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TEC spoke with the President and Chief Executive Officer of OpenMFG, Edward L. Lilly, Jr., to find out how OpenMFG is leveraging
commodity Free and open source software platforms to more cost-effectively deliver its own ERP solution. (...)
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TEC spoke with the President and Chief Executive Officer of OpenMFG, Edward L. Lilly, Jr., to find out how OpenMFG is leveraging
commodity Free an...
Published:
2004-09-08
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In this Spotlight Report, TEC's Managing Editor David Clark examines Sage Accpac ERP. Learn about the product's history and
market positioning, as well as its strengths, competitors, and challenges. Also featured in this Spotlight Report: a high-level
overview of Sage Accpac ERP functionality. (...)
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In this Spotlight Report, TEC's Managing Editor David Clark examines Sage Accpac ERP. Learn about the product's history
and market positioning, as...
Published:
2010-01-20
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... Based Business. «BrianCattano.com on 6 March, 2010 at 8:03 am #. […] Accounting Software
Selection Challenge #3: Microsoft vs. Infor (Difficulty = Basic) » ...
Published:
2010-03-05
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While fixed time and cost solutions delivered packaged from pristine laboratories do have their appeal, SMEs are becoming
increasingly savvy to ask for more than just these implementations perceived as cookie-cutter approach. (...)
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While fixed time and cost solutions delivered packaged from pristine laboratories do have their appeal, SMEs are becoming
increasingly savvy to as...
Published:
2003-06-10
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The series, 'What's Wrong With Application Software' explored key challenges found in enterprise applications and also discussed
the characteristics of next generation architectures that would provide better support for applications. Once such solution,
model based architectures, deserves to be on an en (...)
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... When combined with business process components written with Model Based Architectures
... practical, proven and changing some of the basic rules of software.
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Published:
2003-05-12
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Busy as it’s been with wheeling and dealing, Ariba has still found the time to release an upgrade to its Ariba Buyer software. (...)
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Busy as it’s been with wheeling and dealing, Ariba has still found the time to release an upgrade to its Ariba Buyer software.
Published:
2000-09-19
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As an APS-based business management system, NetSuite can effectively serve the needs of small medium businesses. Its integrated
application uses three distinct building blocks: customer relationship management, back-office ERP and accounting, and a robust
set of e-commerce applications. (...)
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As an APS-based business management system, NetSuite can effectively serve the needs of small medium businesses. Its integrated
application uses t...
Published:
2005-05-27
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An application product can never provide competitive advantage by itself, it is a function of how and how much is implemented.
A good implementation of a commodity software product can give you a short-term advantage until the competition catches up. (...)
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An application product can never provide competitive advantage by itself, it is a function of how and how much is implemented.
A good implementa...
Published:
2003-09-11
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There is certainly room to ask the fundamental question of whether the traditional practice of RFI/RFP-based selection processes
has been adequate for the task of selecting complex systems. The record indicates there is much room for improvement. In essence,
for complex selections like in the case of ent (...)
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There is certainly room to ask the fundamental question of whether the traditional practice of RFI/RFP-based selection processes
has been adequate...
Published:
2003-10-27
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In the past, enterprise resource planning (ERP) initiatives were far too costly for smaller organizations to consider. However,
a trend has recently emerged where software vendors are now offering software-as-a-service business models for ERP implementation
to even the smallest organizations. (...)
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In the past, enterprise resource planning (ERP) initiatives were far too costly for smaller organizations to consider. However,
a trend has recent...
Published:
2009-09-07
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Over the past six months, Seagate Technology has made major moves to refocus their majority-owned subsidiary, Seagate Software,
and put all the emphasis on their business intelligence products. These products were acquired in the early to mid-1990's
with the purchase of Crystal Computer Services (Crystal (...)
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Over the past six months, Seagate Technology has made major moves to refocus their majority-owned subsidiary, Seagate Software,
and put all the em...
Published:
1999-10-06
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On October 12, Lawson Software announced the formation of a new vertical market initiative for the telecommunications industry,
its sixth and newest vertical market. On October 9, Lawson Software announced 'the best quarter of contracting activity in
the company's 25-year history'. (...)
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On October 12, Lawson Software announced the formation of a new vertical market initiative for the telecommunications industry,
its sixth and newe...
Published:
2000-11-06
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Business changes constantly in small ways and large. It is rare to find an application product that can change once it is
implemented. This gap is a reality leading to dissatisfaction and the application being a drag on the business. This gap,
the lack of the ability to change, costs the business dearly. (...)
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Business changes constantly in small ways and large. It is rare to find an application product that can change once it is
implemented. This gap is...
Published:
2004-05-31
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On August 3, Lawson Software, a provider of Internet-enabled business applications, announced it had won the largest contract
in its history to extend its healthcare market leadership. Earlier, on July 20, Lawson Software announced financial results
and its year-over-year growth statistics for the year e (...)
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On August 3, Lawson Software, a provider of Internet-enabled business applications, announced it had won the largest contract
in its history to ex...
Published:
2000-08-24
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Lawson Software has to a degree spiced up the end of a bland IPO year, and has also joined the elite of enterprise applications
vendors that have seen license revenue growth and profit in 2001. (...)
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Lawson Software has to a degree spiced up the end of a bland IPO year, and has also joined the elite of enterprise applications
vendors that have ...
Published:
2002-01-17
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Piloting the software is one of, if not the most, critical event in the project life cycle. If done well, the pilot will
uncover issues before they become problems, instill confidence in the users that the software is ready for prime time, and
make the 'go live' uneventful and a cause for celebration (...)
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Piloting the software is one of, if not the most, critical event in the project life cycle. If done well, the pilot will uncover
issues before the...
Published:
2003-12-23
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When part of an enterprise software environment, business modeler software can reduce training costs, prevent errors, and
minimize non-value added work. And if properly integrated, it can be both a tool for senior management and for hands-on system
users. (...)
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When part of an enterprise software environment, business modeler software can reduce training costs, prevent errors, and
minimize non-value added...
Published:
2009-01-07
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Enterprise architecture is a technology problem, not the business problem. The business problem is time, money, and quality.
Focusing on modifications as an example, the reason that modifications are bad is that they take too long, cost too much,
and often have quality issues. (...)
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... practical for the business with next enterprise architecture. This will allow us to
rethink and challenge some of the basic rules of application software. ...
Published:
2003-01-30
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Although the retail and wholesale customers have typically invested a low proportion of their total revenues in information
technology, retail industry leaders have begun to demonstrate an ability to achieve market advantage through the effective
use of specialized enterprise applications. As a result, t (...)
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Although the retail and wholesale customers have typically invested a low proportion of their total revenues in information
technology, retail ind...
Published:
2004-09-13
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Using our Merchandising Evaluation Center, we compared Lawson Retail Operations Management, Epicor CRS Merchandising, and
Aldata G.O.L.D. head on. For the overall rankings portion, we looked at these vendor solutions in two basic configurations:
with and without POS functionality. To eliminate any chanc (...)
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Using our Merchandising Evaluation Center, we compared Lawson Retail Operations Management, Epicor CRS Merchandising, and
Aldata GOLD head on...
Published:
2008-02-15