Progress-ing Towards ERP On-Demand » The TEC Blog

... product releases); support of Linux on the client side (platform agnosticism); and; ... For Application Server: OpenEdge- and J2EE-based; For ESB: a proprietary ... blog.technologyevaluation.com/blog/2008/04/21/progress-ing-towards-erp-on-demand/ - 44k - 2008-04-21

Web 2.0 -- "Wow!" or "So What?!" » The TEC Blog

... the data within the mouseover window can be sent to the server, which then ... management (CRM) product suite (within the Salesforce.com Apex platform), and do all ... blog.technologyevaluation.com/blog/2007/11/27/web-20-wow-or-so-what/ - 48k - 2007-11-27

Server Platform Situational Analysis: IBM AS/400

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Server Platform Situational Analysis: IBM AS/400 PJ Jakovljevic - October 31, 2005. 1. Situational Analysis. 2. IBM eServer iSeries. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2005/10/research_notes/TN_ER_PJ_10_31_05_1.asp - 17k - 2005-10-31 Summary: Customers value IBM's AS/400's reliability, stability, and security. However, despite its impressive performance and use of independent software vendors to broaden its functionality, AS/400 suffers from the perception that its an ancient technology.

Server Platform Revitalization in the Enterprise Applications ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Server Platform Revitalization in the Enterprise Applications Space PJ Jakovljevic - November 1, 2005. 1. IBM Response. 2. Challenges. ... 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.

The Blessing and Curse of Rejuvenating Legacy Systems

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Customers who typically want to stay on the IBM eServer iSeries server platform (formerly IBM AS/400), valuing its reliability and high availability due to its ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2005/09/research_notes/TN_ER_PJ_09_16_05_1.asp - 20k - 2005-09-16 Summary: Catering to existing and prospective customers is problematic. Existing customers often value their legacy systems because they are reliable and prospective customers want the latest technologies and rapid deployment. To cope, independent software vendors offer continual enhancements and offer custom ext

Accounting (ERP for SMB):Sage Software Sage MAS 200 ERP

... management. A client/server platform allows for remote access support and is available on the Microsoft SQL Server platform. The ... http:/.../software/174-10978/Accounting-ERP-for-SMB/Sage-Software-Sage-MAS-200-ERP.html - 4k - 2008-06-18

Merger Mania At Its Extremes Part 2: Challenges & User ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Windows NT followed as a server platform a few years later and, most recently, SynQuest partnered with IBM to port its manufacturing management application to ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Scm/2002/10/news_analysis/NA_SC_PJ_10_10_02_1.asp - 17k - 2002-10-10 Summary: While the merger is justifiable it does not provide the new entity with much room for mistakes. SynQuest also needs to quickly figure out the best combination of its disparate products and technologies and articulate a clear and assuring message to the market that it can deliver a strategy for the planni

Understand J2EE and .NET Environments Before You Choose

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... built around Web services, while overall development costs may initially be cheaper in .NET, since the application server is built into the server platform. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2004/12/research_notes/TU_ER_PJ_12_08_04_1.asp - 21k - 2004-12-08 Summary: The Microsoft .NET versus J2EE platform argument often takes on the vehemence of a religious debate. Choosing one may amount to 'betting the farm', whereas choosing neither or both typically forces unwieldy workarounds or excruciating duplicate development efforts.

Server and Desktop Solutions: What the Research Means for Small ...

by Igor Grubisic ... These findings suggest that because of the exceptional uptime, and therefore system availability, Linux is a better solution as a server platform (see figure 2 ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/FreeOpenSource/2006/12/research_notes/RN_TS_XIG_12_20_06_1.asp - 16k - 2006-12-20 Summary: Different types of organizations show distinct preferences when assigning importance to the criteria on which to base their operating system selection. Small and medium enterprises need to carefully analyze the available data to accurately evaluate their strategic IT investments.

Sendmail Takes Security to the Next Level with Version 3.0 for NT

by P. Hayes ... Event Summary. On September 20 1999, Sendmail released Sendmail 3.0 for the NT Server platform. The product targets small to mid-size ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/GroupwareMessaging/1999/11/news_analysis/NA_GW_MPH_11_5_99_1.asp - 5k - 1999-11-05 Summary: Sendmail 3.0 includes the Sendmail Message Transfer Agent, a Mailing List Server, a POP3 Server and a Message Store.