Intuitive Manufacturing Systems Shows Maturity in Adolescent Age ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Intuitive Manufacturing Systems Shows Maturity in Adolescent Age Part Four: Challenges and User Recommendations PJ Jakovljevic - June 25, 2004. 1. Challenges. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2004/06/research_notes/PN_ER_PJ_06_25_04_1.asp - 27k - 2004-06-25 Summary: As long as the 'old' software is meeting business needs, new technology is not the change driver, which makes building replacement products on a new framework a higher risk strategy. Product functionality still matters and, while it is important for enterprise applications providers to implement the late

Intuitive Manufacturing Systems Shows Maturity in Adolescent Age ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Intuitive Manufacturing Systems Shows Maturity in Adolescent Age Part Three: Market Impact Continued PJ Jakovljevic - June 24, 2004. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2004/06/research_notes/PN_ER_PJ_06_24_04_1.asp - 19k - 2004-06-24 Summary: By deliberately steering clear of too ambitious expansionist policies that have hindered so many smaller software companies in the past, and by focusing on a handful of core markets, Intuitive has managed to keep itself on healthy track.

Intuitive Manufacturing Systems Shows Maturity in Adolescent Age ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Intuitive Manufacturing Systems Shows Maturity in Adolescent Age Part Two: Market Impact PJ Jakovljevic - June 23, 2004. 1. Market Impact. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2004/06/research_notes/PN_ER_PJ_06_23_04_1.asp - 26k - 2004-06-23 Summary: Intuitive is one of the vendors that have long attempted to mitigate the actual and perceived barriers to enterprise resource planning (ERP) acceptance by smaller enterprises.

Intuitive Manufacturing Systems Shows Maturity in Adolescent Age ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Intuitive Manufacturing Systems Shows Maturity in Adolescent Age Part One: Company Overview PJ Jakovljevic - June 22, 2004. 1. Event Summary. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2004/06/research_notes/PN_ER_PJ_06_22_04_1.asp - 19k - 2004-06-22 Summary: Having reached its first decade of existence, Intuitive Manufacturing Systems, a stealth mid-market ERP provider, has long taken the plunge of rewriting its system onto the pure Microsoft .NET managed code framework, which might bear fruits in the long run, if not immediately.

Why Open Source is Important to You

by Bernard Golden ... This growth is a sign of the increased maturity of the products, a key factor in determining whether a given open source product is ready for use by mainstream ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/FreeOpenSource/2005/04/news_analysis/NA_FS_XBG_04_13_05_1.asp - 13k - 2005-04-13 Summary: There are two trends in open source adoption that make it imperative that you consider open source solutions for your future IT initiatives. This article describes each of the trends and discusses their importance for your business.

IT Governance and Project Portfolio Management: Vendor Delivers a ...

by Neil Stolovitsky ... Based on an organization's state of maturity, its maturity-based provides a streamlined phased approach to quickly implementing project portfolio management ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/projectManagement/2006/06/research_notes/PN_PR_NS_06_20_06_1.asp - 16k - 2006-06-20 Summary: Although most vendors provide organizations with the project portfolio management tools to meet their objectives, few provide strategies to implement an IT governance framework successfully. Pacific Edge offers a three-stage approach to implementing IT governance, based on an organization's maturity.

Outsourcing 101 - A Primer Part Two: Outsourcing Categories

by A.B. Maynard ... In most cases, customers should decide what mix is best for them given the skills, experiences and maturity of their organizations. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Outsourcing/2004/01/research_notes/TU_OE_XAM_01_17_04_1.asp - 19k - 2004-01-17 Summary: Outsourcing is a very diverse market, and there are many different outsourcing options and outsourcing service providers to choose from. This part examines the four broad outsourcing categories: application software, information technology infrastructure, business process outsourcing (BPO), and manufactu

HP's Remarkable Collaboration Journey: Sree Hameed Interviews HP's ...

by Sree Hameed ... I think we are at a stage of maturity in progressing along the learning curve where we've established a set of standard processes that helps us deal with the ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/SCM/2006/02/research_notes/TU_SC_XSH_02_23_06_1.asp - 19k - 2006-02-23 Summary: HP's transformation from a vertically integrated enterprise to a virtual business network was about structural change. Insights into control, exception management, risk sharing, and architectures for information management can be gained from this supply chain success story.

IT Governance: Maximizing the Business Investment

by Neil Stolovitsky ... with compliance issues surrounding the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) and other governance standards (Organizational Project Management Maturity Model [OPM3 ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/projectManagement/2005/12/research_notes/TU_PR_NS_12_13_05_1.asp - 19k - 2005-12-13 Summary: Implementing information technology (IT) governance means using a structure of relationships and processes to direct an organization. Some project portfolio management (PPM) vendors have adopted the IT governance mantra to differentiate their solutions from those offered by the enterprise resource planni

Project Management Office: Framework Strategy

by Grant Jonasson ... the Project Management Institute's (PMI) A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK ) standards and the Capability Maturity Model Integration ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ExecutiveView/2005/09/research_notes/MI_BP_XGJ_09_21_05_1.asp - 30k - 2005-09-21 Summary: IT initiatives driven within silos, where each department maintain its own project management office, inhibits the overall cohesiveness and effectiveness of corporate strategy. This document outlines best practices to centralize and deliver a scalable and robust project management framework strategy.