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Birth Order May Affect Career Choices: According to a recent survey by CareerBuilder.com, birth order seems to affect people's career choices. [more]
CNN Beams Up Correspondent: CNN used its new 3-D hologram technology to "beam" correspondent Jessica Yellin from Chicago to Wolf Blitzer's studio in New York during election coverage. [more]
73-Year-Old Man Makes Basketball History: Ken Mink, a 73-year-old student at Roane State Community College, set a new record this week -- he became the oldest person to score in a US college basketball game. [more]
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Performance Management Alerts

Performance Management Is Not Enhanced BI: To distinguish between business intelligence (BI) and performance management, consider the difference between a static snapshot and a crystal ball. [more]
Risk Intelligence is Your Safeguard: Gaining a competitive edge or boosting market share may be earned by including risk in strategic planning, according to Deloitte & Touche LLPs Rick Funston and Bob Ruprecht. [more]
Performance Management Best Practices: A survey of business professionals on their performance management efforts has revealed seven performance improvement best practices. [more]
Survey Finds Company Size Affects BPM Vendor Choice: Budgeting and forecasting continues to be the most important component of business performance management (BPM) for companies of all sizes, according to the results of BPM Partners' annual BPM Pulse survey. [more]
Keys to BI: Flexibility, Familiarity: For companies considering installing or upgrading business intelligence (BI) software, here's a cautionary tale from Ace Hardware. [more]
Business Intelligence Gone Wrong: There are four common assumptions that companies tend to make about their business intelligence (BI) implementations that could cause them to flop: First, assuming that the BI project is indeed successful -- when, in fact, an assessment may be needed to best evaluate how it is working. [more]
Non-financial Indicators Still Underused: When measuring performance, companies have historically focused on financial metrics, but new research shows that non-financial indicators are essential for a complete picture of an organization's health. [more]
Closest Thing to a Crystal Ball: Predictive capacities are evolving in performance management software and companies that are prepared to incorporate them into financial and operational decision-making may soon gain an edge on their competitors. [more]
First Strategy, Then Technology for Performance: The first step toward improving company performance, according to BPM Partners' CEO Craig Schiff, is fostering an understanding and establishing clarity on overall business strategy. [more]
Eight Steps to Finding a BI Tool: Choosing a business intelligence (BI) tool has never been easy, but with all of the changes in the market in recent years, selecting a BI solution has become an even more daunting task. [more]
Dashboards Essential in Performance Equation: C-level execs looking to integrate business performance with finance are discovering that dashboards are a must-have tool. [more]
From the Horse's Mouth: Improving Performance: Results of an international, cross-industry survey of 1,100 business professionals reveal that small-scale performance management initiatives can succeed where enterprisewide deployments flop. [more]
BI and Performance Management Spending Soars: According to a new report by AMR Research, companies in North America will spend nearly $24 billion on BI and performance management tools in 2007. [more]
Survey Suggests IT Emphasis and Corporate Performance Linked: Deloitte Consulting LLP and Corporate Board Member magazine surveyed 450 directors of publicly traded companies with revenues in excess of $1 billion and have found that a crucial gap exists between the importance placed on IT and the follow up to address it. [more]
Excel-Friendly OLAP: A BPM Alternative?: Before ditching Excel for a business performance management (BPM) application, consider adopting Excel-friendly online analytical processing (OLAP). [more]
Evolution of BPM Drives M&A: The first wave of BPM mergers kicked off with the Hyperion Software and Arbor Software union which formed Hyperion Solutions, followed by Cognos acquiring Adaytum and then Frango, Business Objects absorbing ARC Software, and SAS gobbling up ABC Technologies. [more]
BI Is Evolving: Business intelligence (BI) may be growing toward "enterprise intelligence" in light of recent trends. [more]
Align Operational Goals With Your Strategic Mission: Tackling improvement initiatives individually may seem like a manageable way to better an organization, but if they're not part of a larger operational goal, results may be limited, and the initiatives may actually hurt the company. [more]
Leadership and Corporate Culture Affect Company Success: What has a bigger influence on a company's future performance -- its culture or its leadership? [more]
Big Names Make CalPERS List of Subpar Companies: Insurance broker Marsh and McLennan made the list, and so did Sara Lee and Tribune Co. [more]