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NEWSLETTER
Volume 5
Issue 24
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What’s Microsoft’s Retail Play?
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Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 for Retail is up against stiff competition from the likes of SAP, Oracle, Epicor, RedPrairie, JDA Software, and more. So what does it offer that the others don’t? Find out, as TEC principal analyst P.J. Jakovljevic takes a close-up look at Microsoft’s end-to-end retail solution from all the key angles: architecture, functionality, product highlights, and customer base.
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Compare ERP Software for Distribution
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Use TEC Advisor to compare enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions for distribution, according to your organization's characteristics and needs. It's free, fast, online, and easy—and you'll see the results immediately.
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Reader Polls
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Let us know your opinion on these ongoing business challenges.
• Process manufacturing: Running the right type of ERP software?
• Supply chain management: Satisfied with your supply chain management?
• Business intelligence: How mobile is your BI?
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Market News
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From March 6th to 10th, 2012, ABAS Software AG and its software partners from around the world will demonstrate abas Business Suite (ERP, DMS, BI, Mobile Solutions), the complete package for midsize companies, in hall 5, stand C18.
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Popular IT White
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Transactions
Seven Steps to Building a Business Case for ERP
Lean Operations: Software Strategies for Manufacturing's New Normal
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Industry Watch: This Week in Enterprise Software News
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| Software Adoptions
and Roll-outs |
Leroy Merlin Spain selects Google Apps
Cloud computing
Google blog post
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"This is another signifier of continuous and steady adoption of cloud services in different shapes and forms." — Jorge García, TEC ERP Analyst
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Endoscopy Development Company selects IQMS
Medical equipment manufacturing
IQMS profile
Press release
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"This manufacturer chose to adopt an on-premise application primarily based on dissatisfaction with the processing data performance speed, technical support, and software design of the rival cloud ERP solutions." — Aleksey Osintsev, TEC ERP Analyst
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City of Vienna selects Heiler Software
Public sector
procurement functionality
Heiler Software profile
Press release
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"The ability to search quickly through an organized and standardized catalog for all your items allows you to identify proper options far more quickly than if you have to seek validation from the purchasing team. This is a powerful way for a purchasing team to centralize information and to save precious decision-making time." — Phil Reney, TEC SCM Analyst
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Wiggle selects RedPrairie WMS
Online retail
Press release
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"RedPrairie has been offering solid warehousing functionality for many years, but it has also added integrated voice picking to the mix, which helps reduce redundant displacement of employees in the warehouse." — Phil Reney, TEC SCM Analyst
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Sparrows Offshore Group extends Epicor ERP to global operations
ERP—heavy equipment engineering, operations, and maintenance
Epicor ERP profile
Press release
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"For global providers of oilfield engineering services, it is vital to be able to see a global picture of their business in real time. Sparrows Offshore Group has decided to extend Epicor software from its US offices to all global operations, and at the same time, to upgrade to the latest version of Epicor ERP. Epicor’s human resource management, field service, and CRM capabilities are also in the works." — Aleksey Osintsev, TEC ERP Analyst
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Ferronordic Machines rolls out 1C: Enterprise ERP to 20 facilities
ERP—heavy equipment distribution
1C: Enterprise ERP profile
Ferronordic Web site
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"Successful deployment at three facilities allowed this Russian distributor for Volvo Construction Equipment to extend usage of the 1C: Enterprise ERP software to its other 17 offices across Russia. This business case demonstrates the system's ease of use and scalability, along with the vertical solution's functionality for heavy equipment distribution, service works, and maintenance—which is atypical for the average 'focused' ERP system." — Aleksey Osintsev, TEC ERP Analyst
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| Software Vendor M&As/Partnerships, Product Launches, and Announcements
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Oasis Solutions Group acquires SugarCRM
CRM
Compare CRM software
Press release
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"SugarCRM is an affordable CRM solution that’s going to add to Oasis Solution Group's already impressive list of vendor solutions. Its addition enables Oasis (a Sage and Microsoft ERP partner) to meet growing demand for CRM among small and midsized companies." — Sherry Fox, TEC HCM Analyst
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Ceridian to Acquire Dayforce
Human resources
Press release
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"Ceridian and Dayforce have been significantly invested together for some time now. Ceridian’s looking to make this official by acquiring Dayforce’s award-winning HCM platform and adding to its existing cloud technology
commitment." — Sherry Fox, TEC HCM Analyst
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SAP partners with Microsoft for HANA/Kinect combo
In-memory technologies
SAP article
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"This venture by SAP and
Microsoft will enable users to
carry out real-time analysis
using the SAP HANA appliance
over an Xbox 360 using hand and
arm motion control, literally
putting this technology in the
hands of the business world. " — Jorge García, TEC BI Analyst
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AssetPoint partners with Inetsoft
BI/business performance management
Inetsoft profile
Press release
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"This signals continued incorporation of best-of-breed analytics capabilities into an increasing number of software solutions." — Jorge García, TEC BI Analyst
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Sentric partners with peopleG2
HCM
Press release
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"This strategic partnership comes at a good time for Sentric and is a natural expansion for its workforce solutions suite. The addition of the background screening and human capital analysis expands on Sentric’s functionality to customers nationwide." — Sherry Fox, TEC HCM Analyst
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Connexica partners with 2020BP
BI/business performance management
Press release
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"CXAIR will be branded as part of the BabelBox solution to
provide BI solutions for
BabelBox. Another example of
embedded BI." — Jorge García, TEC BI Analyst
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Microsoft launches Dynamics AX 2012 for Retail
Retail ERP
TEC article
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"This news confirms what we already knew, or at least suspected: Microsoft Dynamics AX is the company’s chosen global enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform. It will be the foundation not only for selected and vetted independent software vendor (ISV) partners to build their industry-specific solutions, but also for Microsoft’s offering to larger global corporations." — P.J. Jakovljevic, Principal TEC Analyst
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Hyperion Enterprise reaches end of life
Financial consolidation applications
Press release
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"Hyperion Enterprise customers are getting a fairly clear picture about the status and future of their solution, including an explicit list of Oracle's next steps." — Phil Reney, TEC SCM Analyst
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QlikTech reveals pricing for QlikView Business Discovery Platform
BI
QlikView profile
Press release
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"QlikTech has announced that pricing for the QlikView product stack is now public on its Web site, a radical move away from the traditional vendor practice of not disclosing prices publicly. QlikTech is setting the pace for providing a clear view of bid consumerization by letting the market evaluate options from a functional/value perspective." — Jorge García, TEC BI Analyst
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Kognitio moves to memory-based pricing
Data warehousing/BI
Press release
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"Kognitio has announced that it will be shifting its pricing schema to a complete memory-based pricing model. Users will be charged based on the amount of memory employed by the server hosting platform, rather than on the amount of data stored on disk. According to Kognitio, customers can put as much data as they like on the Analytical Platform and only be charged for what they actually put in memory." — Jorge García, TEC BI Analyst
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