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   			<title><![CDATA[ BI Platforms User Survey, 2010: Customers Rate Their BI Platform Vendors]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ A Gartner survey shows the influence of software megavendors in the business intelligence platform market, but also the resilience of pure-play vendors. The results can help BI leaders find vendors that meet enterprise requirements. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Vendor Focus for Microsoft in Enterprise Search: Full-Spectrum Offerings Including SharePoint]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Microsoft's enterprise search product is becoming more flexible and powerful. Its association with SharePoint is benefiting adoption, and pricing is generally clear and predictable. Threats include confusion about Microsoft's many offerings, open source and competition from Google. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Q&A: Content Analytics]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Clients often ask Gartner if there are applications that can automate the analysis of speakers' emotions in phone calls or extract facts from customers' e-mails and blogs for competitive intelligence. The answer is "yes," and we usually point to a content analytics application. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Key Issues for Enterprise Information Management, 2010]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Information is a strategic asset and must be managed like other assets, such as people or capital. Gartner's enterprise information management research delivers actionable guidance to maximize the business value of information. This is our 2010 research plan for EIM. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Google's High-Stakes Maneuver in China Highlights Security and Political Issues]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Google's threat to pull out of China lights a flare that illuminates security, risk and political issues fundamental to globalization. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Technology Advancements Announced at Teradata Partners Conference, 2009]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Teradata held its annual Partners Conference in Washington, DC from 18 October to 22 October, 2009. The vendor announced several technology advancements and numerous customers shared information on best practices. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ People, Processes and Information Are Equally Critical for Pattern-Based Strategy]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Equal focus on people, processes and information compels and is critical for businesses that are seeking, modeling and adapting to new and novel patterns representing business opportunities and threats. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Critical Capabilities for Business Intelligence Platform Integration]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ IT architects should focus on how well a BI platform's infrastructure is integrated to reduce manual integration and ongoing costs. We assess 13 platforms on the basis of eight critical integration capabilities that evaluators should consider when making BI purchasing or rationalization decisions. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse Customer Survey: Using SAP NetWeaver BW With Non-SAP BI Platforms]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ A recent survey of SAP NetWeaver BW customers indicates that more than half of respondents currently use non-SAP business intelligence platforms to report and analyze data stored in SAP NetWeaver BW. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Roundup of Business Intelligence and Information Management Research, 4Q09]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Gartner's 4Q09 research for business intelligence and information management leaders focused on both familiar challenges and heightened expectations, which will require soft skills more than technology. ]]></description>
		
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  	  <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010</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[ 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[ 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[ In 2009, megavendors held almost two-thirds of business intelligence platform market share. But impatient business users increasingly turned to pure-play BI platforms, particularly those of small innovative vendors, to fill usability and time-to-value needs unmet by the larger vendors. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Magic Quadrant for Corporate Performance Management Suites]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The market for corporate performance management suites continues to grow. Users should evaluate vendors carefully, according to business needs and their broader business intelligence and performance management strategies. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010</pubDate>
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   			<title><![CDATA[ Magic Quadrant for Global Business Intelligence and Performance Management Service Providers]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Consulting and system integration companies are integral to strategic initiatives for information-based solutions. Organizations expect service providers to support broad information management strategies. Service providers are responding with directives to address a global market. ]]></description>
		
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  	 <pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 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[ Magic Quadrant for Corporate Performance Management Suites]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The market for corporate performance management suites continues to grow. Users should evaluate vendors carefully, according to business needs and their broader business intelligence and performance management strategies. ]]></description>
		
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