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The schools retain a lot of autonomy. We recommend various things for them to do, such as automating their mailing labels. We can design whatever templates they need and they can then access the templates over the network. - Heather Hamilton

The first wave was ... companies automating their procurement processes. The second wave, happening right now, is trading communities... The next wave is going to be like the Chicago Commodities Exchange: instant fulfillment done completely on the fly. - Shawn Willett

The consortium needed a very tightly integrated HR and financial system, and Lawson presented the strongest choice in terms of full functionality... For the first time, these districts can create a personnel budget, report on it and understand exactly where they stand on a daily basis. By automating these business functions, we're reallocating resources and providing high-powered, integrated systems without impacting funding for the education of our students. - Roger Price

System failures and slowdowns can diminish employee productivity, reduce customer satisfaction, and perhaps even result in loss of customers. The key to avoiding such failures and maintaining peak performance lies in diagnosing and resolving issues quickly, before they become serious problems. Large IT organizations that rely on IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console for their system monitoring needs can benefit tremendously by automating problem and incident management steps and processes. With automation, our technology eliminates the need for scripting, custom coding, or even professional services for IBM TEC tasks, thereby substantially reducing operational costs and increasing overall IT productivity. - Scott Broder

RBT is a new kind of tool for the reseller hosting industry that is designed to help resellers manage their businesses by automating time-consuming tasks, such as billing, accounting and reporting. Our resellers tell us the biggest barrier to growing their businesses is not finding more customers, but rather finding more time in the day to complete administrative tasks. The RBT suite actually helps reduce the time needed for billing and other tasks, so much so that many resellers actually now have the opportunity to take on more customers. - Jim Ciampaglio

If you say you want to automate cars and save people's lives, the skills you need for that aren't taught in any particular discipline. I know - I was interested in working on automating cars when I was a Ph.D. student in 1995. - Larry Page

If you accept that security is a process, and if you can eliminate the human interaction or intervention in that process by automating more, that is a good thing. - John W. Thompson

Compliance with regulatory legislation is a non-negotiable requirement faced by organizations worldwide. IT must be prepared to respond promptly to auditors' requests for information, and Quest's solutions help by automating key controls that provide both operational and compliance benefits. Our new portal helps IT meet the business need for current, thorough, and relevant reporting. - Doug Davis