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Ariba's 15-Year Journey into the B2B Commerce Cloud
PJ Jakovljevic 6/16/2011 2:27:00 PM
Ariba’s collaborative business commerce solutions focus on the basics: buying, selling, and managing cash. Ariba’s cloud-based vision has grown a vast network trading community to help businesses connect with each other and with suppliers. TEC Principal Analyst P.J. Jakovljevic reviews Ariba's 15-year history and discusses its market with Dan Ashton, Senior Manager of Solutions Marketing for Commerce Cloud Solutions.
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Financial Reporting—Who Needs It?
Jorge García 6/14/2011 10:31:00 AM
Solid financial reporting applications are as different from run-of-the-mill reporting tools as financial accountancy is from bookkeeping. Organizations routinely use common reporting tools for management accounting. But financial reporting applications can elaborate financial statements for external users, helping organizations to share information as necessary and comply with disclosure requirements. TEC analyst Jorge García discusses the benefits of financial reporting tools.
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Workforce Diversity: Meeting the Challenges Head On
Sherry Fox 6/7/2011 4:12:00 PM
Diversity is an important part of the change that today’s businesses are experiencing. Many organizations are working on an international level and, as such, need to understand the meaning of diversity when managing an increasingly growing and diverse group of people. Technology Evaluation Centers (TEC) analyst Sherry Fox looks at how just two of the dimensions of diversity—age and ethnicity—can affect your business.
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Infor Gains Financials Elite Club Status
P.J. Jakovljevic 6/7/2011 3:42:00 PM
What’s new at Infor? Besides the blockbuster acquisitions of late, the leading provider of business applications has continued to release innovative products. Among these are Infor FMS SunSystems Enterprise, a global financial management system. TEC Principal Analyst P.J. Jakovljevic looks at the product’s development, key features and functions, and major markets served, and gets under the hood with Infor’s product experts.
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On-demand Retail Trade Partner Integration Provider Asserts its Expertise
PJ Jakovljevic 5/16/2011 10:55:00 AM
SPS Commerce delivers on-demand Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) SCM solutions to address inefficiencies in the retail supply chain network. Find out why SPS’ latest tools are a cut above the rest and how they help improve the way suppliers, retailers, and other trading partners manage and fulfill orders. And get the inside story as TEC Principal Analyst P.J. Jakovljevic sits down for a candid conversation with SPS’ Jim Frome.
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Sage ERP and CRM Portfolio Update: Clarity at Last
P.J. Jakovljevic 5/12/2011 2:15:00 PM
Having developed an extraordinary customer experience (ECE) strategy—“Enrich, Connect, Grow”—Sage is firming up its enterprise resource planning (ERP) and customer relationship management (CRM) portfolios with a wealth of enhancements and by embracing the cloud. P.J. Jakovljevic, principal analyst at Technology Evaluation Centers (TEC), sheds some light on their market positioning and future direction.
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Using ERP to Deliver E-commerce for Engineer-to-order Companies
Gregory Romanello 5/5/2011 11:29:00 AM
Engineer-to-order (ETO) companies can use e-commerce strategies in order to improve customer service, reduce waste, and increase profits through a lean approach to document management and more efficient project administration. This article outlines the ways that enterprise resource planning (ERP) software can facilitate ETO e-commerce by opening portals to suppliers, project collaborators, and customers.
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Infor Joins the S&OP Fray
P.J. Jakovljevic 5/2/2011 11:09:00 AM
With the release of Infor S&OP 1.0, Infor dispels rumors that it’s not an aggressive product innovator. Learn about the features and functions of Infor S&OP 1.0, a solution addressing every major stage in the sales and operations planning (S&OP) process and enabling fast, confident decision making, and follow a discussion between TEC Principal Analyst P.J. Jakovljevic and Infor’s SCM product managers on the S&OP market.
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Cloud Assets: A Guide for SMBs—Part 3
Phil Reney 4/20/2011 4:46:00 PM
Cloud computing is allowing small to medium businesses (SMBs) to gain access to premium enterprise solutions without the traditional price tag of hardware and software licenses. This third and final part of a guide to cloud assets for SMBs reviews various types of cloud configurations and the ramifications of these setups for your organizations, and also considers some of the challenges of public cloud solutions.
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Mergers & Acquisitions: What Happens When the Company Whose HR Software You Just Purchased Gets Acquired?
Sherry Fox 4/19/2011 3:47:00 PM
Your company has purchased a human resources (HR) software that will improve your business. But you’ve just learned that your software vendor has been acquired by a software giant. How will this affect your software implementation and vendor support? Get a behind-the-scenes look at what mergers and acquisitions means for you—the software buyer—and find out which questions you should ask if you are in this situation.
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