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BOSTON, MA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/14/12 -- Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks Company (NYSE: HHS), today announced the publication of new research reports from its Communications, Manufacturing, and Retail/Consumer Markets research practices.

"Manufacturing-Grade Video Collaboration: A Key to Agile TQM," authored by Andrew Borg, Research Director for the Aberdeen Communications research practice, examines the impact that the latest video communications and collaboration technology has had on key Total Quality of Manufacturing metrics: organizational agility: speed-of-decision-making, time to market, and ultimately, customer engagement. The study reveals that top-performing organizations reported a 2 to 3-times greater acceleration in the basic stages of the product development cycle as compared to all other respondents. To obtain a complimentary copy of this report visit: http://www.aberdeen.com/Aberdeen-Library/8207/AI-agile-video-collaboration.aspx.

Also authored by Borg, "Next-Generation Enterprise Mobility: Putting Mobile to Work" documents progress towards a long-term goal of Enterprise Mobility: putting mobile to work to produce quantifiable business benefits. The report examines recent Aberdeen research in three industry segments: retail, field service, and healthcare. To obtain a complimentary copy of this report visit: http://www.aberdeen.com/Aberdeen-Library/8208/AI-enterprise-mobility-management.aspx

"Operational Risk Management: Getting Ahead of the Risk Curve," prepared by Nuris Ismail, Research Analyst in the Manufacturing research practice at the Aberdeen Group, highlights the steps taken by manufacturers to successfully mitigate risks in order to reduce the potential impact on their financial goals. It is extremely difficult, and in most cases with large, dispersed companies, impossible, to expansively address risks on a piece-meal, siloed basis. This study will provide a roadmap for companies planning to adopt a risk-based approach to managing and reduce adverse events in manufacturing operations on a predictive basis. Readers of this report will learn how to take a holistic approach by establishing an Operational Risk Management (ORM) framework and implementing it through change in business processes and organizational structure. To obtain a complimentary copy of the report visit: http://www.aberdeen.com/link/sponsor.asp?spid=30410182&cid=7930&camp=2.