Lawson Software-IPO and Several Acquisitions After Part Three ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic & Lou Talarico ... on the health care and retail markets, and later, on providing a core set of ... and hardware platforms (such as Hewlett Packard, IBM, Sun Microsystems, and Windows ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2003/11/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_11_08_03_1.asp - 31k Summary: In several aspects, Lawson Software could be regarded as an enterprise applications market anomaly. For one, at its peak in fiscal 2002, the company boasted annual revenues of nearly $430 million, but it still has only a slender (less than 10 percent of revenues) presence outside of its US domestic marke

Core PLM for Discrete Industries:BetaSphere BetaSphere RevMax ...

... Core PLM for Discrete Industries:BetaSphere BetaSphere RevMax Suite. ... Cisco, Federal Express, HP, Intel, Lexmark, Motorola, Palm, Sun Microsystems, UPS, and ... http:/.../software/344-16822/Core-PLM-for-Discrete-Industries/BetaSphere-BetaSphere-RevMax-Suite.html - 4k - 2008-08-21

Ramco Systems' Users - Winning Big And Speaking Out In Las Vegas

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... A few years ago, Ramco transformed from a predominantly core ERP provider to a complete ... run on Microsoft .NET, or Java EGB from IBM or Sun Microsystems, and so ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2003/01/research_notes/VN_ER_PJ_01_24_03_1.asp - 19k Summary: Ramco's broad and deep product functionality and technology bundled with a reasonable price tag and short time-to-market should create a powerful value proposition, however no one will know about it until marketing and sales execution are significantly improved.

Vignette of an EAI Vendor (So to Speak)

by M. Reed ... at Sun Microsystems, Inc, "The strong commitment Vignette has made to the Java™ platform, including EJB component interfaces for core platform services like ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/DataWarehousing/2000/06/news_analysis/NA_DW_MFR_06_23_00_1.asp - 6k Summary: Vignette Corporation has announced a comprehensive, three-tiered Java™ technology strategy that encompasses tools, applications and a complete Java technology-enabled platform. The Vignette V/5 e-business platform will support Java Server Pages (JSP’s) and was announced at Sun Microsystems 2000 Worl

Computer Manufacturers Shifting Their Focus to Start-Ups

by R. Krause ... In July Sun Microsystems, Inc. ... from the outset, allows them to make these critical choices in Internet time, and frees them to focus on their core competencies ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/HardwareOS/2000/08/news_analysis/NA_HW_RAK_08_18_00_1.asp - 11k Summary: Sun Microsystems and Gateway have announced initiatives designed to make their products and services more appealing to start-up companies, especially those where cash may be a little tight.

Lawson Software-IPO and Several Acquisitions After Part Two ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic & Lou Talarico ... 3. Teaming with Sun Microsystems. ... tune to heart, the company is focusing its product, marketing, and sales efforts on its vertical core strengths, specifically ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2003/11/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_11_07_03_1.asp - 27k Summary: Lawson is sticking to its focus on selected vertical markets, but going forward the tenets of that focus will likely be more finely tuned. Namely, the vendor has lately accelerated development, in part through a number of appetizing acquisitions, of its traditional vertical functionality to ensure contin

Get on the Grid: Utility Computing

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... heavyweights including IBM, Hewlett Packard (HP), Oracle, and Sun Microsystems. ... Activities that are considered commodities rather than core competencies will ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2005/03/research_notes/TN_ER_PJ_03_31_05_1.asp - 22k Summary: The latest business model in licensing is the utility (on demand) computing and associated pricing. Sometimes called

QAD Pulling through, Patiently but Passionately Part Three: Market ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... components can be integrated at an object level with the core application using ... the introduction of San Francisco in late 1997, Sun Microsystems has meanwhile ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2003/09/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_09_20_03_1.asp - 26k Summary: QAD deserves admiration for its protracted innovativeness and endurance as the only assets it could muster as to compensate for limited resources compared to many larger competitors.

Liberty Alliance vs. WS-I; J2EE vs. .NET; Overwhelmed .YET? Part 2 ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... and a more vocal embracement of Web services by Sun Microsystems is puzzling ... At their core, Web services are all about business-process management, as the ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ExecutiveView/2002/03/research_notes/EN_EV_PJ_03_21_02_1.asp - 19k Summary: The battle for the dominance in Web services has so far largely been a war of words without the clear winner yet (and not any time soon). While interoperability seems to currently be the motivation for bigger players to suspend hostilities and focus on standards adoption, the desire for domination will t

Interview with Louis Suárez-Potts of OpenOffice.org and CollabNet

by Josh Chalifour ... The project is sponsored by Sun Microsystems and hosted by CollabNet. ... The problem with the core areas is that the community has relatively less say in how the ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/FreeOpenSource/2005/07/research_notes/RN_FS_JC_07_28_05_1.asp - 42k Summary: Louis Suárez-Potts speaks about the political and social architecture of open source communities as well as practices for successful oversight of a project. He covers specific examples from his role as community development manager for the OpenOffice.org project.