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Resumen:
Although the recent spate of acquisitions in the business intelligence market, especially marked with Business Object’s acquisition
of Crystal, Hyperion’s acquisition of Brio, and Actuate’s acquisition of Nimble, may bear resemblance to the raging consolidation
in the ERP market, the underlying rea (...)
Extracto del documento de
ssa bi:
Although the recent spate of acquisitions in the business intelligence market, especially marked with Business Object’s acquisition
of Crystal, Hy...
Publicado en:
2003-08-17
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Resumen:
What are the prospects for SSA GT’s mostly iSeries-based empire in the making, now that the revived ERP vendor has recently
acquired three former competitors with their plethora of application products, and that it does not seem to be nearing the
satiation point yet? (...)
Extracto del documento de
ssa bi:
What are the prospects for SSA GT’s mostly iSeries-based empire in the making, now that the revived ERP vendor has recently
acquired three former ...
Publicado en:
2002-12-11
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Resumen:
Baan is now in a much better company, one that is solely dedicated to the enterprise applications business. In addition to
Baan being in a better shape and hardly resembling its 1999/2000 incarnation - this time the vendor was rather a victim of
its now ex parent's 'sins' than of self-inflicted wounds, w (...)
Extracto del documento de
ssa bi:
Baan is now in a much better company, one that is solely dedicated to the enterprise applications business. In addition to
Baan being in a better ...
Publicado en:
2003-07-12
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Resumen:
With a flurry of alliance making activities, SSA GT is executing a strategy to save the company from oblivion by extending
the value proposition to existing customer base. SSA GT seemingly intends to achieve its all-round product portfolio and implementation
approach through in-depth strategic partnershi (...)
Extracto del documento de
ssa bi:
... that allows SSA GT to offer RTDCS RT/CIM, a real-time data collection solution, to its
clients worldwide. RT/CIM provides real-time, bi-directional data ...
Publicado en:
2002-01-03
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Resumen:
Like the previous two acquisitions, this one too seems aimed at enlarging SSA GT’s customer base, market share, and, more
importantly, its predictably recurring support revenue and consequently larger R&D pool. (...)
Extracto del documento de
ssa bi:
Like the previous two acquisitions, this one too seems aimed at enlarging SSA GT’s customer base, market share, and, more
importantly, its predict...
Publicado en:
2002-12-12
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Resumen:
Although the recent spate of acquisitions in the business intelligence market, especially marked with Business Object’s acquisition
of Crystal, Hyperion’s acquisition of Brio, and Actuate’s acquisition of Nimble, may bear resemblance to the raging consolidation
in the ERP market, the underlying rea (...)
Extracto del documento de
ssa bi:
Although the recent spate of acquisitions in the business intelligence market, especially marked with Business Object’s acquisition
of Crystal, Hy...
Publicado en:
2003-08-17
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Resumen:
The core concept behind the Vanguard solution is that business intelligence (BI) must be demand-driven, which means that
the business needs of the user dictate the technical solution, not the other way around. In other words, it should let the
business users drive the process, and remove the problems of (...)
Extracto del documento de
ssa bi:
The core concept behind the Vanguard solution is that business intelligence (BI) must be demand-driven, which means that the
business needs of the...
Publicado en:
2005-07-20
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Resumen:
Vanguard's challenge is to continue to be nimble and responsive to the needs of its target market and original equipment
manufacturer (OEM) partners. (...)
Extracto del documento de
ssa bi:
Vanguard's challenge is to continue to be nimble and responsive to the needs of its target market and original equipment
manufacturer (OEM) partne...
Publicado en:
2005-07-21
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Resumen:
Under Invensys, Marcam has seen things change frequently including reorganizations, management changes, strategy changes,
and the loss of many employees with deep domain knowledge. (...)
Extracto del documento de
ssa bi:
Under Invensys, Marcam has seen things change frequently including reorganizations, management changes, strategy changes,
and the loss of many emp...
Publicado en:
2004-10-16
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Resumen:
The need for business intelligence (BI) is real for all enterprise software users. It is rare to find a user who feels they
get the information they need from their enterprise software system and even those who do want more. The need is not just
reporting; they need business monitoring, analysis, an unde (...)
Extracto del documento de
ssa bi:
The need for business intelligence (BI) is real for all enterprise software users. It is rare to find a user who feels they
get the information th...
