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J.D. Edwards has been trying hard to reverse a continuing decline of license revenue, which is in a sharp contrast to its
direct competitors’ upbeat postures. During this year's FOCUS conference for its QUEST User Group, J.D. Edwards demonstrated
somewhat more galvanized strategy than the one it initi (...)
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JD Edwards has been trying hard to reverse a continuing decline of license revenue, which is in a sharp contrast to its direct
competitors’ upbe...
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2001-07-03
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Informix« (NASDAQ: IFMX) and Ardent Software (NASDAQ: ARDT) today announced that they have reached a definitive agreement
to combine their operations in a transaction valued, on a fully diluted basis, at approximately $880 million, based on the
closing price of Informix common stock on November 30, 1999 (...)
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Informix« (NASDAQ: IFMX) and Ardent Software (NASDAQ: ARDT) today announced that they have reached a definitive agreement
to combine their operati...
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1999-12-08
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Linking data to process is the realm of business process management (BPM). BPM's focus on process dramatically reduces the
amount of data that needs to be moved, and thereby reduces both the initial cost and ongoing maintenance cost of application
integration. (...)
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Linking data to process is the realm of business process management (BPM). BPM's focus on process dramatically reduces
the amount of data that ne...
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2003-05-30
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ERP applications are the information backbone for contemporary manufacturing enterprises. This note identifies current trends
in the ERP market that we believe businesses that are both current and potential ERP users should be cognizant of in order
to appropriately manage their expectations. (...)
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ERP applications are the information backbone for contemporary manufacturing enterprises. This note identifies current trends
in the ERP market th...
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2001-04-18
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Although we believe that exorbitant growth rates are a matter of the past, growth will remain the word associated with the
ERP market in the 2000’s. ERP will, however, have to share the spotlight with the fast growing adolescent ERP-adjacent areas
like SCM, CRM and e-procurement. (...)
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Although we believe that exorbitant growth rates are a matter of the past, growth will remain the word associated with the
ERP market in the 2000’...
Published:
2001-10-03
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Quote-to-order (Q2O) systems can address the increasing demand for personalized and customized products. Complex product
specification, quoting, and ordering processes—as well as the software applications catering to those processes—can benefit
from the use of the Web, collaboration tools, and lean t (...)
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Quote-to-order (Q2O) systems can address the increasing demand for personalized and customized products. Complex product specification,
quoting, a...
Published:
2008-08-18
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This paper examines the steel service center segment of the wholesale distribution industry as a case in point of the challenges
facing distributors and the relief offered through supply chain software. (...)
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This paper examines the steel service center segment of the wholesale distribution industry as a case in point of the challenges
facing distributo...
Published:
2001-09-08
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Interwoven has grown from a web content management vendor to an enterprise content management (ECM) vendor providing a full
suite of ECM components. With this suite, it helps its clients provide the ultimate customer experience. (...)
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Interwoven has grown from a web content management vendor to an enterprise content management (ECM) vendor providing a full
suite of ECM component...
Published:
2006-08-07
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Active Software, Inc., a provider of enterprise application integration software products, today announced the ActiveWorks™
Application Transaction Coordinator (ATC) to ensure the transactional integrity of end-to end business processes across systems,
both within and outside the corporate firewall. (...)
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Active Software, Inc., a provider of enterprise application integration software products, today announced the ActiveWorks™
Application Transactio...
Published:
2000-06-01
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Embedded knowledge exists in the supply chain to understand and unlock customer value. Integrating the chain is crucial to
aligning the goals of customers and provider. (...)
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Embedded knowledge exists in the supply chain to understand and unlock customer value. Integrating the chain is crucial to
aligning the goals of c...
Published:
2004-11-02
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In both retail and consumer goods sectors, the gap between winners and losers widens every day. What is it about the winners
that make them more and more successful, extending their lead every quarter? (...)
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In both retail and consumer goods sectors, the gap between winners and losers widens every day. What is it about the winners
that make them more a...
Published:
2005-03-18
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Lean manufacturing is a transformational exercise that requires an organization to cast aside long-held beliefs and business
processes. The five main steps to achieving lean transition are defining value, mapping the value stream, making the activities
flow, responding to customer demand, and continuous (...)
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Lean manufacturing is a transformational exercise that requires an organization to cast aside long-held beliefs and business
processes. The five m...
Published:
2006-02-15
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There are common and unique variations to returned material authorizations (RMAs) that can compound a company’s enterprise
resource planning (ERP) system. Identifying RMA variations enables a company to determine what needs to be simplified and
what needs to be modeled in an ERP system. (...)
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There are common and unique variations to returned material authorizations (RMAs) that can compound a company’s enterprise
resource planning (ERP)...
Published:
2009-03-04
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SAP, traditionally regarded as too cumbersome and costly for small or midsize enterprises, has recently been announcing stellar
increases in sales and acceptance of its Internet-based mySAP.com by smaller companies. We believe that the incumbent smaller
vendors as well as other Tier 1 vendors should prep (...)
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SAP, traditionally regarded as too cumbersome and costly for small or midsize enterprises, has recently been announcing stellar
increases in sales...
Published:
2000-12-18
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Very few companies really run standard software applications as "standard" products, since every business changes constantly.
In fact, these companies have found that the agility they wish to attain is in direct conflict with the rigidity of their
enterprise systems. (...)
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Very few companies really run standard software applications as "standard" products, since every business changes
constantly. In fact, these compa...
Published:
2007-03-26
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Siebel is finally taking 'the bull by the horns' by acknowledging the integration challenges its customers face, and by addressing
that issue. An often troubling aspect of CRM implementations in the past is that the only way IT departments can achieve a
full view of the customer is by integrating front-e (...)
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Siebel is finally taking 'the bull by the horns' by acknowledging the integration challenges its customers face, and
by addressing that issue. An ...
Published:
2002-05-10
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"Agility", "real time enterprise", "zero latency" ... these are among the several buzzwords doing the rounds these days.
Some would characterize these present times as belonging to the "Real Time Decade." Are these words just hype or do they proffer
a vision of reality for the near future? This article a (...)
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... exceptions should be in the hands of the end user rather ... to increased
velocity and effectiveness of customer facing and customer impacting processes;
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Published:
2004-04-07
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Because the supply chains of most manufacturers have become complex, global networks, managing these systems requires enterprise
applications that enable collaboration, visibility, demand-sensing, and quick response to unplanned and unexpected events.
But from where will such solutions come? (...)
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Because the supply chains of most manufacturers have become complex, global networks, managing these systems requires enterprise
applications that...
Published:
2008-03-17
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Linking data to process is the realm of business process management (BPM). BPM's focus on process dramatically reduces the
amount of data that needs to be moved, and thereby reduces both the initial cost and ongoing maintenance cost of application
integration. (...)
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end to end customer processes:
Linking data to process is the realm of business process management (BPM). BPM's focus on process dramatically reduces
the amount of data that ne...
Published:
2003-05-30
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As the contest for the lower-end of the market intensifies, SAP is further honing a twofold strategy of promulgating its
mySAP All-in-One vertical offerings for the higher-end of the mid-market, while offering the SAP Business One product to appeal
to smaller enterprises with less complex processes. Soft (...)
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As the contest for the lower-end of the market intensifies, SAP is further honing a twofold strategy of promulgating its mySAP
All-in-One vertical...
Published:
2004-05-07