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		<title><![CDATA[Learn how Performance Metrics for Telcomm Expense Management Drive new ROIs and SLAs]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1187623]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Metrics that force organizations to think about service level agreements and measurements differently Learn how new high performance telecom expense management solutions will increase your ROI. Watch "Learn how Performance Metrics for Telecom Expense Management drive new ROIs and SLAs" available now. ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Finansbank Improves Performance and Availability of Enterprise Data Warehouse]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1171363]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Finansbank wanted to implement a new enterprise data warehouse solution to support core banking data from a variety of sources and relieve performance loads on the existing data warehouse and manage a large and rapidly growing data store, now at 16 terabytes and doubling in size approximately every 15 months....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hana Bank Increases Profits by US$586 Million, Reduces Costs by US$56.7 Million]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1171385]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Founded in 1971, Hana Bank is ranked as one of the world's top 100 banks in terms of asset size. In recent years, Hana Bank has embarked on strategies to increase efficiency, improve risk management, and enhance synergies across its businesses to boost competitiveness. The company had to revamp its...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The PMI Group, Inc. Increases Enterprise System Performance and Streamlines IT Maintenance]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1152443]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[PMI Group wanted to ensure that PMI Group's enterprise systems are reliable and easily accessible to its globally dispersed workforce and maintain high employee satisfaction, evident in the company's listing as one of the "Best Places to Work in the Bay Area". The challenge was to minimize IT costs and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Business Advisory Services Finance Improvement]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1176853]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Industry challenges have never been greater for chief financial officers CFOs. The current market conditions and the pace of regulatory change have all pushed CFOs into a more active role. Today, the role of the CFO has evolved beyond being the director of a support function to being a true...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/ernst+%2526+young+llp.html"><![CDATA[Ernst & Young LLP]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Hedge Fund Disclosure Paradox]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1176857]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[It has long been accepted that risk management is a core competency for generating absolute returns within a hedge fund strategy. Historic performance levels supported the view that expertise in identifying, measuring and managing risk was proprietary. Prior to the downturn, superior performance enabled hedge fund managers to diffuse investor...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How Earnouts are Costing Huron its CEO, CFO and CAO]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/sommer/?p=560]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Earnouts are those interesting residual matters that pop up in some acquisitions. An earnout exists to provide a transition period between some of the acquired firmâ€™s owners and the new owner/management team. Earnouts are certainly valuable for an acquirer when there are key persons in the acquired organization who can...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 17:25:19 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Greven City Council Modernizes Administration and Improves Performance by Up to 70%]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1124239]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Greven City Council operates six servers simultaneously to meet the database needs of approximately 70 different specialist processes within the city's local administration. The challenge was to speed up slow, computer-intensive operations, such as the monthly payroll run, and enable parallel running of processes and improve the daily backup, which...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Pearson Gains Real-Time Enterprise Performance Insight With Standardized Reporting and Planning]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1124279]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Pearson wanted to cut monthly close times by standardizing and consolidating financial reporting for three major global businesses and reduce software licensing and management costs. The challenge was to build transparent, consistent, agile financial management and planning infrastructure to gain real-time enterprise performance visibility and increase competitive advantage and ensure...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SAP's Schwarz & Sikka: The Road to More Agile Business Performance]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/collaboration/?p=781]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week I had the opportunity to spend time with SAP CTO Vishal Sikka and separately SAP executive board member John Schwarz, and I've been ruminating on our conversations a lot since those meetings. Fortunately I was part of a group of bloggers who have been following SAP closely, and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:12:43 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Corix Soaks in Enhanced IT Productivity and Performance With Dynamics NAV]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1150425]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Corix Group of Companies specializes in providing products and utility solutions for water, wastewater and sustainable energy sectors. Corix has grown in part via acquisitions which resulted in a patchwork of disparate IT systems that was proving costly to maintain. The company was looking for an IT solution that...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The New Face of Intrusion Prevention: Check Point IPS Software Blade Gives Breakthrough Performance and Protection at a Breakthrough Price]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1177979]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Off late organizations had two choices when considering Intrusion Prevention IPS: an expensive, dedicated IPS system, or an integrated system that lacked robust performance and security. Additionally, most IPS system were not used to their full potential. Deployed offline, they were used more as intrusion detection systems, only logging attacks...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/check+point+software+technologies+ltd..html"><![CDATA[Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Financial Close: Optimizing Performance and Driving Financial Excellence]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1014725]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[In this white paper, we discuss how corporate finance centers can overcome the barriers to a fast, high-quality close. By converging previously disparate disciplines of business intelligence;  governance, risk, and compliance; and enterprise performance management, companies can get trusted data into the hands of key stakeholders in a timely...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Efficiently Archive and Purge Your Data to Improve Performance - And Meet Compliance Requirements]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1097879]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Indusa Infotech Services Pvt. Ltd's database archive and purge software, ArchivePlus, can significantly improve the efficiency and availability of live production databases. It enables unrestricted access to years of data and multiple archive definitions - while reducing costs and enhancing performance. Based on SQL Server 2008 data management software, ArchivePlus...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cubus Embeds Unrivalled Performance and Scalability Into First-to-Market Project and Strategy Planning Tool]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1102155]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Cubus wanted to build on success of Cubis' customizable, Excel-based planning tool, ABC for OLAP, with a solution that consolidates project management, financial management, and strategy management and enable clients to replace disconnected standalone Excel, Word, and PowerPoint-based planning tools with a single application. The challenge was to integrate structured...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[China Mobile Henan Co. Achieves Two-To Four-Fold Improvement in System Performance]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=993117]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[China Mobile Henan wanted to eliminate potential system risks to improve the availability of Oracle databases and Oracle E-Business Suite applications and improve the performance of the Oracle enterprise resource planning system. The challenge was to increase the efficiency of monthly and yearly accounting processes. China Mobile Henan engaged Oracle...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Integrated Governance, Risk, and Compliance: Improve Performance and Enhance Productivity in Federal Agencies]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1178641]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Off late high-profile accounting and management scandals in the commercial sector have given rise to legislative action to improve internal controls over financial reporting for companies participating in the financial markets. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 is the most recognizable of these initiatives, and it held implications for both public...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Oracle Solutions for Implementing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=992739]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The role and use of information technology solutions will be critical to achieving the goals of effective investing and execution, accountability of funds and the transparency and measurement of performance. The depth and breadth of programs require a large array of technologies from applications to execute business and operational processes,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Solid-State Drives in the Enterprise: A Proof of Concept]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1109349]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[To determine the potential of Solid-State Drives SSDs to replace Hard Disk Drives HDDs in the enterprise, Intel IT conducted a Proof of Concept PoC that included performance tests, measurement of power consumption, and Total-Cost-of-Ownership TCO analysis. It found that using SSDs to replace data HDDs in disk arrays could...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Nortel to cut 3,200 more employees]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=13469]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Nortel today announced that it intends to reduce its workforce by an additional 3,200 positions worldwide over the next several months, almost doubling the total number of laid off employees after 1,800 workers were cut earlier this year.\r\"There is nothing more difficult than notifying employees, and Nortel is extremely conscious...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:31:01 -0800</pubDate>
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