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Abstract:
Lawson has unveiled a new standards-based business applications platform designed to increase overall application quality
and improve the product lifecycle experience for current and future Lawson clients. (...)
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component software:
Lawson has unveiled a new standards-based business applications platform designed to increase overall application quality
and improve the product ...
Published:
2005-10-07
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Abstract:
Lawson, contrary to many other players, seems to be compensating its narrow foothold with a strong vertical dimension. Lawson
will continue to concentrate its internal sales efforts on its traditional vertical markets and to additionally rely on partners
to address and develop for particular industry nee (...)
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component software:
Lawson, contrary to many other players, seems to be compensating its narrow foothold with a strong vertical dimension. Lawson
will continue to con...
Published:
2003-11-10
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Abstract:
Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) is one of the hot-button issues in IT for the Year 2000. Information Week Research's
survey of 300 technology managers showed nearly 75% of respondents said EAI is a planned project for their IT departments
in the coming year. According to a survey conducted by Ba (...)
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component software:
... System Access Component: ... Data extraction tool and message-oriented
middleware vendors are having to scramble to add additional functionality to their software. ...
Published:
2000-02-01
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Abstract:
Enterprise Application Integration has changed massively in the past two years. Where is the market, and what vendors are
left in the game? (...)
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component software:
... Data extraction tool and message-oriented middleware vendors are having to scramble to add additional
functionality to their software. ... Saga Software, Sagavista. ...
Published:
2001-09-06
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Abstract:
Piloting the software is one of, if not the most, critical event in the project life cycle. If done well, the pilot will
uncover issues before they become problems, instill confidence in the users that the software is ready for prime time, and
make the 'go live' uneventful and a cause for celebration (...)
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component software:
Piloting the software is one of, if not the most, critical event in the project life cycle. If done well, the pilot will uncover
issues before the...
Published:
2003-12-23
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Abstract:
Since January 2000 when TEC last addressed the trends in Enterprise Application, there have been massive changes in the overall
direction of Application Integration in general and EAI in particular. (...)
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component software:
... Business Rule Component: to allow the applications to understand your business processes.
... Data Acquisition Component: to allow access to the data. ...
Published:
2001-09-01
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Abstract:
Presently, software estimation is considered to be an art rather than a science. At the heart of this perception is the lack
of understanding of the concept of "productivity." This article attempts to provide insight into the concept of productivity. (...)
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component software:
... as time-and-motion study techniques cannot provide satisfactory results where some component
of creativity exists (as it does in software development). ...
Published:
2007-05-30
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Abstract:
The business process management market is shifting, and more players are entering the market. Several smaller organizations,
such as Vision Software, are bringing a fresh look and a good product to the market, and should certainly be considered. (...)
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component software:
The business process management market is shifting, and more players are entering the market. Several smaller organizations,
such as Vision Softwa...
Published:
2006-04-07
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Abstract:
Lawson's continual investment in R&D delivers innovative products, often in advance of much larger competitors. Increasing
competition from larger vendors with significant resources, puts pressure on the company to go public within the next 12 months. (...)
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component software:
Lawson's continual investment in R&D delivers innovative products, often in advance of much larger competitors. Increasing
competition from larger...
Published:
1999-02-01
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Abstract:
Enterprise Application Integration has changed massively in the past two years. Where is the market, and what vendors are
left in the game? (...)
Excerpt related to
component software:
... Data extraction tool and message-oriented middleware vendors are having to scramble to add additional
functionality to their software. ... Saga Software, Sagavista. ...
Published:
2001-09-06
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Abstract:
Deltek uses a wealth of standalone and bundled modules to target various markets, including professional services firms both
domestically and internationally, as well as the full range of federal contractors and project-focused enterprises. (...)
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component software:
Deltek uses a wealth of standalone and bundled modules to target various markets, including professional services firms both
domestically and inte...
Published:
2006-07-13
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Abstract:
For the past 25 years, McHugh Software has quietly plied the supply chain execution trade. Its new DigitaLogistix suite
successfully marries traditional and next-generation applications, giving the company a reason to shout. (...)
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component software:
For the past 25 years, McHugh Software has quietly plied the supply chain execution trade. Its new DigitaLogistix suite successfully
marries trad...
Published:
2001-05-04
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Abstract:
Pursuing an alternative strategy for software evaluation and selection, based on the capital investment paradigm and the
principles outlined in this article, is an effective method to mitigate implementation risk. (...)
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component software:
... Don't focus on price! Price is obviously a key component of any business purchase,
and software is no different. But price is not the right factor to weigh. ...
Published:
2003-02-12
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Abstract:
In several aspects, Lawson Software could be regarded as an enterprise applications market anomaly. For one, at its peak
in fiscal 2002, the company boasted annual revenues of nearly $430 million, but it still has only a slender (less than 10
percent of revenues) presence outside of its US domestic marke (...)
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component software:
In several aspects, Lawson Software could be regarded as an enterprise applications market anomaly. For one, at its peak in
fiscal 2002, the compa...
Published:
2003-11-08
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Abstract:
Two recent moves by Lawson Software have stunned the market: 1) it discontinued its in-house CRM development in favor for
partnering with Siebel Systems, and 2) it announced the intention to deliver its product also via 3rd-party Application Service
Providers (ASPs). We express our views in this regard. (...)
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component software:
Two recent moves by Lawson Software have stunned the market: 1) it discontinued its in-house CRM development in favor for
partnering with Siebel S...
Published:
2000-05-18
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Abstract:
Most of the manufacturing software vendors have planning and scheduling software which assume either infinite production
capacity for calculating quantities of raw material and work in progress (WIP) requirements or infinite quantities of raw
and WIP materials for calculating production capacity. There a (...)
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component software:
Most of the manufacturing software vendors have planning and scheduling software which assume either infinite production capacity
for calculating ...
Published:
2004-10-12
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Abstract:
With its numerous new software license sales, new product deliveries, and its dedication to complicated technological rejuvenation
(namely, an ambitious open service-oriented architecture strategy), Infor's position and image in the market these days are
at an all-time high. (...)
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component software:
With its numerous new software license sales, new product deliveries, and its dedication to complicated technological rejuvenation
(namely, an amb...
Published:
2008-06-30
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Abstract:
Software development has spawned an independent industry in its own right. But the processes of asking for service, offering
service, and pricing are all somewhat haphazard. Perhaps it's time to focus efforts on resolving the key paradoxes of software
estimation. (...)
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component software:
Software development has spawned an independent industry in its own right. But the processes of asking for service, offering
service, and pricing ...
Published:
2006-08-18
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Abstract:
Testing a system well is harder than building it. In the face of new risks introduced by the ever-increasing complexity of
software and hardware, test tools may be your only practical way to be confident that you've got just what you paid for. From
gathering the initial requirements to supporting the sys (...)
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component software:
... may be hidden from the tester, they nevertheless introduce software engineering complexities.
... Unit test automation tools allow a component of the system to be ...
Published:
2008-12-15
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Abstract:
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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component software:
RFPs and selection tools typically focus on features and functions. The business process protagonists consider this focus
old fashioned. However, ...
Published:
2003-10-28