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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">The results of the 35th Anniversary SIM IT Trends Study point to a time of profound change. The slidedeck from the SIM IT Trends Study SIMposium 2014 breakout is
a free download to all at the bottom of <a href="http://www.simnet.org/?ITTrendsStudy">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;text-decoration:none">http://www.simnet.org/?ITTrendsStudy</span></a>. The
<i>2015 SIM IT Trends Study Comprehensive Report</i> and SIMposium 2014 main stage session slidedeck are also available as free downloads to SIM members there (member login required). Non-members can also purchase this year’s Report for only $500. There’s a
link to the <i>MIS Quarterly Executive</i> article (in the December 2014 issue) there also, and that too is free of charge to SIM members and through many university libraries. For more information about the Study, please visit:
<a href="http://www.simnet.org/?ITTrendsStudy"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;text-decoration:none">http://www.simnet.org/?ITTrendsStudy</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Best wishes,<br>
Leon Kappelman<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">“The only sustainable competi</span></b><b><span lang="EL" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">tive advantage
is an organization's ability to learn faster than the competition.” ¯ </span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Peter M. Senge</span></b>
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</span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Leon A. Kappelman, Ph.D.</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">
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</span></b><a href="http://www.cob.unt.edu/profiles/112"><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:blue">Professor of Information Systems</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">
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Director Emeritus, Information Systems Research Center<br>
Fellow, Texas Center for Digital Knowledge<br>
College of Business, University of North Texas<br>
Voice: 940-565-4698 Email: </span><a href="mailto:kapp@unt.edu"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:blue">kapp@unt.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><a href="http://www.simnet.org/?ITTrendsStudy"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:blue">Primary Investigator, SIM’s Annual IT Trends Study</span></a><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
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</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#1C7C00">Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#006666"> </span><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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