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select industry area... Financial services - Banking - Capital Markets - Insurance - Investment Companies - Life Insurance - Private EquityGeneric - Generic sectorHealthcare - Private Healthcare - Public Health ServicesManufacturing - Aerospace and Defence Manufacturing - Automobile and Parts - Construction and Building Materials - Consumer Packaged Goods - Electrical Engineering and Consumer Electronics - Pharmaceuticals and BiotechNot-for-Profit - Not-for-ProfitPrimary industries - Chemicals, Oil and Gas Production - Mining, Metals, Forestry and Paper - UtilitiesPublic sector - Agencies - Central / Federal Government - Central Health Services - Criminal Justice - Defence - Education - European Commission - Housing and Urban Development - Local Government - Non-Departmental Public Bodies - Non-governmental International OrganisationsRetail and distribution - Logistics and Distribution - RetailServices - Business Services - Leisure and Hospitality - Media - Real Estate - Technology Hardware, Software and Solutions - Telecommunications - Transportation select service area... Financing and M&A - Due diligence and valuation - Infrastructure/asset financing and management, PFIFormulating strategy - Business and financial modeling - Corporate boards - Corporate re-structuring - Corporate recovery and turnaround - Corporate strategy - Market analysis and strategy - Market research - Mergers and acquisitions - Policy formulation - Strategic sourcing / offshoring strategyImproving operational performance - Benchmarking - Business analytics - Business continuity, recovery and resilience - Collaboration and shared services - Cost-cutting - Distribution strategy - Environment, sustainability and CSR - Financial management and control - Innovation - Knowledge management and intellectual property - Lean and Six Sigma - M&A integration - Managing quality - Operational review - Post-M&A integration - Process design and re-engineering - Procurement / purchasing - Property and estate management - Quality and Performance Management - Research and development - Responding to regulation - Supply chain managementIT consulting - Application of new technology - ERP consulting - Hardware / software - Hardware / software selection - IT Design and Build - IT strategy, planning and review - IT testing and integration - IT training - Management information and business intelligence - Requirements definition - Technology and data security risk services - Use of social media - Web and internet consultingManaging people - Benefits and compensation - Change management - HR strategy and effectiveness - Internal communications - Leadership and governance - Organisational design and culture - Performance management - Stakeholder management - Talent management / training and development / demographics - Team effectiveness and collaborationManaging Projects - Benefits realisation and review - Business case development - Programme management - Project Assurance - Project management - Risk managementMarketing and selling - Branding - Category management - Customer relationship management - Customer service - Marketing and channel management - New product development - Pricing - Sales and distribution planning - Sales force effectivenessOutsourcing / offshoring - Finance - Consulting support to an ongoing contract - Finance and Administration - Transition assistance - Finance and administration outsourcing - HR - Consulting support to an ongoing contract - HR - Transition assistance - HR outsourcing - IT - Consulting support to an ongoing contract - IT - Transition Assistance - IT outsourcing - Process outsourcing - Process Outsourcing - Consulting support to an ongoing contract - Process Outsourcing -Tranistion Assistance - Shared services - Consulting support to an ongoing contract - Shared services - Transition assistance

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XML - the Emperor's New Clothes?

Oakleigh Consulting

I was reminded of the fable by Hans Christian Anderson about the Emperor's New Clothes when in discussion with some architects (who I respect) about XML. They wanted to use XML within their enterprise and listening to them talking, it was not only going to solve all of their integration issues but it was going to solve world hunger as well! "They...