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In search of the truth

As business intelligence continues to feature highly on the IT agenda of companies there is one thing that everyone is aiming for – the single version of the truth. Chris Butler of Aspective discovers whether it is possible to implement and maintain one without bankrupting your company. See our Data Warehousing Centre. 
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Many organisations still do not know how to effectively measure the benefits of CRM and it can be a daunting task to assess the ROI for CRM initiatives. Rob Brickle of Bsquared Consulting identifies the hard and soft measures to use, in our CRM Software Centre. 
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It's not what you do...

So you have made a decision on which project management software solutions to review. But what approach are you going to take to arrive at the final decision? Martin Taylor of Changethreesixty offers advice, in our Project Management Centre. 
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