Support and Maintenance: No Longer the Software Industry's "Best ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... To be fair, some vendors, such as Oracle, do not require customers that are purchasing license agreements to purchase software support as well. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2007/03/research_notes/EV_ER_PJ_03_30_07_1.asp - 21k Summary: Support and maintenance (S&M) contracts mean very different things to vendors and to users. With user enterprises' growing awareness of how these S&M agreements affect their bottom lines, vendors need to reassess their pricing and value proposition strategies.

Human Resources for Small to Medium Businesses

by Jeff Spitzer ... However, it’sa necessary component of every organization; the key to increasing the HR department’s value is to purchase software that meets the ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/HumanResources/2008/01/research_notes/TU_HR_JS_01_18_08_1.asp - 12k Summary: When small to medium businesses shop around for a human resources (HR) solution, their main considerations are whether to go for a hosted or non-hosted solution, or to simply outsource HR functions altogether. It’s important to know the advantages and disadvantages of each before making a selection.

BMC buys ITM Software; HP partnership; SAP Visiprise bid » The ...

... This week BMC announced it had secured the purchase of ITM Software, a business management provider. BMC is a publically traded ... blog.technologyevaluation.com/.../2008/06/20/bmc-buys-itm-software-hp-partnership-sap-visiprise-bid/ - 34k - 2008-06-20

webMethods Gets Active (Software That Is)

by M. Reed ... Event Summary. On Monday May 22, webMethods Inc. (NASDAQ: WEBM) announced that it will purchase Active Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASWX) in an all-stock deal. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/DataWarehousing/2000/06/news_analysis/NA_DW_MFR_06_07_00_1.asp - 7k Summary: In May webMethods Inc. announced that it will purchase Active Software Inc. in an all-stock deal. The purchase is worth approximately $1.3 Billion. WebMethods is a vendor of B2B e-commerce integration software, and the acquisition of Active allows them to extend their integration strategy for extended

Software Vendor Red Flags » The TEC Blog

... In any software purchase and implementation it is very important to obtain information to the kind of support they offer you as a customer. ... blog.technologyevaluation.com/blog/2008/01/21/software-vendor-red-flags/ - 34k - 2008-01-21

Importers Software- Venture Information System

... The user can store the purchase order specifications and compare them to purchase order analysis ... Importers Software- Venture Information System Corporate Info. ... http:/.../showcases/technology-Directory/D/11556/Importers-Software-Venture-Information-System.html - 9k - 2008-09-01

JD Edwards Finds Its Inner-Self Within Its 5th Incarnation

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Combined with a flexible pricing package, this should provide customers the opportunity to purchase software according to their business needs and to evolve ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2002/10/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_10_02_02_1.asp - 18k Summary: By espousing its namesake 5th generation of products that preserves flexibility and provides much more of its own ‘must have’ collaborative applications (i.e. SCM and CRM), J.D. Edwards may start looking forward to the future with its new winning attitude.

A “Gentler” Giant’s Success in Reaching Out to the “Little ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Instead of dealing directly with Oracle, small solution providers will purchase software licenses from designated VADs and receive all training and support ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2008/05/research_notes/NA_ER_PJ_05_21_08_1.asp - 20k Summary: Until recently, the few leaders in the lower end of the technology and platform market have hardly had any viable competition. However, Oracle is determined to give these players—especially archrival Microsoft—a run for their money, starting with offerings attractive to small to medium businesses and

Ardent Software: Will Informix Merger Affect their Success?

by M. Reed ... This product has made Ardent one of the top three ETL vendors. Metadata management technology acquired with the purchase of Dovetail Software. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/DataWarehousing/2000/04/research_notes/VN_DW_MFR_04_10_00_1.asp - 15k Summary: With Informix’s completion of its acquisition of Ardent Software, it remains to be seen how effective this marriage will be, and whether Ardent will be allowed autonomy to continue its success in the extract/transform/load and data integration infrastructure.

Sage Advice on Selecting Analyst Services » The TEC Blog

... Ironic because my post was based on my first set of research notes I wrote as a Gartner analyst about how to purchase PC software… back in 1992! ... blog.technologyevaluation.com/blog/2008/07/07/sage-advice-on-selecting-analyst-services/ - 35k - 2008-07-07