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    The Top 10 Celebrity Spammers 07/08/2008 10:05:57

    No one will deny the global celebrity of Angelina Jolie. She's on the cover of magazines, stars in blockbuster movies and is a ratings bonanza each time she appears on TV. Now that she's had twins, she's got triple the appeal for some fans.
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    How Do Business Analysts Become Business Leaders? 09/07/2008 11:04:24

    Not many people-including business analysts themselves-are able to agree upon a standard job description, typical skill sets, proper training methods or a well-defined career path for the business analyst position.
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    Five Best Practices for Implementing SaaS CRM 05/06/2008 15:10:03

    CRM software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications have made the big leap, claims Forrester Research in a recent report. SaaS CRM offerings "have moved beyond their previous status as a specialized deployment option and into the mainstream," write Forrester analysts William Band and Peter Marston in the May 2008 "Best Practices: The Smart Way To Implement CRM" report. Band and Marston identify five critical strategies that have enabled companies to capitalize on SaaS.
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    Study shows software piracy declining in many countries 16/05/2008 10:04:25

    The results from the Business Software Alliance's fifth-annual study on global software piracy revealed some statistics that would put a smile on any software company executive's face: Of the 108 countries that are covered in the recently released report, the use of pirated software dropped in 67 countries. In just eight countries did the piracy rate increase.
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    Five things about SAP's strategy you need to know 16/05/2008 15:19:30

    Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems are a career-defining decision for many IT executives. And yet, says an expert who follows SAP and its base of corporate customers, many of those executives don't pay enough attention to the German software giant's strategy for updating these bet-your-business applications.
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    SAP pushes up software maintenance fees 21/04/2008 09:19:56

    Analyst estimates say recurring maintenance fees can account for nearly 50 per cent of most application vendors' total revenues.
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Prioritizing Services with IT Service Management (ITSM)

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