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ROI Systems continues its disciplined new technology adoption. The moderation component of its strategy has been paying off,
which proves crucial these days when many of its peers that have traditionally had more exciting and flashy products are facing
the crunch. (...)
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ROI Systems continues its disciplined new technology adoption. The moderation component of its strategy has been paying off,
which proves crucial ...
Published:
2001-06-11
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Market research shows that enterprise software and service markets are crossing market lines to witness strong growth in
the Aerospace and Defense (A&D) industry. (...)
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Market research shows that enterprise software and service markets are crossing market lines to witness strong growth in the
Aerospace and Defense...
Published:
2000-02-21
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Our experience from conducting dozens of ERP software selection engagements recently teaches us that some number of smaller
enterprises, first-time ERP buyers, opt for an ASP. Surprising, however was that an even more significant number of incumbent
mid-market vendors by not addressing this trend have be (...)
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Our experience from conducting dozens of ERP software selection engagements recently teaches us that some number of smaller
enterprises, first-tim...
Published:
2001-02-22
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Faced with competitive inadequacies, the major ERP vendors have been vigorously busy developing, acquiring, or bundling new
functionality so that their packages go beyond the traditional realms of finance, materials planning & management, and human
resources. (...)
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Faced with competitive inadequacies, the major ERP vendors have been vigorously busy developing, acquiring, or bundling new
functionality so that ...
Published:
2001-10-05
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While Microsoft Great Plains and Kewill will offer a potentially awesome combined offering worldwide, their competitors will
bet on products that cover all the bases in a natively integrated fashion. (...)
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While Microsoft Great Plains and Kewill will offer a potentially awesome combined offering worldwide, their competitors will
bet on products that ...
Published:
2001-11-12
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Two vendors of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software for midsize companies, Epicor Software Corporation and QAD Inc.,
are gearing up to deliver new e-commerce applications. (...)
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Two vendors of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software for midsize companies, Epicor Software Corporation and QAD Inc.,
are gearing up to deli...
Published:
1999-12-01
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Lawson Software, a major privately held provider of enterprise resource planning software, today announced the delivery of
its enterprise software applications for IBM's DB2 Universal Database. This availability extends Lawson's support of the IBM
DB2 Universal Database to encompass IBM Netfinity, RS/600 (...)
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Lawson Software, a major privately held provider of enterprise resource planning software, today announced the delivery of
its enterprise software...
Published:
2000-01-10
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Abstract:
Contrary to what vendors may contend, not all of them are able to provide an effective out-of-the-box solution that satisfies
the critical requirements of an organization. In this case study from a recent selection engagement for an ETO mid-size manufacturer,
we assess Oracle, J.D. Edwards, SAP, and IFS (...)
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Contrary to what vendors may contend, not all of them are able to provide an effective out-of-the-box solution that satisfies
the critical require...
Published:
2001-12-12
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This final note discusses how Application Service Providers (ASPs) have arisen on the Internet in response to such ERP woes
as support expenses, misbehaving applications, and server downtime, and how as the nature of ERP software evolves into services
and/or hosted models, the market might be experiencin (...)
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This final note discusses how Application Service Providers (ASPs) have arisen on the Internet in response to such ERP woes
as support expenses, m...
Published:
2001-04-27
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With so much frenzy surrounding e-business and CRM applications, ERP may be a far cry from its halcyon days. However, ERP
implementation skills are still in demand, particularly as a foundation and a facilitator to other sexier applications. (...)
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With so much frenzy surrounding e-business and CRM applications, ERP may be a far cry from its halcyon days. However, ERP
implementation skills ar...
Published:
2001-02-02
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ERP vendors promise products linking to financial and manufacturing systems (which logically, is currently the vendor's own
system) and include collaborative SRM and PLM capabilities and links to CRM systems. JDA and others must simplify their integration
framework strategies and JDA must focus on data s (...)
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ERP vendors promise products linking to financial and manufacturing systems (which logically, is currently the vendor's
own system) and include co...
Published:
2005-01-03
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At the end of September, SAP AG's U.S. subsidiary set up a dedicated team of technical consultants to assist apparel and
footwear makers installing SAP R/3. The move follows a series of unsuccessful R/3 implementations that forced some SAP apparel
and footwear customers to put on hold or completely aband (...)
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At the end of September, SAP AG's US subsidiary set up a dedicated team of technical consultants to assist apparel and
footwear makers installin...
Published:
1999-10-05
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Abstract:
SAP is reportedly planning a radical revamp of its software development operations in an effort to regain dominance of the
North American business software market. (...)
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SAP is reportedly planning a radical revamp of its software development operations in an effort to regain dominance of the
North American business...
Published:
2000-07-10
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Verticent, a revitalized reincarnation of the languishing public mid-market enterprise applications vendor PowerCerv, seems
to be thriving under a financially stable adopted parent, and it has found a defendable niche where it can exploit its competitors'
functional "fatal flaws". (...)
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Verticent, a revitalized reincarnation of the languishing public mid-market enterprise applications vendor PowerCerv, seems
to be thriving under a...
Published:
2005-12-14
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Abstract:
By being back from edge of the cliff, on a comeback trail under rejuvenated management, and with pruned but also more viable
product sets, these vendors have become de facto trend setters as once high-flying and almost deceased and then again rebounding
mid-market ERP vendors. (...)
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By being back from edge of the cliff, on a comeback trail under rejuvenated management, and with pruned but also more viable
product sets, these v...
Published:
2003-03-24
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While an increasing demand for services and incremental purchases of new extended-ERP functionality from existing client
base, with a modest ooze of new accounts and even a notable influx of new accounts for distinguished some, may not put the
revitalized former ERP losers back on top of the enterprise a (...)
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While an increasing demand for services and incremental purchases of new extended-ERP functionality from existing client base,
with a modest ooze ...
Published:
2003-03-20
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Abstract:
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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On January 7, taking many by surprise, enterprise software giant SAP pre-announced fourth quarter earnings, saying pre-tax
earnings had doubled the final quarter of 1999 after a third-quarter profit warning. License revenue skyrocketed 40% to 800M
EUR ($822.7M U.S.) in the fourth quarter and sales rose 2 (...)
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On January 7, taking many by surprise, enterprise software giant SAP pre-announced fourth quarter earnings, saying pre-tax
earnings had doubled th...
Published:
2000-01-26
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Abstract:
Going forward in the near to mid term, enterprises will focus most of their budgets on improving and better leveraging already
installed applications. All the vendors in case seem positioned well to respond to these requirements, given their value propositions
that appeal to their respective markets but (...)
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Going forward in the near to mid term, enterprises will focus most of their budgets on improving and better leveraging already
installed applicati...
Published:
2003-03-26
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Abstract:
We generally believe that, in the long run, market winners will be those vendors with an established large customer base
and with huge financial and human resources that would make them more responsive to any future challenges such as sudden market
trends and/or technology paradigm shifts. (...)
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We generally believe that, in the long run, market winners will be those vendors with an established large customer base and
with huge financial a...
Published:
2001-10-09