The Rule of Thirds

Frameworks and templates are affecting vendor selection in enterprise content management and business process management suite markets. Proving that solutions can optimize costs and processes is tough, but some vendors start with case management.

via Critical Capabilities for Composite Content Applications: Case Management.

Oracle site

As communications service providers adopt modularized, pre-integrated suite solutions, fewer vendors cater for the end-to-end OSS value chain. This report evaluates the solutions of the 12 OSS vendors that dominate this market in terms of solution completeness, market share and geographic coverage.

via Dataquest Insight: Operations Support System Market Overview and Strategic Scorecard for Vendors, 2009.

Oracle has a complete offering for the various business processes in sales and marketing for the consumer goods industry. Here, we evaluate its approach and capabilities relative to market requirements.

via Vendor Focus for Oracle: Consumer Goods Sales and Marketing.

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.

via Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence Platforms.

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.

via Magic Quadrant for Corporate Performance Management Suites.

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MarketScope analyzes and rates the state of sales force automation in the consumer goods industry

via MarketScope for Sales Force Automation in the Consumer Goods Industry.

Accenture NYSE: ACN and Oracle have agreed to jointly develop integrated software packages to address the growing needs of social service agencies around the world for cost-effective technology solutions to handle rising workloads while providing enhanced oversight capabilities and supporting outcome-focused program delivery.

via Accenture and Oracle to Jointly Develop Technology Solutions for Social Service Agencies.

Lombardi have some great White Papers here.

Lombardi White Papers

• CIO Perspective: To Be Great at IT, You Must Be Great at BPM
• A Simple Approach to Documenting Your HR Process
• How to Structure Your First BPM Project to Avoid Disaster
• 3 Steps for Moving from BPM Projects to BPM Programs
• Process Mapping 101
  A Guide to Getting Started
• Getting Started with BPM
  An introduction to BPM history and core capabilities
• What is the Difference between Workflow Engines and BPM Suites?
  Find out what new capabilities BPM adds to workflow
• Making the Case for BPM
  A Benefits Checklist
• A Business Oriented Architecture
  Our take on how BPM and SOA fit together
• Process Discovery – The First Step of BPM
  How to get started quickly with your process documentation and prioritization
• Integrating Lean Six Sigma & BPM
  Practical advice for integrating your Six Sigma and BPM initiatives
• Synchronizing the Supply Chain through Adaptive Collaboration
• Using Business Process Mapping as a Communication Facilitator in the Global Enterprise
• Checklist: How to Scale Your Process Documentation Initiative

Looking to turn your PC into a live video production studio? Ustream has just launched a new desktop application to help make that happen. Today, the company is launching a new desktop client called Ustream Producer that boasts high video quality and editing tools that can help give your streams an added layer of polish.

via Ustream Helps Give Your Live Broadcasts A Professional Feel With New Desktop Client.

With vendors looking to recoup revenue lost due to sagging license sales, many customers have seen an uptick in software license audits, according to a Forrester Research report.

On top of that, software license compliance is getting trickier. Virtualization, multi-plexing and third-parties accessing software meant for internal use are all leading to under-licensing problems, according to Duncan Jones, principal analyst, with Cambridge, Mass.-based Forrester Research.

via Software license audits more difficult thanks to virtualization, multi-plexing.

The European Commission has officially approved the Oracle-Sun merger, paving the way for Oracle to take over Sun Microsystems in a deal valued at more than $7 billion.

via Oracle-Sun deal gets EU approval, finally | Politics and Law – CNET News.

Offshore wind capacity in Europe is expected to grow from 1.3 megawatts in 2008 to 18.8 megawatts by 2015, according to estimates from research group Frost & Sullivan.

via Bankers warming up to offshore wind | Green Tech – CNET News.

Tesla Motors will receive a long-sought $465 million loan to build a factory to build its planned Model S electric sedan, the U.S. Department of Energy said on Thursday.

via Tesla Motors finalizes DOE loan for Model S | Green Tech – CNET News.

In this First Look video, take a tour of the tweaks debuting in Firefox 3.6.

via Tour the new Firefox 3.6 | The Download Blog – Download.com.