Welcome to SavageIdeas

Welcome to my online doorstep. My name is Zach Evans and I'd like to welcome you to my online world.

I started SavageIdeas several years ago as an alter-ego to my day job. This site has gone through several redesigns and focuses but I think it is finally getting to where I want it to be. Not that it will ever be done; no web site is ever truly finished. If you think yours is, we really need to talk.

SavageIdeas is a place where I can post research projects that I have completed, where I can rant and rave about critical business topics that relate to the Internet-driven business world in which we now operate, and generally communicate with my throngs of adoring fans. Well, I may not have throngs of fans, but I am sure my wife and mom will enjoy reading the content of this site when they cannot get to sleep.

Anyway, regardless of how you got here, I am glad you have come. So, kick back and stay a while. Read some of my writings and, if the mood strikes you, drop me a note. I am always interested in making new contacts and entertaining new opportunities.

Featured Research

What are Real Time Enterprises (RTE) and What Could it Mean for My Organization?

According to the Gartner Group, “[Real Time Enterprises] will become one of the most important mechanisms for leveraging business value from enterprise IT investments from 2003 onward…Enterprises should now set strategic targets for reducing end-to-end cycle time for the processes that are most critical to their various value disciplines and strategies. These may be the operational day-to-day processes (such as the order-to-cash cycle) or they may be in high-impact strategy areas, mergers and acquisitions, or new product development.” But what is a Real Time Enterprise? Again, according to the Gartner Group an RTE is “an enterprise that competes by using up-to-date information to progressively remove delays to the management and execution of its critical business processes.” Textbook definitions aside, why are many companies beginning to strategically plan to implement an RTE?

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