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Oracle Gets SAP'ed by IBM

by M. Reed ... in addition to the already available solutions for Sun Microsystems, Linux, Windows NT ... choice of hardware platforms when using IBM DB2 with SAP solutions. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/DataWarehousing/1999/12/news_analysis/NA_DW_MFR_12_8_99_1.asp - 7k - 1999-12-08 Summary: SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced an agreement to expand their global sales, marketing and development relationship. As part of this agreement, the two companies will work together to provide expanded choices for customers that wish to implement mySAP.com and IBM's DB2 Universal Data

Aspen - To Netfinity and Beyond

by Steve McVey ... Caldera. Later, IBM announced it would partner with SAP to develop a Linux version of R/3 in the Intel based Netfinity servers. Oracle ... http:/.../ResearchHighlights/BusinessApplications/2000/07/news_analysis/NA_BA_SRM_07_27_00_1.asp - 7k - 2000-07-27 Summary: Aspen Technology, Inc. recently announced plans to leverage IBM resources to provide solutions for supply chain management (SCM) customers in the chemicals, petroleum, plastics, paper, metals, pharmaceutical, and other process industries.

Has SAP Nailed Plant Level Leadership with Lighthammer?

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... such as Linux, Sun Solaris, and HP-UX. The service also allows integration with a wide range of third-party authentication systems, including SAP, lightweight ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2006/02/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_02_06_06_1.asp - 28k - 2006-02-06 Summary: The acquisition of the formerly loyal composite applications partner Lighthammer bolsters SAP's capabilities of connectivity and visibility into manufacturing plant performance. However, it does not, at this stage, provide much added industry-specific shop-floor functionality per se.

Licking Desktop Problems » The TEC Blog

... systems? Aside from the frequent crunch of bloggers discussing their switch from Windows to Linux, we’re still waiting to find out. ... blog.technologyevaluation.com/blog/2007/10/26/licking-desktop-problems/ - 31k - 2007-10-26

Alternative Software Support and Maintenance Options

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... services from SAP. Additionally, Oracle's recent announcement that it will seriously undercut Red Hat's maintenance and support prices for Linux shows how ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2007/04/research_notes/EV_ER_PJ_04_11_07_1.asp - 25k - 2007-04-11 Summary: Smart companies are investigating all possible software support and maintenance (S&M) options. Alternative software S&M is not for all businesses, but it seems a logical option for technologically conservative (and savvy) companies that do not need all the available upgrades.

Frantic Merger-Mania Spiced Up With Vendettas Leaves Customers ...

by Olin Thompson & Predrag Jakovljevic ... database and server ) revenues, but what if they decide to go to SAP instead? ... no evil' in the impending lawsuit between SCO and IBM and possibly all Linux users ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2003/06/news_analysis/NA_ER_XOT_06_18_03_1.asp - 26k - 2003-06-19 Summary: To continue to be healthy, an enterprise software vendor either needs a defendable niche or a large market share. For the latter, acquisitions are often required to grow and prosper. With revenue streams shifting from new accounts to up- and cross-sales to existing customers, software support and servic

Server Platform Revitalization in the Enterprise Applications ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... SAP and Oracle (which now includes former JD Edwards and PeopleSoft) are approaching ... bolt-ons are generally developed for Windows and UNIX/Linux systems, and ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2005/11/research_notes/TN_ER_PJ_11_01_05_1.asp - 23k - 2005-11-01 Summary: The whole idea of enterprise application modernization is to renew existing software so that it can satisfy the need for integration and graphical presentation without losing any functionality. IBM is looking towards independent software vendors to help it in this endeavor.

Enterprise Applications Battlefield Mid-Year Scoreboard Part 3 ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Corporation; IBM Corporation; Siebel Systems; i2 Technologies; SAP AG; PeopleSoft. ... in IT from mainframes, processors, servers, Unix, Linux, workstations, PCs ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ExecutiveView/2002/08/research_notes/EN_EV_PJ_08_28_02_1.asp - 21k - 2002-08-28 Summary: IBM still needs to convince users that it is nimble enough to handle the smaller projects prevalent in today s cost-conscious market, which may be a concern that is aggravated rather than alleviated by the acquisition.

Microsoft 'The Great' Poised To Conquer Mid-Market, Once and Again ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... vendors have increasingly been targeting the same market segment (see SAP Tries Another ... also explore other avenues such as porting the product to Linux (like in ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2002/05/news_analysis/NA_ER_PJ_05_15_02_1.asp - 16k - 2002-05-15 Summary: Microsoft's reticence to comment on any timelines of product integration and operations mergers, to our belief, stems from their genuine inability to foresee it at this stage. Still, although the indications that the business will continue to be as usual are strong, Microsoft may eventually decide to str

The Technology Choices

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Still, despite Oracle, SAP, or IBM wanting customers to prefer their respective platforms ... of servers (and even some desktops) already run on Linux, while IBM ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2005/08/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_08_27_05_1.asp - 27k - 2005-08-27 Summary: In the battle between Microsoft Business Solutions (MBS) and the UK-based the Sage Group for the small-to-medium enterprise (SME) market segment, technology choices will be a major factor.