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How challenges today are affecting business tomorrow

7-Eleven Inc. announces winners of its 2006 Retailer Initiative Awards.

Energizer and Office Furniture USA (a division of Chordus) -- two $5 billion-and-under consumer goods firms -- are positioning their respective companies to truly leverage technology judiciously.

German auto parts maker boosts customer service with data sync

How to ensure successful product launches

Wal-Mart mandate speeds data synch efforts

As the consumer goods landscape changes due to the mergers and acquisitions driven by the industry's leading players, the question of how the combined companies manage and integrate separate I.S. entities into a new whole becomes paramount for long-term success and efficiencies across the enterprise and supply chain.

Two of the three new e-business integration players roared to the top of this year's Best of Breed list, with Microsoft (www.microsoft.com) taking first place and IBM (www.ibm.com) second.