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	 							<title><![CDATA[ SharePoint 2010 Is Poised for Broader Enterprise Adoption]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Microsoft has released details on SharePoint 2010. As an evolution built on the foundation of the first three versions, Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 will likely see greater use in broad enterprise deployments. ]]></description>
		
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  					<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ The Business Impact of Social Computing: Real-World Results for Marketing]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Amidst the hype surrounding social media, Gartner outlines three examples of using customer communities to support marketing efforts to achieve measurable results. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Who's Who in Interactive Visualization for BI]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This research provides examples of a number of vendors that offer interactive visualization software for quantitative data analysis within the business intelligence sphere. It also outlines how interactive visualization is commonly used. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ 'Business Context' and 'Business Architecture' Are Not the Same]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Clients often confuse the work of articulating the business strategy to support enterprise architecture with the work of defining enterprise business architecture. Clarifying this confusion is paramount for EA success and for successful integration of EBA development. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Highlights From the Business Intelligence and Information Management Track at Symposium/ITxpo]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This year's Gartner Symposium/ITxpo, held from 18 to 22 October in Orlando, Florida, was organized around the theme of balancing cost, risk and growth. This report offers an overview of what was on attendees' minds, and what they learned from Gartner analysts and each other. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Roundup of Business Intelligence and Information Management Research, 3Q09]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Gartner's 3Q09 research for business intelligence and information management leaders focuses primarily on creating more business value and improving support for individual users, which are imperatives in the current economic climate. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Using Social Network Analysis to Inform a Pattern-Based Strategy]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This research explains how enterprises can use social network analysis to uncover and leverage business intelligence about inter-organizational and external group dynamics in support of a Pattern-Based Strategy. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Getting Starting With Private Cloud: Services First]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Most enterprises are starting their private cloud initiatives by buying technology. However, the road map to building private cloud computing services should start with understanding service requirements, and requires a return on investment analysis. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Methodologies to Use With Corporate Performance Management]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ There is no single methodology used in corporate performance management initiatives. From a wealth of choices, enterprises must pick one or a few and blend them to form the basis of their CPM solutions. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Best Practices in Data Transformation and Loading Architecture]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Business intelligence solution architects and data warehouse architects should not allow the availability of well-balanced, inexpensive hardware (like DW appliances) to replace the many hours needed to deliver best practices during design time as a compromise for meeting time-to-market pressures. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ A First Look at SharePoint 2010]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 brings significant improvements that will drive strong future growth for the popular platform, but constrained IT budgets through 2010 may temper rapid adoption. Users can realize many benefits but must understand that their dependence on Microsoft is likely to grow. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ ATV: 2009 Gartner FEI Technology Study Research Collection]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This document discusses the research collection from the 2009 Gartner Financial Executives International technology study. By using this insight, finance executives can better leverage technology to understand profitability, manage performance and improve finance process alignment. ]]></description>
		
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  	  <pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Customer Experiences With Packaged Analytic Applications]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Gartner interviewed reference clients of four major analytics vendors. Their experiences provide valuable lessons in how to evaluate and implement packaged analytic applications. ]]></description>
		
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  	  <pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Introduction to the Gartner Maturity Model for Web Analytics]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Gartner has created a maturity model to help companies develop their Web analytics initiatives, and to chart a road map for improvement. ]]></description>
		
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  	  <pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Case Studies for Business Intelligence Excellence Award]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The finalists and the winner of Gartner's 2008 Business Intelligence Excellence Award offer case studies that measure the success of BI by the business value it delivers. These companies demonstrate best practices that can be applied in various industries. ]]></description>
		
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  	  <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Five Steps Required for a Successful BI Service Project]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Upfront investment in the five crucial areas of planning, resourcing, selection, relationships and delivery is essential for business intelligence service project success. Of these five, relationships are the single most-important factor to get right. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Q&A: How to Establish a Business Intelligence and Performance Management Competency Center]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ IT leaders need to answer three questions when establishing a business intelligence and performance management competency center. The answers to these questions may change as the BI and PM initiative matures. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Best Practices Mitigate Data Migration Risks and Challenges]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Data migration projects often exceed timelines and budgets, and frequently introduce challenges in application acceptance. Organizations can minimize disruptions and delays by applying a set of best practices focused on each of the key risks in migration efforts. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Tips for Evaluators: Better Business Intelligence RFPs]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Business intelligence RFPs can take much effort for little return, in that they fail to uncover differentiation. This report offers seven tips on how to run an RFP process that will help you make better comparisons of vendors and their BI products. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Predicts 2009: Business Intelligence and Performance Management Will Deliver Greater Business Value]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This year's business intelligence and performance management predictions describe how this space will evolve beyond a focus on technology to delivering greater business value from both existing capabilities and innovations coming into the market. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Who's Who in Open-Source Business Intelligence]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ A handful of open-source business intelligence platform vendors have gained visibility and developed technology platforms to be heard over the general market noise. While those open-source vendors still have little market share, they will increase their presence in certain industries and regions. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Take These Steps to Develop Successful BI Business Cases]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Developing business cases for business intelligence (BI) and performance management (PM) initiatives has been difficult for many enterprises. Here are five critical factors to help you develop a winning business case. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Hype Cycle for Analytic Applications, 2009]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Analytical capability is increasingly packaged as a solution to address specific business issues, rather than created with generic business intelligence tools. Gartner's Hype Cycle for Analytic Applications shows the maturity, adoption rates and benefits of various analytical applications. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Hype Cycle for Business Intelligence and Performance Management, 2009]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Here we cover the main components of today's business intelligence platforms and domain-specific performance management applications, plus tomorrow's emerging technologies in those markets. Overall, there hasn't been much new "hype" since the last iteration of this Hype Cycle. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence Platforms]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Early in 2008, the megavendors took ownership of a majority share of the business intelligence platforms market via acquisition. The repercussions of that consolidation are still working through the market, with a growing split in buying behavior becoming evident. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Vendor Focus for Oracle: Analysis of Products]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This report provides a detailed look at Oracle's major products, which are extensive and often overlap. IT leaders and procurement professionals must understand Oracle's complex portfolio to choose the product that best suits their enterprise. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Vendor Rating: SAP]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ SAP has sound finances, a large customer base and a broad application portfolio. It has absorbed Business Objects, but growing new license revenue is a challenge. Support pricing changes in 2008 have caused customer disquiet, and Business ByDesign has not had the impact SAP hoped. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Vendor Rating: IBM]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This research is Gartner's 2009 vendor rating for IBM. It evaluates the entire company and its offerings. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Vendor Focus for Omniture: Users Summit 2009]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Omniture has integrated its Web analytics solutions with online marketing components to create a suite of tools for marketers and Web site stakeholders that combine action-oriented tasks with analysis, to ensure business performance is improved. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Cool Vendors in BI and Performance Management, 2009]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The 'cool' vendor selection for business intelligence and performance management for 2009 covers a broad territory, including operational BI, and combining structured with semistructured data, remote hardware monitoring, desktop BI and a recommendation engine. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Highlights From the Business Intelligence and Information Management Track at Symposium/ITxpo]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This year's Gartner Symposium/ITxpo, held from 18 to 22 October in Orlando, Florida, was organized around the theme of balancing cost, risk and growth. This report offers an overview of what was on attendees' minds, and what they learned from Gartner analysts and each other. ]]></description>
		
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