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Even as TEC analyzed Epicor's sale of its Impresa for MRO division, Epicor announced the sale of its Platinum for Windows
(PFW) product line. Plagued by depleted revenues and continued hefty losses amid a difficult market situation, Epicor is trying
to pull some other beleaguered competitors' trick - the (...)
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Even as TEC analyzed Epicor's sale of its Impresa for MRO division, Epicor announced the sale of its Platinum for Windows
(PFW) product line. Plag...
Published:
2001-06-05
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Web sites are very public, putting the brand and image of a company out there on the site for all to see. Companies need
to be sure they have a firm grip on what website visitors see. Rational Software and Vignette Corp. have teamed up to provide
a product to do just that. (...)
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Web sites are very public, putting the brand and image of a company out there on the site for all to see. Companies need to
be sure they have a fi...
Published:
2000-12-12
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Hummingbird Ltd. is moving into the Corporate Portal market. Like others, it sees corporate portals as a mechanism to cross-sell
existing Business Intelligence products. TEC takes a look at Hummingbird’s portal strategy and compares it to other vendors
in the corporate portal space. (...)
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Hummingbird Ltd. is moving into the Corporate Portal market. Like others, it sees corporate portals as a mechanism to cross-sell
existing Busines...
Published:
2001-01-22
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Business Engine provides best-of-breed PPM functionality for internal IT departments, focusing on financial governance. For
organizations seeking flexible workflow and IT governance capabilities, BEN delivers functionality in the financial services,
health care, government, manufacturing, telecommunicati (...)
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Business Engine provides best-of-breed PPM functionality for internal IT departments, focusing on financial governance. For
organizations seeking ...
Published:
2006-03-24
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The worst is past for SoftBrands. However, the vendor must still deal with the problem of blending many formerly independent
organizations together, while figuring out how best to leverage their different technological and industrial strengths. (...)
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The worst is past for SoftBrands. However, the vendor must still deal with the problem of blending many formerly independent
organizations togethe...
Published:
2006-03-03
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Resource allocation and phase-based processes are key features to consider when selecting a project portfolio management
solution for new product development (NPD) projects. More importantly, NPD projects demand a best practices framework, like
Stage-Gate®, for their success. (...)
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Resource allocation and phase-based processes are key features to consider when selecting a project portfolio management solution
for new product ...
Published:
2006-01-06
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Having garnered cash amounting to the GDPs of many developed countries, software giant Microsoft has treated itself with
another 'billion plus' acquisition of its long-term partner and recent competitor, Navision, a business application provider
for the mid-market. Will this move fill the gaps of earlier (...)
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Having garnered cash amounting to the GDPs of many developed countries, software giant Microsoft has treated itself with another
'billion plus' ac...
Published:
2002-05-14
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Internet advertising firm Real Media has decided to file for an IPO, at last joining its major competitors, DoubleClick and
Engage. (...)
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Internet advertising firm Real Media has decided to file for an IPO, at last joining its major competitors, DoubleClick and
Engage.
Published:
2000-02-25
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The acquisition has at least the following two synergies between the two merged companies 1) geographical coverage, and 2)
the strong relationships that both independently have with Microsoft. (...)
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The acquisition has at least the following two synergies between the two merged companies 1) geographical coverage, and 2)
the strong relationship...
Published:
2004-12-16
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Microsoft's reticence to comment on any timelines of product integration and operations mergers, to our belief, stems from
their genuine inability to foresee it at this stage. Still, although the indications that the business will continue to be
as usual are strong, Microsoft may eventually decide to str (...)
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Microsoft's reticence to comment on any timelines of product integration and operations mergers, to our belief, stems
from their genuine inability...
Published:
2002-05-15
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After seemingly the successful acquisition of Macola last year, Exact Software continues to build its SME market share by
acquiring Kewill ERP. (...)
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After seemingly the successful acquisition of Macola last year, Exact Software continues to build its SME market share by
acquiring Kewill ERP.
Published:
2002-06-14
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Creating outsourcing centers is a viable option for companies under pressure to develop quality products with tight time
and budget restraints. Mid-market companies, however, often do not have this option, but can still benefit from partnering
with an outsourcing provider. (...)
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Creating outsourcing centers is a viable option for companies under pressure to develop quality products with tight time and
budget restraints. Mi...
Published:
2005-12-01
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The merger looks like a positive move for both companies and their customers, since Epicor obtains a foothold in some complementary
geographic regions, and in certain discrete manufacturing and service industries it has not really penetrated in the past
by acquiring a reasonably run vendor without much e (...)
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The merger looks like a positive move for both companies and their customers, since Epicor obtains a foothold in some complementary
geographic reg...
Published:
2004-12-14
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Combining process industry–oriented product lifecycle management capabilities with process manufacturing–oriented enterprise
resource planning ones can help alleviate many of the challenges particular to the process manufacturers, especially in the
areas of product development and regulatory complian (...)
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Combining process industry–oriented product lifecycle management capabilities with process manufacturing–oriented enterprise
resource planning one...
Published:
2009-03-16
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By continuing to grow faster than many others, and by even reverting to profits, IFS has been defending the pride of quite
beleaguered Tier 2 & 3 applications vendors. However, the bigger vendors will sell their aspirations dearly, and IFS still
has a long way to go to achieve full-fledged credibility in (...)
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By continuing to grow faster than many others, and by even reverting to profits, IFS has been defending the pride of quite
beleaguered Tier 2 & 3 ...
Published:
2001-09-28
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A background of Progress Software notes the vendor’s product line-up, and some of the benefits companies find by using Progress
platforms and infrastructure products. The vendor’s recent growth is also detailed, as well as its relationships with partners. (...)
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A background of Progress Software notes the vendor’s product line-up, and some of the benefits companies find by using Progress
platforms and infr...
Published:
2008-06-02
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An enterprise that wants to shift to a global product development strategy must invest in modern product lifecycle management
(PLM) technology. Therefore, the PLM software market could be on the edge of a significant growth cycle. (...)
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... Summary. Growth in the PLM software solutions market will be a good barometer of the
transition to global product development. Enterprises ...
Published:
2008-10-17
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Computer Associates DecisionBase is an Extract/Transform/Load tool designed to help in the population and maintenance of
data warehouses. First released in March of 1998, the product is geared towards large implementations with the need for metadata
management. The current release is 1.9, which is the fo (...)
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... & development capital from Platinum allowed the InfoPump developers to greatly enhance
the 3.0 version of the product. Unfortunately, at the same time, market ...
Published:
1999-09-01
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The worsening plight of most ERP vendors, caused by the market slowdown, which started in the fourth quarter of 1998, continued
in full force throughout 1999. The market size for 1999, with the 4th quarter yet to be reported, is estimated at $18.5B-$19.5B
(12%-16% growth over 1998), with sales expected t (...)
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The worsening plight of most ERP vendors, caused by the market slowdown, which started in the fourth quarter of 1998, continued
in full force thro...
Published:
1999-01-01
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The arms race to marshal the most complete corporate performance management platform has intensified among major vendors.
Many have a comprehensive set of business intelligence (BI) functionality. (...)
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The arms race to marshal the most complete corporate performance management platform has intensified among major vendors.
Many have a comprehensiv...
Published:
2005-07-13