SaaSy Discussions (Part I) » The TEC Blog

... enterprise boundaries and to support easy integration using extensible markup language (XML)/web services standards. Part Ia of this blog post will continue ... blog.technologyevaluation.com/blog/2008/04/11/saasy-discussions-part-i/ - 42k - 2008-04-11

Enterprise Systems and Post-implementation Agility No Longer an ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... change, and rapid-growth business objectives, requires post-implementation agility ... with Microsoft .NET Framework and extensible markup language (XML)-based data ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2006/10/research_notes/VN_ER_PJ_10_16_06_1.asp - 24k - 2006-10-16 Summary: The need to support flexibility prior to installation of enterprise systems has largely been mastered by many vendors. But what is really more important is ongoing agility after the installation. Agresso seems to have raised the bar in this regard.

eCo Specification Bridges E-commerce Language Barrier

by D. Geller ... Using eCo, a business could post a description of itself in a standard form that could ... eCo supports a number of low-level languages such as OFX, OBI and XML. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/eCommerce/1999/12/news_analysis/NA_EC_DPG_12_8_99_1.asp - 5k - 1999-12-08 Summary: The eCo specification from CommerceNet will help E-commerce sites find each other and determine each other's E-commerce standards and trading practices.

What's in a name? or Enterprise systems' reincarnations (Part II) ...

... said that the current ERP market is like a post-Thanksgiving turkey ... Using flexible Extensible Markup Language (XML) messages, SOSA applications are envisioned ... blog.technologyevaluation.com/.../12/21/whats-in-a-name-or-enterprise-systems-reincarnations-part-ii/ - 36k - 2007-12-21

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

... were real pioneers by inventing solutions that Asynchronous Java and XML (AJAX) has ... 2.0 ideally would enable is the ability of any user to post instantly in ... blog.technologyevaluation.com/blog/2007/11/27/web-20-wow-or-so-what/ - 48k - 2007-11-27

Cincom Acknowledges There Is A Composite Applications Environ-ment ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... generic monitoring services to poll for pending events and convert events into XML documents. The metadata includes the BizTalk Channel to post the event that ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2003/04/news_analysis/NA_ER_PJ_04_22_03_1.asp - 22k - 2003-04-22 Summary: Cincom joins a slew of vendors that are aiming at providing a business process improving middleware layer, which will route requests and interventions across the loosely integrated applications, mitigating the need for complex point-to-point integration. Cincom Environ, an 'event-enabled environment' is

Made2Manage Affirms Its Technological Astuteness Part 2: Strategy

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... For instance, when rendering a Web page, the XML document is automatically converted ... M2M Mobile Manager indeed replaces the clipboard and post-it notes approach ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2003/01/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_01_21_03_1.asp - 22k - 2003-01-21 Summary: During the last few years, Made2Manage has evolved from a vendor of traditional MRP/ERP software to a provider of one-stop-shop enterprise business applications.

PeopleSoft Gathers Manufacturing and SCM Wherewithal Part Three ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... its external process integration (XPI) layer—an XML-based interoperability ... design and balancing, flat BOMs, and backflushing (automatic post-deduct inventory ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2004/01/research_notes/EN_ER_PJ_01_27_04_1.asp - 23k - 2004-01-27 Summary: Even before the mega merger, PeopleSoft had already set it sights on a bigger manufacturing presence. PeopleSoft s acquisition of mid-to-large ERP system developer J.D. Edwards this summer, and most recently demand flow and lean manufacturing software solution from JCIT, might indicate some deep though

Software Giants Make Courting A Small Guy Their 'Business One' ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... and queries, or even managers' pocket paper-pads and post-it notes ... standards, with Web service standards like eXtensible Markup Language (XML), Simple Object ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2003/06/research_notes/TN_ER_PJ_06_09_03_1.asp - 20k - 2003-06-09 Summary: Trying to sell dumbed-down versions of mySAP Business Suite, Oracle E-Business Suite, without a serious re-engineering of these products, has not worked for the lower-end of the market. To date, Oracle and SAP have responded by acquiring more suitable genuine products for the segment, while it is not unl

SCE Leaders Partner To See Beyond Their Portfolios

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Visual data mapping; Ability to integrate using multiple protocols, such as XML, direct table-to-table, HTTP post, flat file, SAP IDOCS, and many others; ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Scm/2003/05/news_analysis/NA_SC_PJ_05_19_03_1.asp - 24k - 2003-05-19 Summary: Recent partnerships that Manhattan Associates and RedPrairie have struck with demand planning and/or integration providers might indicate an ongoing 'collaboration' of the planning and execution sides of supply chain management (SCM) as to create one adaptive supply chain.