Mark Smith

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SumTotal Systems Sums Up Human Capital Management

Businesses’ strategic imperative to optimize human capital is creating significant energy in…

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IBM Launches Smarter Analytics: Ready to Get Smart?

IBM this week launched a business initiative called Smarter Analytics to showcase the value…

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Alteryx’s Business Analytics Empowers New Generation of Data Artisans

I attended the Alteryx user conference called Inspire 2012 (Twitter: #Inspire12)  in Denver…

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A Taleo Tale: Oracle Reaches for Cloud Credibility

The acquisition frenzy in the enterprise software market continues. The announced acquisition…

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SAP Aims to be More Cloudy and Mobile in 2012 and Beyond

I attended the annual SAP Influencer Summit (Twitter #SAPSummit), at which executives…

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SAP Spends Big on SuccessFactors for Cloud Computing and Talent Management

In a move to invigorate adoption of its cloud computing and talent…

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Workday Rising while Oracle Sleeps in the Clouds

As Workday held its annual Workday Rising conference this week, it’s a good time…

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Marketing Executives Aren’t Ready for the Social Explosion of Data

I had a chance to review the results of an interesting new global…

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IBM Brings Business Analytics to Apple iPad

Fulfilling its intention to make it easier to access and use analytics…

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Mercer Total Compensation Management Analytics Help Retain Talent

To retain talent, organizations must ensure that their workforce’s compensation is comparable…

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