Every week, businesses waste 5.3 hours per employee because of inefficient processes

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Imagine that you know where all of your corporate data resides, you could trust all of your data to be accurate, complete and up-to-date and that you could access any piece of information, or combination of pieces, at any time, to support decision making and understand risk.

Now imagine that your data is protected and secure at all times, that whenever you need to make a business decision that you fully understand all the risks involved and that you know, based on previous actions and conditions, what the next best action to take is. An impossible dream? Progress towards these goals is critical to supporting business strategy.

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3 in 5 people do not share critical information with partners and suppliers for mutual benefit

IBM white paper - Business Analytics and Optimization for the Intelligent Enterprise 10 Jun 2010

No paper weight

Paper is used in many business processes with slow retrieval times. This impacts customer service and results in loss of productivity. 10 Jun 2010

42% of workers are working with inaccurate information

The information agenda guide for government. 09 Jun 2010

Companies that can adapt to changing business conditions can predict future skills, locate experts and effectively collaborate

IBM White paper: Web 2.0 @ work: how CIOs can help drive business returns by improving organizational effectiveness. 10 Jun 2010

Business analytics and optimisation for the intelligent enterprise

1 in 5 organisations are not taking advantage of new analytics to use information to the company’s advantage. 10 Jun 2010

The importance of an information strategy

75% of information workers said they had made decisions that turned out to be wrong due to incorrect, incomplete, or contradictory data 09 Jun 2010

The information agenda guide for banking

The most dynamic, collaborative, connected organisations are 210% more likely to be using process automation and modelling. 10 Jun 2010

The new information agenda: Do you have one?

The time we spend just looking for the right expertise and information to do our jobs adds up to two hours in a typical day. 09 Jun 2010

An information agenda helps enterprise take the information being generated across the organisation and put it to better use

IBM White paper: The information agenda guide for energy and utilities 10 Jun 2010

An information-led transformation does not require major investments of resources or time to deliver value

IBM White paper: The journey along an information-led transformation. 10 Jun 2010

Every week, businesses waste 5.3 hours per employee because of inefficient processes

The importance of an Information Strategy 09 Jun 2010

Paper is often the single source of company information contained on it. This puts companies at risk of loss from fire, theft and other disasters

IBM White paper: No paper weight 10 Jun 2010

Web 2.0 @ work: How CIOs can help drive business returns by improving organisational effectiveness

The most dynamic, collaborative, connected organisations are 375% more likely to be using collaborative spaces. 10 Jun 2010

The information agenda guide for government

Two-thirds of people believe their colleagues can help them do their jobs better but don't know how to find them. 09 Jun 2010

The information agenda guide for retail

The most dynamic, collaborative, connected organisations are 900% more likely using to be using service-oriented architecture. 10 Jun 2010

The information agenda: Rapidly leveraging information as a trusted strategic asset for competitive advantage

Outperformers are more than 300% more likely to have work practices that are more dynamic, collaborative and connected 10 Jun 2010

91% of CEOs say they need to restructure the way their organisations work

The information agenda: Rapidly leveraging information as a trusted strategic asset for competitive advantage. 10 Jun 2010

42% of people say they are forced to make decisions using the wrong input at least once a week

IBM White paper: The new information agenda: do you have one? 09 Jun 2010

The journey along an information-led transformation

To keep up with the speed of transactions today, systems will have to analyse information and take an action more than 60,000 times a second. 10 Jun 2010

An information agenda is a comprehensive, enterprise-wide plan that a CIO can use to achieve short and long term strategic changes.

IBM white paper: The information agenda guide for retail 10 Jun 2010

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