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Make Better IT Decisions: Assess Your Software Capabilities Is your organization getting the most out of its enterprise software systems? Inadequate documentation or missing in-house knowledge can make it difficult to determine how well your current systems support your company's business processes. And that can make it nearly impossible to know what changes, if any, are required. A software capabilities assessment from TEC gives you a detailed blueprint of your existing software systems—you'll discover exactly how well they meet your business requirements. That information can help you identify your systems' strengths and weaknesses, and assess the need for upgrades, modifications, or replacements. Find out more about how you can benefit from a software capabilities assessment. Visit www.technologyevaluation.com/selection-services, or call our selection services team at 1-800-496-1303 ext. 404 (North America) or +1 514-954-3665 ext. 404.  ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Coming This Summer: TEC's Human Capital Management Buyer's Guide  10th ERP Vendor Shootout Coming This Spring  Talent Management RFP Template Now Available  Meridian Global LMS Is TEC Recertified  SuperPharm Comes Full Circle with Its Legacy Solution

	Coming This Summer: TEC's Human Capital Management Buyer's Guide
	Organizations today recognize the value of their workforce and are looking for ways to better tap into that talent. TEC's 2011 Human Capital Management (HCM) Buyer's Guide will address the challenges that medium-to-large businesses face when recruiting, hiring, and managing their staff, and review strategies for appropriately managing that talent. TEC's HCM Buyer's Guide will provide analysis of the state of the HCM market an overview of vendors (best-of-breed, crossover, and Tier 1 and 2) and their offerings vendor case studies and thought leadership briefs, and a detailed vendor directory. This guide is a useful tool for medium-to-large organizations looking to get the most out of their human capital. Look out for TEC's HCM Buyer's Guide, which is slated for release in July.
	10th ERP Vendor Shootout Coming This Spring
	TEC is excited to once again be moderating the ERP Vendor Shootout. Sponsored by IBM, this 10th ERP Vendor Shootout is another can't-miss opportunity for you to see some of the most popular enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions in action—all under one roof! Date: May 18–19, 2011 Location: Chicago Marriott O'Hare, 8535 West Higgins Road, Chicago, Illinois (USA)—Map You'll get a chance to see scripted product demonstrations from leading vendors like Epicor, Microsoft Dynamics, Sage, IQMS, Infor, SAP, and Oracle. And who knows? You may even come away with a potential shortlist of vendors. Visit the ERP Vendor Shootout Web site to register, and have a look at a sample demo script. We look forward to seeing you there.
	Talent Management RFP Template Now Available
	Interested in acquiring talent management software but don't know where to start? The new Talent Management Request for Proposal (RFP) Template can help you gather your requirements quickly and efficiently. This comprehensive template lists and describes 1,965 industry-standard functional criteria and can help you collect and prioritize your business needs in an easy-to-use Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. Use the talent management template to find out whatfeatures and functions vendors support and how they support them. Get the template now.
	Meridian Global LMS Is TEC Recertified
	The Meridian Knowledge Solutions product Meridian Global LMS received TEC certification for learning management system (LMS) solutions back in April 2009. Meridian Global LMS is a Web-based learning and knowledge management platform that integrates learning content management, social media, workforce analytics, knowledge management, and competency modeling into one unique system. In the last two years, Global LMS has added several new features. As part of the certification process, TEC research analyst Sherry Fox verified the product's features and functionalities, and Global LMS is now recertified by TEC. See how Meridian has adapted to meet today's changing user needs. The new TEC Certification Report will be available for download this month.
	SuperPharm Comes Full Circle with Its Legacy Solution
	SuperPharm, Ltd. is Trinidad and Tobago's leading pharmacy chain, offering a wide assortment of pharmacy and consumer products. But its rapid growth, with increases in sales and customer demand, was too often leading to empty shelves, and the company was experiencing what could soon become a serious problem with replenishment. TEC's proven process and experienced decision support team helped SuperPharm understand its business processes more thoroughly and define its requirements. And based on TEC's recommendation, and evidence from their decision support system, TEC Advisor (previously called ebestmatch), SuperPharm opted to keep its legacy ERP and point of sale (POS) solutions, and add a complementary business intelligence (BI) application from a partner vendor. Download the case study. "Without TEC, we might never have discovered that our legacy system had the capabilities to meet our needs, and we would have gone through needless expense selecting and implementing another solution." David Sobrian, Chief Executive Officer, SuperPharm