TEC Vendor Note: Lectra, A Focused PLM Player
Kurt (Yu) Chen
A brief introduction to Lectra, a specialized vendor in the CAD, CAM, and PLM industry, including history, product offerings, and achievements, as well as expectations and recommendations to the vendor's future growth.
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The Best-of-class Financial Systems Strategy: An Alternative to ERP Platforms
Technology Evaluation Centers
This white paper features insight from the UNIT4 group about issues facing companies that need an adaptable financial system but not necessarily a full-blown enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution. Also included are TEC's suggestions for identifying financial system functionality that supports your organization's changing processes, and a checklist for soliciting such information about enterprise software solutions.
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PLM Product Certification Report: Lectra Fashion PLM V2R2
Technology Evaluation Centers
The PLM product Lectra Fashion PLM (V2R2) is now TEC Certified for online evaluation of fashion product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions in TEC's PLM Evaluation Center. The certification seal is a valuable indicator for organizations relying on the integrity of TEC research for assistance with their software selection projects. Download this report for product highlights, competitive analysis, product analysis, and in-depth analyst commentary.
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Mobile Learning: Is Your Business Ready for It?
Sherry Fox
The popularity of mobile technology has brought mobile learning (m-learning) to one's fingertips. M-learning takes advantage of the mobility of the learner and the lightweight portability of the mobile device to support learning nuggets of content at anytime and from virtually anywhere. This article reviews issues this trend has raised and technical challenges businesses must overcome to implement this learning strategy.
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A Candid Conversation with a Field Service Workforce Management Leader
P. Jakovljevic
ClickSoftware, rooted in field service workforce scheduling and optimization, provides automated workforce management and optimization solutions, on-demand and on-premise, creating business value through higher productivity, customer satisfaction, and operational efficiency. Its patented concept of "continuous planning and scheduling" covers the entire service lifecycle management realm. TEC presents a candid Q&A session.
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Datacenter Design: Optimizing Networks for Evolving Traffic
Focus Research
Data center network design architecture is changing to reflect growing IT trends in distributed applications and virtual computing. New computing models require a flatter network that is flexible enough to handle unpredictable traffic patterns. Find out what that means for your company in this interview with Cindy Borovick, Vice President of IDC's Enterprise Communications and Datacenter Networks programs.
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