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IT Management and Development - 2006
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Competition from a Small Vendor
P.J. Jakovljevic 3/29/2006 12:00:00 AM
One reason to look at small specialist providers is the ongoing success of Sweden-based Jeeves Information Systems AB. Even the largest players acknowledge the challenges and the driving forces coming from the focused and innovative likes of Jeeves.
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Major Vendors Adapting to User Requirements
P.J. Jakovljevic 3/28/2006 12:00:00 AM
SAP and Microsoft have finally realized that their products will increasingly be evaluated by how well they interconnect, how flexible they are, and how intuitive their user interfaces are. However, these trends have already been incorporated by lesser-known vendors.
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Driving Factors in The Enterprise Applications Market
P.J. Jakovljevic 3/23/2006 12:00:00 AM
The enterprise applications market is converging resulting with fewer providers; however, there are still the same number of competing systems. What are the factors that are driving the market and what are the emerging trends?
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Software as a Service beyond Customer Relationship Management and Sales
P.J. Jakovljevic 3/17/2006 12:00:00 AM
Applications are more often outsourced than infrastructure, and this is increasingly done through software as a service (SaaS). Vendors such as WebEx, Webcom, MCA Solutions, and Ariba are delivering applications as SaaS.
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Software as a Service for Customer Relationship Management and Sales
P.J. Jakovljevic 3/16/2006 12:00:00 AM
Major vendors are noting the growing demand for software as a service. However, smaller providers are forging new ground by offering services for inventory and collaborative planning.
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What Is Software as a Service?
P.J. Jakovljevic 3/15/2006 12:00:00 AM
Though born from the ashes of traditional hosting models, software as a service differs fundamentally from its predecessors. Its software is designed to be delivered as a service, security is better, rich user interfaces are available, and it has greater interactivity.
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Software as a Service Is Gaining Ground
P.J. Jakovljevic 3/14/2006 12:00:00 AM
Software as a service is the latest incarnation of the hosting model. The demand for cost efficiency, information technology flexibility, and faster return on investment, coupled with new technology advancements, has caused the hosting model to be reborn.
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SAP NetWeaver Background, Direction, and User Recommendations
P.J. Jakovljevic 2/2/2006 12:00:00 AM
SAP is using NetWeaver to reach to the shop floor by aggregating and presenting information to users, thus empowering them to improve manufacturing performance. It is also addressing concerns about the lack of standards for interoperability between various systems.
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Multipurpose SAP NetWeaver
P.J. Jakovljevic 2/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
The capabilities of SAP NetWeaver and its peer service-enabled platforms, which were originally transaction and integration platforms, have lately been expanded to include composition and business process-oriented capabilities, such as master data management and business process management.
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Enterprise Resource Planning Giants Eye the Shop Floor
P.J. Jakovljevic 1/30/2006 12:00:00 AM
Because production systems on the shop floor are typically not synchronized and integrated with the planning ones, there is a lack of timely and accurate information that results in disconnected business processes.
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