Datawarehouse Vendors Moving Towards Application Suites

by M. Reed ... of multiple data sources and business intelligence tools". ... Load capabilities in the form of DataStage ... meta model, Ardent promises an XML-compliant repository ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/DataWarehousing/1999/09/news_analysis/NA_DW_MFR_9_29_99_1.asp - 11k - 1999-09-29 Summary: During September, two more data warehousing vendors announced product suites that they claim offer broader integration between different data warehousing technologies. BI vendor Cognos announced 'Cognos platform', a tool to build complete 'BI-ready data infrastructures'. Data Movement vendor Ardent Softw

How Has MAPICS Been Extending?

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... These tools extract data from the foundation layer ... still to be desired are XML interfaces to ... extended components (eg, business intelligence) form the necessary ... http:/.../ResearchHighlights/BusinessApplications/2000/07/research_notes/EN_BA_PJ_07_19_00_1.asp - 21k - 2000-07-19 Summary: MAPICS, one of the leading mid-market ERP vendors, has significantly expanded its product offering during 2000. On June 15, MAPICS announced the release of XA 6.0, the latest version of its flagship AS/400-based Extended Enterprise Application (EEA). Earlier, on May 9, MAPICS announced the delivery of it

Microsoft Joins XML Specification Committee for Financials

by M. Reed ... our existing and future operating systems, development tools, applications and ... information to be rendered in any form, such as ... with the SEC, a raw XML file, or ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/DataWarehousing/2000/05/news_analysis/NA_DW_MFR_05_02_00_1.asp - 7k - 2000-05-02 Summary: Microsoft (NASDAQ: MFST) has joined the Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) committee to help launch an XML-based standard for translating financial reports between applications. Formerly known as the Extensible Financial Reporting Markup Language (XFRML), the language should allow companies t

Ardent Software: Will Informix Merger Affect their Success?

by M. Reed ... of multiple data sources and business intelligence tools". ... Load capabilities in the form of DataStage ... meta model, Ardent promises an XML-compliant repository ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/DataWarehousing/2000/04/research_notes/VN_DW_MFR_04_10_00_1.asp - 16k - 2000-04-10 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.

Composing Collaborative Financial Applications

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Application-driven form and report customizations are ... platforms, third party reporting tools, secure Microsoft ... and extensible markup language (XML) and Web ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2005/11/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_11_14_05_1.asp - 24k - 2005-11-14 Summary: With its short term ownership under Baan all but forgotten, CODA has been doing well, owing to its astute offerings tailored to the preferences of each regional market, coupled with some recent appetizing acquisitions.

Process-based Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... XML (extensible markup language) may be likened to the ... control mechanism that keeps the life-form in homeostasis ... varieties of risks) by providing tools and a ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2007/03/research_notes/TU_ER_PJ_03_14_07_1.asp - 14k - 2007-03-14 Summary: The right balance of automated processes with paper records and manual, human interaction is necessary to keep costs under control with a flexible yet controlled set of procedures. The strategic software category, governance, risk management, and compliance, is poised to help.

Logistics.com Might Prove An Internet Success Story After All ...

by P. Jakovljevic & L. Talarico ... based software with the necessary training tools they use to ... vendor applications via a special form of extensible markup language (XML), called tXML ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Scm/2001/10/research_notes/EN_SC_LJT_10_29_01_1.asp - 21k - 2001-10-29 Summary: By being able to address the needs of all stakeholders across the board from shipper to transport provider, and with the marketplace/private trading exchange (PTX) tool in the middle, Logistics.com can connect trading partners at various levels.

A Drop-ship Enablement Pioneer Leads the Way

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... an invisible translation tool, converting all styles of XML, EDI, web form, or even ... that provides retailers with the supplier management tools necessary to ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/SCM/2006/08/research_notes/VN_SC_PJ_08_28_06_1.asp - 28k - 2006-08-28 Summary: By providing a single plug-and-play connection to multiple trading partners, CommerceHub strives to enable basically any retailer to electronically integrate with its suppliers, regardless of the idiosyncratic systems and capabilities that might exist among them.

'Collaborative Commerce': ERP, CRM, e-Proc, and SCM Unite! A ...

by Randy Garland ... very happy with PeopleSoft's inter-application integration tools. ... to application rollout, enable the XML and HTML ... and integration comes in the form of embedded ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Crm/2001/11/research_notes/TN_CR_RGG_11_26_01_1.asp - 28k - 2001-11-26 Summary: PeopleSoft has risen from its relatively humble origins in the Human Resource Management Systems (HRMS) arena, its sole focus as it begun life in 1987. Over the course of a decade or so, it added Supply Chain Management and Financials to its list of application offerings. In the last few years, in the

Business Intelligence Status Report

by Olin Thompson & P.J. Jakovljevic ... in building extensible markup language-based (XML)-Web applications ... its previous form into another form that can ... Thus, ETL tools are logically used to migrate ... http:/.../ResearchHighlights/BusinessIntelligence/2005/06/research_notes/TU_BI_XOT_06_27_05_1.asp - 29k - 2005-06-27 Summary: Spurred by government mandates for more business transparency, business intelligence has emerged to extract information from ERP systems. How has BI emerged? What does the terminology surrounding it mean, and what is its current state of affairs?