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In the short term, Microsoft Dynamics SL will likely follow the professional services automation (PSA) trend of extending
functionality to the Web. In the long term, its eventual absorption into the Microsoft Dynamics product line may affect Microsoft's
strategy in the project portfolio management market (...)
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In the short term, Microsoft Dynamics SL will likely follow the professional services automation (PSA) trend
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2006-02-10
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Since the late nineties, enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendors have developed functionality for vertical markets in
the service industry. Simultaneously, professional services automation (PSA) became a viable software category. Consequently,
deciphering the difference between ERP and PSA remains a c (...)
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Since the late nineties, enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendors have developed functionality for vertical markets in the
service industry. Sim...
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2006-04-13
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The CRM market is shifting. Instead of looking for an all-purpose and horizontal oriented CRM application, customers are
seeking a more specialized and industry specific tool. From the larger organization to the smallest customers, CRM buyers
are expecting their applications to follow their business mode (...)
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The CRM market is shifting. Instead of looking for an all-purpose and horizontal oriented CRM application, customers are seeking
a more specialize...
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2003-05-28
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Professional services organizations (PSOs) currently face a number of financial and resource management pain points. Discover
the benchmarks PSOs can use to improve management capabilities and how business applications can help PSOs achieve their goals,
including streamlining their businesses, increasing (...)
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Professional services organizations (PSOs) currently face a number of financial and resource management pain
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2010-03-11
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To address the needs of customers as well as emerging workplace trends, Microsoft focused the design of Microsoft Office
Professional Plus 2007 around four key goals. They are: working more efficiently with better results, collaborating with others
across boundaries, making better use of information, and (...)
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To address the needs of customers as well as emerging workplace trends, Microsoft focused the design of Microsoft Office Professional
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2010-03-11
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With the growing significance of services to the bottom line, it’s never been more important to effectively monitor, measure,
and manage your services business. Knowing which key performance indicators (KPI) can help drive success and contribute to
your bottom line is essential. But with over 150 KPIs (...)
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2010-03-11
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Professional services firms are not like other businesses. They have unique ways of working, unique challenges, and unique
opportunities. While progressive project-based businesses have already embraced professional services automation (PSA)—achieving
results and return on investment along the way—th (...)
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Professional services firms are not like other businesses. They have unique ways of working, unique challenges,
and unique opportunities. While pr... ...
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2010-03-11
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Although technology is pivotal in maintaining a competitive edge, many smaller professional services organizations (PSOs)
have limited time and resources to dedicate to their IT infrastructure. For this reason, the application service provider
model can be a very attractive offering. (...)
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Although technology is pivotal in maintaining a competitive edge, many smaller professional services organizations
(PSOs) have limited time and re...
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2006-09-13
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Major vendors are entering the professional services software market and small niche vendors are repositioning themselves
to compete. This changing market is conveying mixed messages; however, users can navigate this space by separating market
messages from vendors' functional capabilities. (...)
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Major vendors are entering the professional services software market and small niche vendors are repositioning
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2006-09-04
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This white paper highlights key challenges facing the professional services industry, and discusses how the 2007 Microsoft®
Office system can help professional services firms enhance business performance by maximizing employee contributions. It also
offers examples of firms realizing business impact fro (...)
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This white paper highlights key challenges facing the professional services industry, and discusses how the
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2010-03-11
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Major vendors are entering the professional services software market and small niche vendors are repositioning themselves
to compete. This changing market is conveying mixed messages; however, users can navigate this space by separating market
messages from vendors' functional capabilities. (...)
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Major vendors are entering the professional services software market and small niche vendors are repositioning
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2006-09-04
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In the webcastTop 5 Reasons Professional Services Organizations Are Embracing the Cloud, find out why cloud technology has
so captivated PSOs and l... (...)
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In the webcastTop 5 Reasons Professional Services Organizations Are Embracing the Cloud, find out why cloud
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2010-11-19
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Successful enterprise resource planning (ERP) deployment demands a focused examination of the professional services provided
by your organization, and the most efficient infrastructure required to support them. You must provide your most important
asset—your people—with effective tools that can be ac (...)
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Successful enterprise resource planning (ERP) deployment demands a focused examination of the professional
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2011-02-14
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This report focuses on how cloud infrastructures are being used by sales and marketing, finance, and operations in professional
service organizations (PSOs). It outlines the benefits of using a cloud infrastructure to manage enterprise resource planning
(ERP) and other enterprise systems. With the right (...)
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This report focuses on how cloud infrastructures are being used by sales and marketing, finance, and operations in professional
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2011-02-14
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In the webcast Top 5 Reasons Professional Services Organizations Are Embracing the Cloud to learn about: the impact of cloud
technology on PSOs; t... (...)
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In the webcast Top 5 Reasons Professional Services Organizations Are Embracing the Cloud to learn about:
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2010-12-20
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Professional services organizations rely on their employees to drive business and deliver value to clients. A major factor
for these companies is the speed at which clients are billed and the accuracy of information regarding billable time and travel.
Download this Aberdeen report to learn why cloud-base (...)
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Professional services organizations rely on their employees to drive business and deliver value to clients.
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2012-03-05
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Many companies strive to effectively measure and analyze their service operations. But while management struggles to measure
too many (or too few) metrics, they often overlook the basic measurement question: what to track, and how? By using the concept
metric perspectives to define what data provides the (...)
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Two Mistakes Most Professional Services Organizations Make—How Metrics and Automation Tools Drive Profits.
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2010-03-11
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Making Multi-rater Feedback Work in Professional Services Firms. Search for Software and Other Documents for Your Acquisition
Related to Multi-rater Feedback Work in Professional Services Firms. For many firms, continually moving people to new projects
under different leaders is the only possible way to o (...)
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2010-03-11
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In the webcast Top 5 Reasons Professional Services Organizations Are Embracing the Cloud to learn about: the impact of cloud
technology on PSOs; t... (...)
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In the webcast Top 5 Reasons Professional Services Organizations Are Embracing the Cloud to learn about:
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Published:
2010-12-20
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The lifeblood by which executives in professional services organizations (PSO) manage their businesses has traditionally
centered on the concept of realization, measured through metrics. Predictive Service Execution enables firms to deliver consistent
and timely services while maximizing cash flow, engag (...)
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The lifeblood by which executives in professional services organizations (PSO) manage their businesses has
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2010-03-11