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Informatica Corporation, long an established vendor in the Extract/Transform/Load (ETL) market space, has morphed themselves
into a vendor of solutions for the "e-Business infrastructure". In conjunction with their contract to build an enterprise
data warehouse for the United States Postal Service and th (...)
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Published:
2000-01-01
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Enterprise software selection is a risky undertaking. Even after you’ve determined your requirements, the crucial software
assessment and negotiation phases are potential minefields. Find out how you can reduce the risk involved in choosing a solution
that meets your needs. (...)
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Enterprise software selection is a risky undertaking. Even after you’ve determined your requirements, the crucial software
assessment and negotiat...
Published:
2007-12-28
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Enterprise software selection is a risky undertaking for any organization. Find out how you can reduce the risk with a best-practice
approach to assessment, evaluation, and selection—and learn how to reduce the time and cost involved in choosing the right
solution. (...)
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Enterprise software selection is a risky undertaking for any organization. Find out how you can reduce the risk with a best-practice
approach to a...
Published:
2007-12-26
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Many organizations don’t follow formalized processes for technical support evaluation. However, technical support is a vital
component of any enterprise software solution. The fact is, poor technical support can have a severe impact on a solution’s
total cost of ownership. (...)
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... Decision makers should obviously be cognizant of the terms and ...
cost of the solution, the type of support negotiated between the enterprise and vendor ...
Published:
2009-09-28
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System integration service provider selections and project planning should involve the same amount of due diligence as business
IT strategy definition and software evaluation. (...)
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System integration service provider selections and project planning should involve the same amount of due diligence as business
IT strategy defini...
Published:
2002-07-12
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Companies with large sales forces, huge product portfolios, and complex incentive plans with many variables need to offer
variable pay. This has created opportunities for a new enterprise software category called enterprise incentive management
(EIM), or incentive compensation management (ICM). (...)
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Companies with large sales forces, huge product portfolios, and complex incentive plans with many variables need to offer
variable pay. This has c...
Published:
2006-11-30
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As enterprise applications systems developed over time, a continuous stream of new terminology surfaced. This is a glossary
of those terms. (...)
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As enterprise applications systems developed over time, a continuous stream of new terminology surfaced. This is a glossary
of those terms.
Published:
2004-12-24
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Despite impressive product depth and breadth (for instance, customer relationship management [CRM], workflow, traceability,
and quality management are provided natively), Strategic Systems International (SSI) has longstanding partnerships with several
best-of-breed specialists. (...)
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Despite impressive product depth and breadth (for instance, customer relationship management [CRM], workflow, traceability,
and quality management...
Published:
2006-07-27
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Building replacement products on a new framework is a higher risk strategy. The product functionality still quite matters
and, while it is important for enterprise applications providers to implement the latest computer science 'quantum leap',
there is no guaranteed correlation between first-to-market an (...)
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Building replacement products on a new framework is a higher risk strategy. The product functionality still quite matters
and, while it is importa...
Published:
2003-06-23
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Informatica Corporation (Nasdaq: INFA), a major extract/transform/load tool vendor, today announced the general availability
of MX2 1.6, the latest version of its Metadata Exchange (MX2) application programming interface (API). Informatica bills MX2
1.6 as the first object-oriented metadata exchange faci (...)
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Informatica Corporation (Nasdaq: INFA), a major extract/transform/load tool vendor, today announced the general availability
of MX2 1.6, the lates...
Published:
1999-11-10
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Most manufacturers are now operating in a multi-enterprise, multi-echelon context, and their supply chain processes and supporting
IT tools need to accommodate responsive collaboration. Yet most enterprise resource planning systems currently used do not
adequately serve the needs of these businesses. (...)
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Most manufacturers are now operating in a multi-enterprise, multi-echelon context, and their supply chain processes and supporting
IT tools need t...
Published:
2008-03-14
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In going through a business decision process for complex technology selections, more and more use is being made of technologically
driven processes using Decision support tools and captured knowledge. The use of these systems and the capability to drive
a solution from them assumes an ability to accurate (...)
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In going through a business decision process for complex technology selections, more and more use is being made of technologically
driven processe...
Published:
2001-05-30
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Given ever-shorter product life cycles and companies' ever-increasing reliance on third parties to increase customer satisfaction,
the need for some form of supplier relationship management (SRM) category of software should not be questioned. (...)
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Given ever-shorter product life cycles and companies' ever-increasing reliance on third parties to increase customer satisfaction,
the need for so...
Published:
2003-10-29
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While enterprise applications solutions are moving closer to the plant floor, and plant-level systems are moving closer to
enterprise planning application functionality, these systems will not likely converge anytime soon, because they use different
technologies and have different user requirements. (...)
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While enterprise applications solutions are moving closer to the plant floor, and plant-level systems are moving closer to
enterprise planning app...
Published:
2008-03-28
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Informix® Corporation, has announced an XML Document Type Definition (DTD) for Extraction, Transformation, and Transport
(ETT) of metadata. The DTD is designed to allow metadata sharing between different vendors’ products using the open XML standard. (...)
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... needs to be able to exchange metadata with enterprise repositories of metadata, business
intelligence tools, decision support systems, enterprise portals, and ...
Published:
2000-05-22
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SAS Institute has announced the production availability of SAS/Warehouse Administrator software, Version 2.0. This new version
provides IT the ability to proactively publish data warehouse information and track its usage, plus aggressively manage the
process of change in the data warehouse. (...)
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... in integrated data warehousing and decision support, has announced
... the changing business rules that they support. ... enough for the entire
enterprise, and offers ...
Published:
2000-03-13
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About two-thirds of SoftBrands' revenue comes from its manufacturing division, which includes the Classic Fourth Shift solution
and Fourth Shift Edition for SAP Business One, the result of a joint initiative to integrate Fourth Shift functionality with
SAP Business One. (...)
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About two-thirds of SoftBrands' revenue comes from its manufacturing division, which includes the Classic Fourth Shift
solution and Fourth Shift E...
Published:
2006-02-28
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Abstract:
The acquisition of the formerly loyal composite applications partner Lighthammer bolsters SAP's capabilities of connectivity
and visibility into manufacturing plant performance. However, it does not, at this stage, provide much added industry-specific
shop-floor functionality per se. (...)
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enterprise decision support:
The acquisition of the formerly loyal composite applications partner Lighthammer bolsters SAP's capabilities of connectivity
and visibility into m...
Published:
2006-02-06
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Sun and Microsoft have announced a settlement in Sun’s lawsuit regarding Microsoft’s use of Java technology. Microsoft was
given the choice of conforming to the Java standard or opting out and they chose to opt out. Under terms of the agreement
Microsoft cannot use Java in their forthcoming .NET in (...)
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enterprise decision support:
... interest in using Java for .NET", while Sun believes the decision "protects
the ... BEA Systems and iPlanet, are certified for the Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE ...
Published:
2001-02-19
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Contrary to what vendors may contend, not all of them are able to supply a cost effective solution that satisfies the critical
requirements of an organization. In this case study from a recent selection engagement for a large series book publisher,
we size up Oracle, JD Edwards, PeopleSoft, and Lawson in (...)
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Contrary to what vendors may contend, not all of them are able to supply a cost effective solution that satisfies the critical
requirements of an ...
Published:
2001-12-25