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November 2012

Strong Medicine

Gilead Sciences simplifies business processes to establish a foundation for continued growth.

 

popular storiesSpecial Report: Most Popular Stories of 2012

Our roundup of the year's most popular stories demonstrates that Profit's readers are focused on learning everything they can about top business trends, including big data, mobile and cloud computing. See what made the top 10 list.

 

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  • Special Report: Business Intelligence
    A recently commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Oracle found that Oracle Business Intelligence Applications can deliver significant ROI. Here, find out about the study, plus what else is new with Oracle BI.
  • Five Ideas: Taking Care of Customers
    A recent research report reveals that 81 percent of consumers surveyed are willing to pay more for superior customer experience. Read the full report, plus hear from other experts..
  • Innovation
    Here, learn more about the new Oracle-sponsored report, Cultivating Business-Led Innovation, plus get more expert insight into creating a culture of innovation at your company.
  • Five Ideas: Social Business
    In November, Oracle hosted the Oracle Social Summit in Las Vegas. Here, find out what happened at the conference. Plus, get expert advice about how to successfully manage a social organization.
  • Special Report: Finance
    According to a study, big data, analytics, and new mobile, social and cloud computing platforms are increasingly on CFOs radar screens. Find out more about the CFO's changing role.
  • Five Ideas: Project Management
    Here, learn more about the proposed acquisition of Instantis, plus get more insight from the November issue of Profit magazine.
Q+A
Godin

An Artistic Approach

Seth Godin, author of V is for Vulnerable

“Art is the work of a human being doing something that hasn't been done before, and might not work.”

 

May

A Simple Formula

Matthew May, author of The Laws of Subtraction: 6 Rules for Winning in the Age of Excess Everything

“By and large the reason most projects fail is because they are over-scoped.”

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Lofstad

Getting the Most Out of Your Project Team

Stian Lofstad, director of insight and strategy at Oracle, specializing in data center technologies

“A leader needs a variety of tools to master different situations, and understanding how time criticality impacts your leadership style adds to your toolbox.”

Krauss

Oracle Cloud Applications: The Right Ingredients Baked In

David Krauss, senior manager at Oracle

“The value of cloud is about make your business more agile in the market place, and shortening the time it takes to deliver and adopt new innovation.”

 

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  • Webcast: Big Data, Bright Future
    Join Principal Research Scientist Andrew McAfee from the Center for Digital Business at the MIT Sloan School of Management and Rich Clayton, Vice President, Business Analytics, Oracle for an in-depth discussion on leveraging big data and breakthrough analytics.
  • Building a Customer-Centric Culture
    In this Oracle OpenWorld keynote, executives from SapientNitro and Vail Resorts speak on the importance of delivering experiences that matter.
 

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