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Future perfect?

The continued global consolidation of industries and the accelerating competition from emerging economies are driving significant change in business. One way of navigating towards the future is through an enterprise architecture, says independent consultant Peter Boggis. See our SOA Centre. 
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Why columns are the new rows

Row-based relational and multi-dimensional repository solutions have been around for some time, but John Donoghue of Steria identifies an alternative to the tradtional relational database – the column-based database repository solution. See our Data Warehousing Centre.  
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Knowledge for sale

While organisations are still trying to master IT outsourcing (ITO) and grapple with business process outsourcing (BPO), an even newer industry trend has emerged: knowledge process outsourcing (KPO). KPMG’s Shamus Rae reports, in our Outsourcing Centre. 
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