http://www.technologyevaluation.comTechnology Evaluation Centers - News Analysis and Research. Technology Evaluation Centers Inc. (TEC) is the impartial advocate for end users and purchasers of enterprise software solutions. It has aided IT professionals with software selection since 1993.Copyright 2012 Technologyevaluation.com. All rights reserved.Moving away from the relentless acquisitions of the past, Infor is waking up to a brand new day, marked by innovative product development that will change the way work is done. TEC principal analyst P.J. Jakovljevic looks at how the vendor has become a formidable opponent to SAP and Oracle, and examines all the components of Infor10, a new generation of enterprise software that allows the seamless execution of business processes.http://www.technologyevaluation.com/research/articles/waking-up-to-a-new-day-at-infor-26919/4/16/2012 2:58:00 PM NetSuite v11.2 is now TEC Certified for online evaluation of enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions for small to medium business (SMB) in the ERP 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.http://www.technologyevaluation.com/view_document/report/26738/netsuite-v11%2e2-erp-for-smb-certification-report.html2/27/2012 5:58:00 PM Learn how communication-enabled business processes (CEBPs)—processes enabled by communication systems that are tightly integrated with business applications—can help resolve customer relationship management (CRM) issues by reducing latency, providing recording of and visibility into interactions, and better enabling end-to-end processes involving employees, customers, suppliers, and partners.http://whitepapers.technologyevaluation.com/view_document/22163/creating-business-value-with-communicationenabled-crm-processes-enhancing-marketing-sales-and-service.html3/14/2011 10:42:00 AM Building on the limitations of traditional learning management systems—e.g., in federating information to external reps, SumTotal’s Extended Enterprise solution can bring about the efficient delivery of knowledge for the strategic purpose of transforming business performance. See how this platform can help specific verticals, such as financial services/insurance, promote and sell their products to external audiences. http://whitepapers.technologyevaluation.com/view_document/22134/the-extended-enterprise-in-action-promoting-brand-image-increasing-customer-retention-boosting-agility-improving-business-performance.html3/9/2011 2:04:00 PM Using start-of-the-art solution based on OpenText Enterprise suite and Microsoft SharePoint, alfanar IT developed and deployed an automated patient electronic medical record (EMR) system for King Khaled University Hospital and King Abdul-Aziz University Hospital, two major healthcare facilities in Saudi Arabia, replacing the legacy system of physical patient files. Read about the automated capabilities of this EMR system.http://whitepapers.technologyevaluation.com/view_document/22067/automating-archiving-the-medical-health-record-at-king-saud-university-hospitals.html2/23/2011 4:57:00 PM Chief financial officers (CFOs) at large hospitals must process large amounts of information to make strategic decisions. Solutions that intelligently aggregate and summarize clinical, operational, and financial data give hospital CFOs the ability to quickly identify key indicators and root causes of issues. This paper explores the decision-making challenges faced by CFOs and examines the many benefits of such solutions. http://whitepapers.technologyevaluation.com/view_document/21888/providing-cfos-unprecedented-views-of-hospitalwide-dataconverged-financial-clinical-and-operational-information.html12/23/2010 9:43:00 AM Effective management of customer data is a critical success factor for insurers. To provide products and service that stand out from the crowd, insurers need a 360-degree view of each customer that covers his or her entire experience with the company. Read this white paper on how information technology that supports tightly integrated, end-to-end business processes can increase insurer responsiveness and customer loyalty.http://whitepapers.technologyevaluation.com/view_document/21886/delivering-superior-customer-value-in-insurance.html12/22/2010 3:42:00 PM Demands for care from an ageing population necessitate a paradigm shift across the health care ecosystem to support a sustainable approach to improving and integrating high-quality patient care across multiple stakeholders. Providers can lead these initiatives by being proactive, reaching out to their patient base, and facilitating care in the home. Read about how information technology can enable this paradigm shift.http://whitepapers.technologyevaluation.com/view_document/21884/changing-the-paradigm-in-healthcare-information-technologybecoming-proactive-and-moving-into-the-home.html12/22/2010 2:12:00 PM More than 30 million users within businesses, government agencies, schools and other organizations world-wide have switched to Google Apps. Unfortunately, Google Apps does not have any built-in document compliance or records management features to meet organizational standards and legal regulations. This document discusses how to achieve regulatory and policy compliance with Google Apps. http://whitepapers.technologyevaluation.com/view_document/21644/why-google-docs-must-have-compliance-management.html10/19/2010 2:07:00 PM Learn more about SAP BusinessObjects in this special report, featuring three SAP Insider articles about business intelligence (BI). Part one explains how better interaction with your business data yields better answers to your questions; part two examines whether BI is ready for a broader audience; and part three sheds some light on how decision makers in four different industries are using BusinessObjects.http://whitepapers.technologyevaluation.com/view_document/20916/special-report-sap-businessobjects-explorer.html5/19/2010 3:16:00 PM Financial services organizations are always looking for ways to improve business processes to implement tighter control—and improve the bottom line. But finding new ways to boost efficiency is challenging. One strategy for success is to improve the use and allocation of resources in order to eliminate errors from duplicate data entry. Discover more about this strategy and two others, as well as how they can benefit you.http://www.technologyevaluation.com/view_document/report/8739/executive-brief-3-key-success-strategies-for-insurance-banks-and-financial-services.html7/7/2008 10:11:00 AM Some insurance companies are now offering policies which protect companies against system, network, and website security losses. What do these policies offer corporations that they don't get in their standard General Liability Insurance Policy coverage?http://www.technologyevaluation.com/research/articles/new-market-for-security-insurance-15267/3/1/2000 12:00:00 AM On February 1, PeopleSoft announced its financial results for 1999. PeopleSoft continues the slow recovery that a majority of ERP vendors across the board have experienced in the past few quarters.http://www.technologyevaluation.com/research/articles/peoplesoft-recuperating-slowly-hoping-to-sink-1999-into-oblivion-quickly-15504/2/23/2000 12:00:00 AM President Clinton has announced plans to ensure the privacy of patient medical records. This initiative will prove to be extremely expensive, and will pose a number of technology challenges. How can vendors get a piece of the pie? Who will administer the security of such a large infrastructure development and what products will be used? What organization is best positioned to evaluate the products such a project may require?http://www.technologyevaluation.com/research/articles/president-proposes-security-of-medical-records-15286/11/2/1999 12:00:00 AM