Why IT projects still fail...
Despite new methodologies and management techniques meant to head off spectacular failures, critical technical initiatives still fall flat at an alarming rate. Here’s how IT can learn from its mistakes. In the age of agile development, devops and related management techniques, is IT project failure even a thing anymore? The answer, sadly, is yes. In the past, IT failures often meant high-priced flops, with large-scale software implementations going on way too long and way ove
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Why We Aren’t Seeing Change in Workforce Diversity Numbers (and What We Can Do About It)
If your company had an issue with attracting, retaining, and developing a key source of talent, how confident are you that you could identify and address it? In a world of increasing skills shortages and shifting organizational demands, it is critical that companies harness all of the talent they have and need. But we also know that historically, organizations have had challenges in simply attracting diverse talent in particular—a varied group whose representation in the glob
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What is business process management (BPM)? The key to enterprise agility
BPM is evolving as serving customers, rather than cutting costs, is becoming the key motivation for adopting BPM software. Business process management is the practice of aligning goals and processes as businesses evolve. BPM software helps organizations define the steps required to carry out a business task, mapping these definitions to existing processes and then streamlining or improving these processes so that the steps are taken more efficiently. Business processes are th
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SAP SuccessFactors Drives Digital Workforce Transformation in Europe
“People are the most powerful asset within any organization, and SAP SuccessFactors solutions deliver cloud-based HR tools that help attract and develop top talent, and empower employees to perform at their best,” said SAP SuccessFactors* President Greg Tomb. “We’re delighted with the recent momentum in Europe as more and more companies choose SAP SuccessFactors solutions to drive digital HR transformation and enable their people to succeed with an HR experience that is conti
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ECM: Providing a differentiated value
IBM Enterprise Content Management (ECM) is not just about storing and retrieving files; it’s allowing businesses to truly harness the power of data and apply it to each business process. By customizing and leveraging unstructured data, leaders are making better business decisions by delivering the right content to the right person at the right time to drive more opportunities, customer engagement and growth.
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