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On December 1, System Software Associates, Inc., a global provider of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software and services,
announced financial results for its fourth fiscal quarter ended October 31, 1999. (...)
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On December 1, System Software Associates, Inc., a global provider of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software and services,
announced financia...
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1999-12-15
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Shares of Computer Associates, BMC Software, Compuware Corporation, and others have suffered serious setbacks on the stock
market in recent days due to shortfalls in revenue. These companies are direct competitors, and are all suffering the same
fate in the stock market. Once again, the dreaded Wall Str (...)
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System Software Suppliers Slip Seriously. M. Reed - August 8, 2000. Comments: 0. Read Comments
M. Reed - August 8, 2000 Event Summary. ...
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2000-08-08
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On December 1, System Software Associates, Inc., a global provider of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software and services,
announced financial results for its fourth fiscal quarter ended October 31, 1999. (...)
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On December 1, System Software Associates, Inc., a global provider of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software and services,
announced financia...
Published:
1999-12-15
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"Extending its portfolio of solutions to the industrial sector, System Software Associates (NASDAQ: SSAXD) today announced
a joint marketing and development agreement with SynQuest, Inc. to provide an integrated supply chain solution that will allow
SSA customers to drive profitability and lower costs. S (...)
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"Extending its portfolio of solutions to the industrial sector, System Software Associates (NASDAQ: SSAXD) today announced
a joint marketing and d...
Published:
1999-10-01
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Web-based software has come of age: it is more robust and stable, and combined with the increased speed of the Internet,
businesses have reaped tremendous benefits. Still, Web-based systems may not be the answer for every business. (...)
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Web-based software has come of age: it is more robust and stable, and combined with the increased speed of the Internet, businesses
have reaped tr...
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2007-11-02
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Enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementation costs can be divided into one-time costs and ongoing annual costs. Both
types of costs can be segmented into hardware, software, external assistance, and internal personnel. Reprinted from Maximizing
Your ERP System by Dr. Scott Hamilton. (...)
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Enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementation costs can be divided into one-time costs and ongoing annual costs. Both
types of costs can be s...
Published:
2004-02-12
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Presently, software estimation is considered to be an art rather than a science. At the heart of this perception is the lack
of understanding of the concept of "productivity." This article attempts to provide insight into the concept of productivity. (...)
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... rollout activities, including installing the hardware and system software;
setting up the database; installing the application software; performing pilot runs ...
Published:
2007-05-30
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You are currently using enterprise resource planning (ERP) software. You want to improve your warehouse management and operations
and are considering a warehouse management system (WMS) solution. However, there is significant overlap between ERP software
and a WMS regarding inventory-related functionalit (...)
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You are currently using enterprise resource planning (ERP) software. You want to improve your warehouse management and operations
and are consider...
Published:
2003-06-17
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Provia stands apart from its peers in the enterprise software industry by claiming that behind every one of its installations
is a satisfied client. (...)
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Provia stands apart from its peers in the enterprise software industry by claiming that behind every one of its installations
is a satisfied client.
Published:
2000-10-11
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Testing a system well is harder than building it. In the face of new risks introduced by the ever-increasing complexity of
software and hardware, test tools may be your only practical way to be confident that you've got just what you paid for. From
gathering the initial requirements to supporting the sys (...)
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... Testing a system well is harder than building it. In the face of new risks introduced
by the ever-increasing complexity of software and hardware, test tools ...
Published:
2008-12-15
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The case against modifying enterprise software is a strong one. Standard software offerings are the products of millions
of dollars of research, development, and extensive testing for consistent performance. For this and various other reasons,
modifications almost never make sense. (...)
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The case against modifying enterprise software is a strong one. Standard software offerings are the products of millions of
dollars of research, d...
Published:
2006-11-22
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Pursuing an alternative strategy for software evaluation and selection, based on the capital investment paradigm and the
principles outlined in this article, is an effective method to mitigate implementation risk. (...)
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... One must identify the specific performance metric that will improve due to the new system,
discuss how the software will actually improve that metric, assign ...
Published:
2003-02-12
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New technology, such as virtual machines and high-speed internet communication, is leading to wider remote application hosting.
Here is a tutorial-level technical explanation of how it’s being driven (...)
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New technology, such as virtual machines and high-speed internet communication, is leading to wider remote application hosting.
Here is a tutoria...
Published:
2008-07-02
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I'm Lyndsay Wise, senior research analyst at Technology Evaluation Centers. Welcome to another in TEC's series of enterprise
software Vendor Showdowns. Today's Showdown pits three of the top business intelligence (BI) vendors against each other in
a head-to-head contest: Oracle's Hyperion System 9 vs. Mi (...)
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I'm Lyndsay Wise, senior research analyst at Technology Evaluation Centers. Welcome to another in TEC's series of
enterprise software Vendor Showd...
Published:
2007-09-26
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SSA's Portfolio strategy is to surround its core ERP products with best-of-breed 3rd party enterprise applications and provide
system integration services and support around it. SSA will gradually transform itself into a systems integration provider,
as opposed to a pure ERP vendor, within the next 3 yea (...)
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SSA's Portfolio strategy is to surround its core ERP products with best-of-breed 3rd party enterprise applications and
provide system integration ...
Published:
1999-10-01
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Abstract:
Trend Virus Control System (TVCS) utilizes a web based management console, which allows for administration, configuration
and policy enforcement from a central location. (...)
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... Trend however, is the first anti-virus software firm to produce a cross-platform ...
of its competitors through its offering of an LDAP enabled system coupled with ...
Published:
1999-12-01
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In February SAP AG announced a web-enabled version of their product data management (PDM) software, the application that
lets manufacturers collect and manage databases of information about the products they make. (...)
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... Aramco) is one of the first companies that signed on to use the new software. ...
of a wider rollout of SAP's R/3 enterprise resource planning system", said Guy ...
Published:
2000-03-20
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The only plausible reason to utilize a Novell Internet Messaging system is if you have NDS running internally, and even then
it’s a big if, as Novell continues to lose market share in all major areas. (...)
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The only plausible reason to utilize a Novell Internet Messaging system is if you have NDS running internally, and even then
it’sa big if, as Nov...
Published:
2000-06-14
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Congratulations! In your role as middle market CEO, COO, CFO, or CIO you fought the good fight and sponsored your company's
ERP project. First you survived the ERP software selection process. Then you lived through the boot-camp tough implementation
phase. So your ERP system is up and running-now w (...)
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Congratulations! In your role as middle market CEO, COO, CFO, or CIO you fought the good fight and sponsored your company's
ERP project. First y...
Published:
2002-03-27
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We do not see Sun Solaris administrators implementing any Novell NDS package. (...)
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... (Nasdaq: NOVL - news), a leading provider of Net infrastructure software, today announced
... either a whole or part of their network operating system (NOS) never ...
Published:
2000-02-04