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In business-to-business (B2B) software marketing, you'll get little debate about the importance of positioning. Yet few B2B
software companies do it well, thus failing to set themselves apart from their competitors. There are many reasons for this
void, and this column will help fill one big one by descr (...)
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... of the most misunderstood concepts in business-to-business (B2B) software
... A strong message strategy will accelerate the marketing-sales process,
because it ...
Published:
2004-09-18
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Aligning information technology (IT) with corporate strategy is key to maximizing the business impact of IT investments.
Tree Top's structured process of reviewing proposed IT investments will allow an enterprise to understand this alignment,
and prioritize investments. (...)
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Aligning information technology (IT) with corporate strategy is key to maximizing the business impact of IT investments. Tree
Top's structured pro...
Published:
2006-04-05
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Post-implementation agility should be the goal of most companies in their enterprise resource planning (ERP) selection. However,
it is not so easy to dispel a widespread preference for the "usual suspect" ERP choices that currently stop short at post-implementation
agility. (...)
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Post-implementation agility should be the goal of most companies in their enterprise resource planning (ERP) selection. However,
it is not so easy...
Published:
2006-10-18
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You may not yet have heard of ICICI-Infotech or its ERP offering, ORION. Well, for some time the rest of the world has. ICICI-Infotech
is starting to make its presence felt in North America and raise some ERP eyebrows. Read on as to why you may want to take
a closer look at this vendor and its product. I (...)
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You may not yet have heard of ICICI-Infotech or its ERP offering, ORION. Well, for some time the rest of the world has. ICICI-Infotech
is starting...
Published:
2004-11-22
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By providing business process management functionality, Exact hopes to bring competitive enhancements to enterprise resource
planning systems used by small and medium businesses. (...)
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By providing business process management functionality, Exact hopes to bring competitive enhancements to enterprise resource
planning systems used...
Published:
2006-01-12
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Business process analysis (BPA) vendors are trying to enter the business process management (BPM) market by marketing themselves
as BPM solutions. This article discusses the differences between BPA and BPM vendors, and examines the benefits of each. (...)
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Business process analysis (BPA) vendors are trying to enter the business process management (BPM) market by marketing themselves
as BPM solutions....
Published:
2006-10-09
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Part 2 of a series on Business Process Reengineering: Long Live Business Process Reengineering. In this Part, we discuss
some practical steps for actually performing business process analysis and fostering change in your company. (...)
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Part 2 of a series on Business Process Reengineering: Long Live Business Process Reengineering. In this Part, we discuss some
practical steps for ...
Published:
2001-08-23
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Business strategy, a road map telling us how the business plans to be successful, does not guarantee success. Strategy execution
requires business processes that do what the strategy calls for--and do it well. In today's automated world, these business
processes rely on business systems. Therefore, a dir (...)
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... in helping with the execution of their business strategy. ...
lead you to increase both customer value and business. ... Thompson is a principal of Process
ERP Partners ...
Published:
2004-07-31
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Strategy in digital business has become an increasingly significant component of Digital Business Service Provider (DBSP)
offerings. Pure plays have and are becoming more experienced, and are serious competitors to the more traditional strategists.
DBSP strategists take over where the traditional consult (...)
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Strategy in digital business has become an increasingly significant component of Digital Business Service Provider (DBSP)
offerings. Pure plays ha...
Published:
2000-10-03
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By focusing on improving and optimizing the processes instead of only the departments, any user company should be better
aligned and prepared to take on the challenges ahead. (...)
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By focusing on improving and optimizing the processes instead of only the departments, any user company should be better aligned
and prepared to t...
Published:
2006-01-11
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Find out why FOSS and BPM are hot topics and why they are related in this in depth report from TEC Analyst Kurt Chen. Free
and open source software (FOSS) has become a hot topic in the business process management (BPM) market. This article discusses
the relevance between BPM and FOSS, and makes suggesti (...)
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Find out why FOSS and BPM are hot topics and why they are related in this in depth report from TEC Analyst Kurt Chen. Free
and open source softwa...
Published:
2010-06-01
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SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation: Read TEC's analysis of this business process management (BPM) product's strengths
& challenges. SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation: Find out about this business process management (BPM) product's
strengths and challenges, and gain analyst insight (...)
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SAP BusinessObjects Planning and Consolidation: Read TEC's analysis of this business process management (BPM) product's
strengths & challenges. SAP...
Published:
2010-08-31
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Oracle has long moved in the direction of blurring the line between applications and infrastructure. It has leveraged the
system of record elements in application suites by applying infrastructure technologies to correlate real-time events for
improved decision-making. (...)
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Oracle has long moved in the direction of blurring the line between applications and infrastructure. It has leveraged the
system of record element...
Published:
2005-03-16
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All the recent management trends from Continuous Improvement to Business Process Re-engineering have had the same issue we
see with E-Business. They have enterprise-wide implications and tend to become part of the corporate department that started
the initiative. This article recommends a more strategi (...)
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... be ideal if companies could "bake" an E-Business strategy
into ALL ... the recent management trends from Continuous Improvement to Business Process
Re-engineering ...
Published:
2003-07-05
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Accenture has moved from its former identity Andersen Consulting to a new mark and strategy aligned to its competitors in
the market place. Since the arbitrators ruling in August, 2000, Accenture’s transformation has rapidly moved the organization
from being centered around four competencies to a group (...)
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Accenture has moved from its former identity Andersen Consulting to a new mark and strategy aligned to its competitors in
the market place. Since ...
Published:
2001-01-30
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Business process management (BPM) has to integrate existing enterprise applications, Web services, and people in such a way
that it can also quickly change, destruct, or construct processes. This is far beyond the realm of traditional enterprise
application integration (EAI). (...)
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Business process management (BPM) has to integrate existing enterprise applications, Web services, and people in such a way
that it can also quick...
Published:
2005-12-08
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During our recent briefing, MAPICS' executives acknowledged that almost all enterprise software companies are either "hunting"
or being "hunted". (...)
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... Business Intelligence (a partnership with Cognos), SyteLine Business
Process Management (a ... and SyteLine users through a "develop once, deploy twice"
strategy. ...
Published:
2004-07-21
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RFPs and selection tools typically focus on features and functions. The business process protagonists consider this focus
old fashioned. However, users want and need an inventory or check lists of the functions to understand if the business process
will work. One always has to start from somewhere, and t (...)
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RFPs and selection tools typically focus on features and functions. The business process protagonists consider this focus
old fashioned. However, ...
Published:
2003-10-28
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With the acquisition of Collaxa, Oracle has quickly plugged a hole in its SOA/BPM message by providing new workflow capabilities
and monitoring tools to report on the progress of business processes, and by providing runtime support for BPEL. (...)
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With the acquisition of Collaxa, Oracle has quickly plugged a hole in its SOA/BPM message by providing new workflow capabilities
and monitoring to...
Published:
2005-03-18
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Business Engine provides best-of-breed PPM functionality for internal IT departments, focusing on financial governance. For
organizations seeking flexible workflow and IT governance capabilities, BEN delivers functionality in the financial services,
health care, government, manufacturing, telecommunicati (...)
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Business Engine provides best-of-breed PPM functionality for internal IT departments, focusing on financial governance. For
organizations seeking ...
Published:
2006-03-24