Publicado en:
2004-03-19
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Resumen:
SSA GT believes it is on a path to regain a leading position in its target markets by solving industry-specific business
challenges and creating a heterogeneous application environment that works seamlessly with other back-office applications. (...)
Extracto del documento de
ssa bi:
SSA GT believes it is on a path to regain a leading position in its target markets by solving industry-specific business challenges
and creating a...
Publicado en:
2002-04-29
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Resumen:
Users choosing point planning or BI products should consider the integration infrastructure and effort needed to combine
these products versus the cost and functionality issues of choosing an integrated CPM product suite (if still possible to
find). Mission-critical issues like scalability, reliability, (...)
Extracto del documento de
ssa bi:
Users choosing point planning or BI products should consider the integration infrastructure and effort needed to combine these
products versus the...
Publicado en:
2003-08-19
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Resumen:
Should Baan and Ironside learn from their new senior sibling SSA GT how to consistently produce stellar financial results
and profitability while proceeding with the launch of the next-generation product releases and integration platforms that
could in turn cater for SSA GT's aged products' technology re (...)
Extracto del documento de
ssa bi:
Should Baan and Ironside learn from their new senior sibling SSA GT how to consistently produce stellar financial results
and profitability while ...
Publicado en:
2003-07-11
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Resumen:
SSA Global seems to be doing some proper thinking while continuing to acquire new software companies. Recent unification
of its broadening collection of supply chain management (SCM) solutions under the SSA SCM brand and formation of a specialized
Strategic Solutions division--which also includes other e (...)
Extracto del documento de
ssa bi:
SSA Global seems to be doing some proper thinking while continuing to acquire new software companies. Recent unification of
its broadening collect...
Publicado en:
2004-09-15
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Resumen:
SSA GT has many times surprised even the biggest skeptics by turning around seemingly non-viable vantage products (which
iBaan and Ironside certainly are not) and/or ailing vendors (which Baan has been, and Ironworks will have likely become). (...)
Extracto del documento de
ssa bi:
SSA GT has many times surprised even the biggest skeptics by turning around seemingly non-viable vantage products (which iBaan
and Ironside certai...
Publicado en:
2003-07-15
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Resumen:
In addition to products' rationalization, the integration at sales and cultural levels will be challenging. In general, existing
customers of involved merging vendors should be alert, but they should still look at these events as positive. (...)
Extracto del documento de
ssa bi:
In addition to products' rationalization, the integration at sales and cultural levels will be challenging. In general,
existing customers of invo...
Publicado en:
2003-08-18
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Resumen:
What are the prospects of SSA GT, now that the revived ERP vendor has recently acquired interBiz with its plethora of application
products from its long archrival as a Computer Associates' division? Will the "two to one is odds" adage prove to be true
in this merger of two veterans? (...)
Extracto del documento de
ssa bi:
... On the other hand, by acquiring interBiz, SSA GT has inherited the ...
in 1999, the BizWorks suite included EAI, business intelligence (BI), workflow event ...
Publicado en:
2002-04-25
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Resumen:
SSA GT has mostly achieved its most imminent and important goal of enticing existing BPCS customer base to stay on their
maintenance contracts. Vendors vying to be replacement solutions for the BPCS ERP system could be in for a bigger hurdle than
expected. (...)
Extracto del documento de
ssa bi:
... SSA Gored to Death), Systems Software Associates (SSA), has been ...
customer relationship management (CRM), factory optimization and business intelligence (BI). ...
Publicado en:
2002-01-04
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Resumen:
SSA GT has mostly achieved its most imminent and important goal of enticing existing BPCS customer base to stay on their
maintenance contracts. Vendors vying to be replacement solutions for the BPCS ERP system could be in for a bigger hurdle than
expected. (...)
Extracto del documento de
ssa bi:
... SSA Gored to Death), Systems Software Associates (SSA), has been ...
customer relationship management (CRM), factory optimization and business intelligence (BI). ...
Publicado en:
2002-01-04
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Resumen:
At a first glance, one can even notice that the complementary nature of some SSA GT products and Infinium products may indeed
provide a ‘kick for a buck’ proposition. Further, it appears that SSA GT understands and listens closely (via Global Guide
Groups) to the needs of conservative ERP customers t (...)
Extracto del documento de
ssa bi:
At a first glance, one can even notice that the complementary nature of some SSA GT products and Infinium products may indeed
provide a ‘kick for ...
Publicado en:
2002-12-13