process And Application Delivery Forum, October 7 and 8 in National Harbor, MD , we are holding a session called an "unconference" in the Business Process content track...

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Report:The State Of ERP In 2011: Customers Have More Options In Spite Of Market Consolidation

Now is the perfect time for business process professionals to revisit their current enterprise resource planning (ERP) application commitments and future ERP plans. As the global economy gradually...

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Blog:Oracle Moves Solidly Into SaaS With Taleo Acquisition

Oracle Corporation announced its purchase of Taleo for $1.9 billion on Feb. 9, 2012, signaling a major shift in its stance on software-as-a-service (SaaS) and talent management applications. The...

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Report:Optimize Your Business Applications For Value And Flexibility

Executive Overview: The Business Applications Playbook

Constant business change, coupled with ongoing technology advances (e.g., mobile, cloud, social collaboration, and big data) will fundamentally change how we buy, deploy, and manage business...

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Report:Consolidation And Innovation Transform The HRM Vendor Landscape

Landscape: The Human Resource Management Playbook

This report, the landscape component of the human resource management (HRM) playbook, will enable application development and delivery professionals (AD&D pros) and their HR business partners to...

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Report:Microsoft Commits To ERP In The Cloud

Microsoft Dynamics AX Leads Microsoft's App Innovation Agenda

The 2011 Convergence event demonstrated that Microsoft continues to advance its ERP products and offer additional deployment options — specifically, software-as-a-service (SaaS). The event...

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Report:Mobile Applications Will Empower Enterprise Business Processes

An Empowered Report: Harnessing Mobile Technology For Process Acceleration

Mobile applications for business use are receiving a great deal of attention from package application software vendors and considerable interest from business process professionals. But other than...

• Downloads: 1923

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Report:Manage Master Data About Your People

Organizations Face Challenges With The Proliferation Of Employee Data

Although the notion of a global system of record for employee information is widely accepted, many organizations are unable to achieve this goal. The majority of organizations maintain complex and...

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Report:Trends 2011: ERP Customers Demand Better Flexibility, Cost Transparency, And Mobility

Enterprise applications for running your business (i.e., ERP) are evolving rapidly to enable more flexibility, better user experiences, and new deployment options offering more predictable long-term...

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Tool:HRM Alignment Capability Assessment Questions

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Report:Packaged Apps In The Cloud: Cost Of Ownership Models Evolve Toward The Transparency Of SaaS

Business process professionals responsible for packaged applications often have difficulty in getting their arms around the total costs of ownership of their business solutions. SaaS simplifies the...

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Blog:Oracle Wins $1.3 Billion Award Over SAP

The $1.3 billion verdict in the Oracle v. SAP case is surprising, given that the third-party support subsidiary of SAP, TomorrowNow, was fixing glitches and making compliance updates, not trying to...

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Tool:Business Process Mobile App Adoption Lags Way Behind Email And Calendaring

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Report:Innovative Technologies Will Drive Enterprise Applications And ERP To A Bright New Future

In the next five years, enterprise apps will be transformed by technologies that disrupt preconceived notions about ownership and support costs, process flexibility, insight, and speed of delivery....

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Report:Rightsource Your Business Applications Using An Agile Software Selection Approach

Tools And Technology: The Business Applications Playbook

This report, a component of Forrester's business applications playbook, provides a framework for selecting and acquiring business applications software and related services. Disruptive technologies...

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Report:Application Upgrades: How To Make Upgrade Decisions When Business Value Proves Elusive

Business owners of on-premises enterprise application packages face an ongoing dilemma: whether or not to invest in upgrades to the current release. While most business and IT execs put off upgrades...

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For Business Process Professionals

Blog:IBM Makes A Good Catch With Clarity Systems Acquisition

Today, IBM announced the acquisition of privately-held Clarity Systems for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition bolsters IBM’s solution set for the CFO, and complements its recent acquisition of...