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The World of BPM is constantly changing and BPM Partners wants
to keep you informed. This newsletter brings together the latest
news and commentary related to Business Performance Management.
| Free Pass to New York BI and BPM
Conference |
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 BrainStorm NY runs from November 4-6, 2003. The BI
seminar on November 6th will cover business
intelligence, meta-data management, business
performance management, and the implications
of Sarbanes-Oxley. Craig Schiff will deliver
the BPM presentation. These sessions are
designed for a senior IT audience, but all
are welcome to attend. Free pass allows
you to attend all 3 days (normally $ 1,495).
See agenda and register for free »
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| Gartner Updates CPM Magic
Quadrant |
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 Gartner has just released an updated Corporate
Performance Management Magic Quadrant. As in the initial
version a year ago: no vendor is in the leadership
quadrant. This indicates a market that is still maturing
and a need for purchasers to perform extensive due diligence
during the vendor selection process. A number of vendors are
in the visionary quadrant indicating they understand where
the market is going and are preparing for it. These
companies include: Cognos, Geac (Comshare), Hyperion, and
Longview. The full report is available for purchase
directly from Gartner.
Purchase
the report »
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| Why Budgeting Kills Your Company |
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 The average billion-dollar company spends as many as
25,000 person-days per year putting together the budget. If
this all paid off in shareholder return, that would be fine.
But few organizations can make that claim. In fact, many
firms now question the ROI of traditional budgeting
altogether and are looking for alternatives that reduce time
and better align spending with strategy.
Read
the full article »
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| BPM Best Practices - Learn From Your
Peers |
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 As you embark on your own BPM initiative learn from
the struggles and successes of those who
have gone before. Lucent Technologies,
RSA Security, Union Bank of California,
VIASYS Healthcare, and VITAS Hospice Care
will share their BPM experiences at the
DCI Performance Management Conference in
Boston, December 2-4. In addition, the major
industry analysts from AMR Research,
IDC, and META Group will share their
insights. Craig Schiff, conference chairman,
will provide his own unique perspective.
Register by October 31st and receive a DVD
player or PDA as a gift.
See agenda and register
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| Spotlight on Dashboards |
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| After budgeting and planning, metrics dashboards are
the second most sought after component of BPM. While the
major vendors (Hyperion, Cognos, others) offer
dashboard/metrics builders as part of their suites, there
are a growing number of vendors focused on just dashboards
(a reborn Pilot, Corvu, Conquest Systems, Active
Strategies, , others). If you already have solid
planning and consolidation systems, or simply don't have the
funding for a full-blown BPM system right now, a new
dashboard can give you many of the benefits of BPM at a
fraction of the cost.
Read our overview of current
offerings
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