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Live Event: Process Excellence: A Route to Better Business (Cary)

May 10, 2012

[ May 17, 2012; 5:30 am to 6:30 am. ] I am speaking at a series of IBM/Information Week events this quarter on “Process Excellence: A Route to Better Business.”  This one is in Cary, NC on May 17 and the main session starts at 8:30am ET. I will be kicking off the session with “BPM and Decision Management for Smarter, Simpler and More Agile [...]

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Live Event: Process Excellence: A Route to Better Business (Toronto)

May 9, 2012

[ May 15, 2012; 12:30 am; ] I am speaking at a series of IBM/Information Week events this quarter on “Process Excellence: A Route to Better Business.”  This time it is in Toronto on May 15 and the main session starts at 8:30am ET. I will be kicking off the session with “BPM and Decision Management for Smarter, Simpler and More Agile [...]

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IBM IMPACT Day 2 Keynotes

May 1, 2012

Johan Gerber of MasterCard kicked things off on day 2. MasterCard does not actually issue the cards with their logo on, they are a technology company that provides a network to link consumers, 32,000,000 businesses and 22,000 card issuers. The network is very high performance, handling 100 pieces of information and processing each transaction in [...]

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IBM IMPACT Forbes Mini Main Tent

April 30, 2012

The Forbes Mini Main Tent was kicked off by Mike Perlis, CEO of Forbes. Mike focused on how to build a business as strong as the Forbes brand – something with four legs:

Keep print business on track
Build the digital business for growth
Develop brand extensions like conferences and international
Become a great technology company

This last one is [...]

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IBM IMPACT 2012 Opening Keynotes

April 30, 2012

After a great introductory session from Walter Isaacson (biographer of Einstein, Franklin and Jobs), we kicked off the main session at IBM’s largest IMPACT conference with over 8,500 attendees with a focus on re-thinking IT.
Marie Wieck started by discussing how core applications are changing. IBM claims that $5Trillion run on IBM hardware. These systems must [...]

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First Look – Sapiens DECISION

April 12, 2012

Sapiens has been around for over 25 years developing technology solutions around business rules and model-based development, specifically in financial services and insurance. Established in 1982 and NASDAQ traded, they have $100M in annual revenues post a couple of recent mergers. They have over 750 employees in US, Canada, UK, Japan, Australia, Belgium and Israel. [...]

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Live Event: IBM IMPACT – Decision Management Trends

March 26, 2012

[ May 1, 2012; 10:45 am to 12:00 pm. ] Session 2750 at IBM’s IMPACT this year is titled “Decision Management Trends with Author and Thought Leader James Taylor”. I will be discussing Decision Management, how to build Decision Management Systems and more. UPDATE: I will be joined by a great panel of technical architects who will answer your questions on Decision Management:

AVP/Product Mgr & [...]

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Live Event: IBM IMPACT – From Business Rules to a Decision-Centric Organization

March 26, 2012

[ April 30, 2012; 3:45 pm to 5:00 pm. ] Session 2420 at IBM’s IMPACT is titled “From Business Rules to a Decision-Centric Organization” and is being presented jointly by me and a client of mine – Gagan Saxena of Apple Vacations.
Apple Vacations is expanding its B2C business by improving consumer experience, adding intelligent personalization and dynamically creating product packages – a dramatic shift from [...]

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Live Event: IBM IMPACT – Book Signing

March 26, 2012

[ May 1, 2012; 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. ] The folks at IBM Press have asked me to sign copies of “Decision Management Systems: A Practical Guide to Business Rules and Predictive Analytics” at IBM’s IMPACT event this year. I will be at the bookstore from noon to 1pm on May 1. Bring a copy by to have it signed or buy one at [...]

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Pushing the frontiers of analytics #smarteranalytics

March 20, 2012

Brenda Dietrich from IBM research wrapped up the morning with a discussion of some of IBM’s research. This involved both managing uncertain data at scale and driving analytics for this data. Projects cover systems of people, the future Watson, Outcome-based business and resilient business and services.
As everyone knows there’s a lot more data out there [...]

