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Congratulations! In your role as middle market CEO, COO, CFO, or CIO you fought the good fight and sponsored your company's
ERP project. First you survived the ERP software selection process. Then you lived through the boot-camp tough implementation
phase. So your ERP system is up and running-now w (...)
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Congratulations! In your role as middle market CEO, COO, CFO, or CIO you fought the good fight and sponsored your company's
ERP project. First y...
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2002-03-27
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Will Ramco be able to deliver on its vision of personalized, assembled applications? Time will tell, but the indications
are good. Ramco faces a crowded and consolidating enterprise market, but has shown patience and realistic expectations for
its growth. (...)
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Will Ramco be able to deliver on its vision of personalized, assembled applications? Time will tell, but the indications are
good. Ramco faces a c...
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2003-11-05
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SCM vendors are adding best of breed solutions to ERP product suites and are aggressively marketing this new functionality.
The SCM market has been growing so strongly that where SCM was once viewed as a means to gain competitive advantage, companies
now see it as a necessary extension of an ERP system, (...)
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SCM vendors are adding best of breed solutions to ERP product suites and are aggressively marketing this new functionality.
The SCM market has be...
Published:
2003-04-04
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Original News & Educational Review Course Summary Ernst & Young, has put together the quintessential course for security
engineers looking to improve their ability to protect their organization's website, systems, and network. Dubbed eXtreme Hacking,
and carrying a price tag of $5,000 a slot, this co (...)
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Original News & Educational Review Course Summary Ernst & Young, has put together the quintessential course for security
engineers looking to ...
Published:
2002-01-19
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Today's business climate is all about competition - we're lean, we’re mean, but competing on price is not where it’s at.
How do you create a lasting identity and relationship with your customer through your processes from marketing, sales and
supply chain to keep them loyal? A fascinating discussion (...)
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Today's business climate is all about competition - we're lean, we’re mean, but competing on price is not where it’s
at. How do you create a lasti...
Published:
2004-06-22
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ERP will be redefined as a platform for enabling e-business globally. Originally focused on automating internal processes
of an enterprise, ERP systems will include customer and supplier-centric processes as well. The conclusive evidence of this
redefinition is the move of all major ERP players into CRM (...)
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ERP will be redefined as a platform for enabling e-business globally. Originally focused on automating internal processes
of an enterprise, ERP sy...
Published:
2001-10-11
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After a company has decided to keep an existing ERP system, the next decision is how long should they continue to pay the
vendor for maintenance. (...)
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After a company has decided to keep an existing ERP system, the next decision is how long should they continue to pay the
vendor for maintenance.
Published:
2002-02-08
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Establishing a paperless office may appear to be a daunting task, but if you understand your operational goals, and if you
know what to expect from a paperless system, achieving beneficial results are much easier than you think. (...)
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Establishing a paperless office may appear to be a daunting task, but if you understand your operational goals, and if you
know what to expect fro...
Published:
2007-11-14
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There has been significant activity in the public sector, with all major players winning important new federal contracts
for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). This strong government interest in ERP applications means that ERP seems to be getting
some infusion from this sector at least. (...)
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There has been significant activity in the public sector, with all major players winning important new federal contracts for
Enterprise Resource P...
Published:
2000-12-27
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In the long term, Eqos’s current stature and means may not be enough to maintain its competitive position against current
and potential competitors, especially those with significantly greater financial resources, name recognition, and other resources. (...)
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In the long term, Eqos’s current stature and means may not be enough to maintain its competitive position against current
and potential competitor...
Published:
2007-10-26
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That Ramco Systems offers good product functionality and technology bundled with a reasonable price tag and short time-to-market
should create a powerful value proposition. However poor marketing and sales execution may significantly undermine it. (...)
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That Ramco Systems offers good product functionality and technology bundled with a reasonable price tag and short time-to-market
should create a p...
Published:
2001-12-20
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Winning ERP products will demonstrate deep industry functionality and tight integration with best-of-bread ‘bolt-on’ products
in a particular vertical. Users should focus on the handful of business objectives they need to achieve and the ways to measure
their success. (...)
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Winning ERP products will demonstrate deep industry functionality and tight integration with best-of-bread ‘bolt-on’ products
in a particular vert...
Published:
2001-10-15
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Ramco's broad and deep product functionality and technology bundled with a reasonable price tag and short time-to-market
should create a powerful value proposition, however no one will know about it until marketing and sales execution are significantly
improved. (...)
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Ramco's broad and deep product functionality and technology bundled with a reasonable price tag and short time-to-market
should create a powerful ...
Published:
2003-01-24
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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...
Published:
2001-07-03
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'Mass customization' is the buzzword of the current decade. Customers demand products with lower prices, higher quality and
faster delivery; yet they also want products customized to match their unique needs. A product configurator that enables manufacturers
to efficiently deliver customized products by (...)
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'Mass customization' is the buzzword of the current decade. Customers demand products with lower prices, higher quality
and faster delivery; yet t...
Published:
2003-08-21
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In anatomic terms, J.D. Edwards has been showing some muscles on top of its solid but unexciting ERP skeleton and XPI-based
connective tissue, chords and cartilages. (...)
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In anatomic terms, JD Edwards has been showing some muscles on top of its solid but unexciting ERP skeleton and XPI-based
connective tissue, cho...
Published:
2002-01-16
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Will Ramco be able to deliver on its vision of personalized, assembled applications? Time will tell, but the indications
are good. Ramco faces a crowded and consolidating enterprise market, but has shown patience and realistic expectations for
its growth. (...)
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Will Ramco be able to deliver on its vision of personalized, assembled applications? Time will tell, but the indications are
good. Ramco faces a c...
Published:
2003-11-05
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When compared to leading vendors, Ramco suffers from size, funding, and market awareness comparisons. However, it appears
to be at least equal in functionality (if not even stronger in certain industries of focus), superior in technology and leading
in vision. Of course, more than functional capabiliti (...)
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When compared to leading vendors, Ramco suffers from size, funding, and market awareness comparisons. However, it appears
to be at least equal in...
Published:
2003-03-30
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PeopleSoft, once a high flyer owing to its congenial culture and slick ERP product, has invested two years and over a half
billion dollars to develop a number of new, Internet-based enterprise applications that have apparently propelled it back
on the enterprise applications top chart. It has now emerged (...)
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PeopleSoft, once a high flyer owing to its congenial culture and slick ERP product, has invested two years and over a half
billion dollars to deve...
Published:
2001-06-05
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The worsening plight of most ERP vendors, caused by the market slowdown, which started in the fourth quarter of 1998, continued
in full force throughout 1999. The market size for 1999, with the 4th quarter yet to be reported, is estimated at $18.5B-$19.5B
(12%-16% growth over 1998), with sales expected t (...)
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The worsening plight of most ERP vendors, caused by the market slowdown, which started in the fourth quarter of 1998, continued
in full force thro...
Published:
1999-01-01