IFS Aspires To Capture North American Market Against The Low Tide

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... with the partners who are the market leaders within certain industry segments like BAE SYSTEMS in Defense & Civil Aviation Markets, ABB Automation in the asset ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/BusinessApplications/2001/04/news_analysis/NA_BA_PJ_04_13_01_1.asp - 17k - 2001-04-13 Summary: IFS has been striving, and apparently succeeding, to shed its 'ERP dark horse' aura and become a formidable competitor within the North American market. However, still undeveloped channel and market awareness, bundled with significant losses and likely retaliatory campaigns from incumbent vendors will pr

Enterprise Resource Planning Vendor Gains Connectivity through ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... In fact, there have been numerous examples of other large plant-centric vendors (including the likes of ABB, Rockwell Automation, General Electric [GE], and ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2006/02/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_02_07_06_1.asp - 27k - 2006-02-07 Summary: SAP has gained connectivity to virtually any source on the plant floor and analytical functionality through its acquisition of Lighthammer's products for plant intelligence. SAP users in the process of evaluating plant intelligence solutions should seriously consider Lighthammer.

Can We Intelligently Use Part Numbers to Configure and Order the ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... This capability has become the norm in the industrial automation sector amid companies like Rockwell Automation, Eaton, ABB, Siemens, General Electric (GE ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/CRM/2007/06/research_notes/TU_CR_PJ_06_20_07_1.asp - 18k - 2007-06-20 Summary: In the industrial automation industry, an overlooked, fatal flaw of sales configurator solutions is their inability to simultaneously configure part numbers and products. A greater concern is their inability to 'decipher' product specifications from part numbers that is, in reverse.

IFS Glows Amidst The Mid-Market Gloom

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... building IFS's EAM software on top of the ABB Industrial IT platform, which controls processes in power transmission, power distribution, automation, oil, gas ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2001/09/news_analysis/NA_ER_PJ_09_28_01_1.asp - 17k - 2001-09-28 Summary: By continuing to grow faster than many others, and by even reverting to profits, IFS has been defending the pride of quite beleaguered Tier 2 & 3 applications vendors. However, the bigger vendors will sell their aspirations dearly, and IFS still has a long way to go to achieve full-fledged credibility in

IFS To Be At Customers' (Web) Service Part 2: Market Impact & User ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... building IFS's EAM software on top of the ABB Industrial IT platform, which controls processes in power transmission, power distribution, automation, oil, gas ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2002/07/news_analysis/NA_ER_PJ_07_03_02_1.asp - 17k - 2002-07-03 Summary: Look for IFS increased visibility within its market segments of focus, as shown by its continued growth. The company with its broadened product offering and anticipation of recent market trends, is now in the rear mirror of Tier 1 vendors.

Plant Intelligence as Glue for Dispersed Data?

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... should feature documented, "out-of-the-box" interfaces for popular ERP and plant automation applications (such as SAP, Oracle, Siemens, ABB, Rockwell, etc ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2005/12/research_notes/TU_ER_PJ_12_20_05_1.asp - 16k - 2005-12-20 Summary: Enterprises that have manufacturing or plant-level intelligence systems can be guided through the forking paths of exception-based decision-making. Not only will they be better prepared for unplanned events, but they will also know how their responses will impact the company.

Software as a Service beyond Customer Relationship Management and ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... of complex products and services, such as those offered by Rockwell Automation, Motion Computing, Cray Computer, General Electric Industrial Systems, and ABB. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/CRM/2006/03/research_notes/TU_CR_PJ_03_17_06_1.asp - 35k - 2006-03-17 Summary: 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.

IBS Canada

... Some of our more well-known customers include international groups such as ABB, Cartier, CIBA Vision, Galenica, General Electric, Honda, Maxell, Mitsubishi ... http://www.technologyevaluation.com/showcases/technology-Directory/D/9845/IBS-Canada.html - 31k - 2008-03-24

Baan Resurrects Multi-Dimensionally Part 1: Recent Announcements

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Systems (ISS) division of Invensys plc, the global automation and controls ... industrial and consumer electronics companies including Sensormatic, ABB and Philips ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2002/02/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_02_18_02_1.asp - 19k - 2002-02-18 Summary: Having stemmed the tide of losses and returned to profitability in 2001, will in 2002 market witness Baan's return to former ERP stardom given the company's recent product enhancements, new partnerships and customer base retention/expansion initiatives?