February 8, 2010 | Volume 5 Issue 3

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FEATURED ARTICLE: Get Real-Time, On-Demand Information for Business Intelligence and Data Integration 
MORE NEWS: IBM Briefs Business Partners on POWER7 Servers
WHITE PAPER: Get the Facts: Real-Time, On-Demand Information for Business Intelligence and Data Integration
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ERP for Free?

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Get Real-Time, On-Demand Information for Business Intelligence and Data Integration

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Editor's note: This article is an extract from "Get the Facts: Real-Time, On-Demand Information for Business Intelligence and Data Integration," available free from the MC Press White Paper Center.

 

Business moves at the speed of light. At one time, the preceding statement would have been rhetorical. Today, it's often literal.


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