India-based companies have emerged as the most trusted ones, with the technology sector being ranked the highest in terms of transparency and credibility, according to the recently released report from Edelman Trust Barometer. India-headquartered companies are trusted by a majority of people in the country. While US' trust in technology is 78 percent and China is 83 percent, in India it is 88 percent. Technology is the most trusted sector in India at 88%, followed by banks, automotive (79%), pharmaceuticals (75%), healthcare (73%), entertainment (70%) and media at a relatively low 58%.

The benefits of BPM has been lauded and berated depending on the results the organisation in question recorded for its project. While some companies achieved the goals they had planned for and found BPM met, and even exceeded, their expectations, others found that projects took longer to complete and cost more than what they were initially budgeted for. This failure to meet basic goals led to the eventual disenchantment for BPM among companies. The distinguishing factors between the implementation methods of the successfull and failed projects will give us a better idea of the guidelines that should be followed to ensure a high rate of success in future BPM projects.

The integration of search technologies with Business Intelligence tools has expanded the definition of BI. The added flexibility and increased usability now allows business users to gain a 360 degree view of their organization's data. The insurgence of search vendors into the BI space needs some close analysis to understand the coupling between these two distinct areas of intelligence to create search-enabled BI.

India-based companies have emerged as the most trusted ones, with the technology sector being ranked the highest in terms of transparency and credibility, according to the recently released report from Edelman Trust Barometer. India-headquartered companies are trusted by a majority of people in the country. While US' trust in technology is 78 percent and China is 83 percent, in India it is 88 percent. Technology is the most trusted sector in India at 88%, followed by banks, automotive (79%), pharmaceuticals (75%), healthcare (73%), entertainment (70%) and media at a relatively low 58%.

IBM recently acquired a company that provides IT security services to US government agencies and has filed for dozens of security patents. These moves are aimed at grabbing a fair share of the US government's IT spending, which is predicted to grow to USD $75.7 billion in fiscal 2010

Despite several recent claims that Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) initiatives have fallen off the radar following the economic crisis, SOA is seeing adoption at a massive rate. Is SOA a vehicle for companies to emerge out of the financial crunch?