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Smarter Analytics Leadership Summit Opening #smarteranalytics

March 20, 2012

Steve Mills kicked off the IBM Smarter Analytics Leadership Summit. Business Analytics matter, he says, as shown by the focus of CEOs (8 out of 10 expect complexity to increase, enterprises applying analytics are more successful etc). The need for analytics is pervasive, with every industry seeing a massive expansion in the volume of data [...]

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Live Event: Process Excellence: A Route to Better Business (Baltimore)

March 19, 2012

[ April 18, 2012; 5:30 am to 9:30 am. ] I am speaking at a series of IBM/Information Week events this quarter on “Process Excellence: A Route to Better Business.”  The seventh is in Baltimore, MD on April 18 and the main session starts at 8:30am ET. I will be kicking off the session with “BPM and Decision Management for Smarter, Simpler and More Agile [...]

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Live Event: Process Excellence: A Route to Better Business (Orlando)

March 19, 2012

[ April 17, 2012; 5:30 am to 9:30 am. ] I am speaking at a series of IBM/Information Week events this quarter on “Process Excellence: A Route to Better Business.”  The sixth is in Orlando, FL on April 17 and the main session starts at 8:30am ET. I will be kicking off the session with “BPM and Decision Management for Smarter, Simpler and More Agile [...]

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Live Event: Process Excellence: A Route to Better Business (Long Beach)

March 19, 2012

[ April 12, 2012; 8:30 am to 12:30 pm. ] I am speaking at a series of IBM/Information Week events this quarter on “Process Excellence: A Route to Better Business.”  The fifth is in Long Beach, CA on April 12 and the main session starts at 8:30am PT. I will be kicking off the session with “BPM and Decision Management for Smarter, Simpler and More [...]

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Live Event: Process Excellence: A Route to Better Business (St Louis)

March 18, 2012

[ April 10, 2012; 5:30 am to 9:30 am. ] I am speaking at a series of IBM/Information Week events this quarter on “Process Excellence: A Route to Better Business.”  The fourth is in St Louis, MO on April 10 and the main session starts at 8:30am ET. I will be kicking off the session with “BPM and Decision Management for Smarter, Simpler and More [...]

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Market Development at SAS

February 27, 2012

SAS has spent the last four years moving its partnering strategy forward – making partnering a core part of how they do business, partnering with Teradata and Accenture, and most recently a push towards 30%/$200M of first year revenue impacted by partners. Russ Cobb reported out how this has been going in terms of partners:

From [...]

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Live Event: Improving customer service with BPM and decision management (New York)

February 8, 2012

[ March 21, 2012; 6:00 am to 7:00 am. ] I have been speaking at a series of IBM events last fall and this spring focused on “Improving customer service with BPM and decision management“. The third is in New York, NY on March 21st and the main session starts at 9am ET. I will be kicking off the session with “BPM and Decision Management [...]

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Live Event: Process Excellence: A Route to Better Business (Denver)

February 2, 2012

[ March 22, 2012; 8:00 am to 9:00 am. ] I am speaking at a series of IBM/Information Week events this quarter on “Process Excellence: A Route to Better Business.” I will be speaking on BPM and Decision Management for Smarter, Simpler, and More Agile Business. The third  is in Denver, CO on March 22nd and the main session starts at 8:30am MT. I will be [...]

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Live Event: Process Excellence: A Route to Better Business

February 1, 2012

[ March 7, 2012; 6:00 am to 7:00 am. ] I am speaking at a series of IBM/Information Week events this quarter on “Process Excellence: A Route to Better Business.” I will be speaking on BPM and Decision Management for Smarter, Simpler, and More Agile Business. The second is in Columbus, OH on March 7th and the main session starts at 8:30am ET. I will be [...]

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Live Event: Process Excellence: A Route to Better Business

January 31, 2012

[ February 15, 2012; 6:30 am to 7:30 am. ] I am speaking at a series of IBM/Information Week events this quarter on “Process Excellence: A Route to Better Business.” I will be speaking on BPM and Decision Management for Smarter, Simpler, and More Agile Business. The first  is in Dallas TX on February 15th and the main session starts at 8:30am CT. I will be [...]

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