Abstract:
While regulatory requirements to adopt International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) may be a concern for publically traded companies only, there are plenty of reasons why privately held entities will want to prepare to adopt IFRS as well. (...)
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While regulatory requirements to adopt International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) may be a concern for publically traded companies only, t...
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2009-12-14
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... the ERP is limited by the OS and hardware of the AS/400 (iSeries, Seriesi) is ... in the article came not from the latest versions of JDEdwards, Xperia or MAPICS. ...
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2009-10-09
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Only effective e-mail management, together with records management and policies for employees on how to manage their e-mails, will help organizations deal with compliance regulations and potential litigation. (...)
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Only effective e-mail management, together with records management and policies for employees on how to manage their e-mails, will help organizati...
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2009-03-27
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Function points (FPs) are the most popular unit of measure for measuring the size of software. But because FPs were developed in the 1970s, are they not now outdated for today’s event-oriented programming and multi-tiered software architectures? (...)
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Function points (FPs) are the most popular unit of measure for measuring the size of software. But because FPs were developed in the 1970s, are th...
Published:
2008-12-15
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Salesforce.com is now an almost unstoppable force in the world of on-demand customer relationship management. However, it may be the architect of its own downfall—and Microsoft is poised to take advantage. But will you profit from the Salesforce.com-versus-Microsoft war? (...)
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Salesforce.com is now an almost unstoppable force in the world of on-demand customer relationship management. However, it may be the architect of ...
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2008-10-13
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Quote-to-order (Q2O) systems can address the increasing demand for personalized and customized products. Complex product specification, quoting, and ordering processes—as well as the software applications catering to those processes—can benefit from the use of the Web, collaboration tools, and lean t (...)
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Quote-to-order (Q2O) systems can address the increasing demand for personalized and customized products. Complex product specification, quoting, a...
Published:
2008-08-18
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Infor has met several of its objectives with Infor Open SOA. The vendor has managed to resolve inherited customer retention issues, move forward with “green” and corporate social responsibility initiatives, and even has a viable new product version to offer Baan users. (...)
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Infor has met several of its objectives with Infor Open SOA. The vendor has managed to resolve inherited customer retention issues, move forward w...
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2008-07-02
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Infor has met several of its objectives with Infor Open SOA. The vendor has managed to resolve inherited customer retention issues, move forward with “green” and corporate social responsibility initiatives, and even has a viable new product version to offer Baan users. (...)
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Infor has met several of its objectives with Infor Open SOA. The vendor has managed to resolve inherited customer retention issues, move forward w...
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2008-07-02
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With its numerous new software license sales, new product deliveries, and its dedication to complicated technological rejuvenation (namely, an ambitious open service-oriented architecture strategy), Infor's position and image in the market these days are at an all-time high. (...)
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With its numerous new software license sales, new product deliveries, and its dedication to complicated technological rejuvenation (namely, an amb...
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2008-06-30
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The recent merger of enterprise resource planning vendors CMS Software (now known as Solarsoft Business Systems) and XKO Software presents some challenges. Although little overlap exists between the companies’ product lines, customers should verify that pre-merger support and service contracts are hono (...)
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The recent merger of enterprise resource planning vendors CMS Software (now known as Solarsoft Business Systems) and XKO Software presents some ch...
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2007-12-04
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The CMS Software-XKO Software merger into Solarsoft Business Solutions offers proof that smaller enterprise resource planning vendors are not extinct yet. Perhaps in the grand scheme of things, no one should really care about such events, but these less well-known vendors haven’t said their last words (...)
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The CMS Software-XKO Software merger into Solarsoft Business Solutions offers proof that smaller enterprise resource planning vendors are not exti...
Published:
2007-11-30
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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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In continuing our first-time ever questions-and-answers series for software applications vendors, Infor and IFS, two upper mid-market, stalwart vendors, express their views on market trends, platform approaches, and mid-market issues. (...)
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In continuing our first-time ever questions-and-answers series for software applications vendors, Infor and IFS, two upper mid-market, stalwart ve...
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2007-07-06
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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 Showdowns. Today's Showdown pits three of the top business performance management (BPM) vendors against each other in a head-to-head contest: Hyperion System 9 vs. Outlook (...)
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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 Showdowns. T...
Published:
2007-05-30
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No company today can afford to ignore the value of its customers' natural social networking behavior. The advantages that these social networks can bring to a company's customer relationship management platform are powerful tools that can ultimately improve its products. (...)
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No company today can afford to ignore the value of its customers' natural social networking behavior. The advantages that these social networks ca...
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2007-05-28
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Enterprise incentive management is an emerging field, and a number of players have entered the market. Callidus recently expanded its service offerings by introducing two new strategic service programs both to woo customers and to survive in this emerging field. (...)
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Enterprise incentive management is an emerging field, and a number of players have entered the market. Callidus recently expanded its service offe...
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2006-12-13
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Using technologies that are intrinsically compatible should result in faster and less costly development. Thus, any application suite rewritten in the Microsoft .NET managed code framework should not have to contend with inefficiencies resulting from mixing or wrapping technologies. (...)
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Using technologies that are intrinsically compatible should result in faster and less costly development. Thus, any application suite rewritten in...
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2006-10-04
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The Microsoft .NET strategy continues to confuse many, due to the lack of understanding of the technology. Indeed, because of the massive marketing campaign undertaken by Microsoft, many vendors have adopted a "too liberal" approach to marketing .NET Framework-based initiatives. (...)
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The Microsoft .NET strategy continues to confuse many, due to the lack of understanding of the technology. Indeed, because of the massive marketin...
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2006-10-02
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Many human capital management (HCM) vendors try to cover most of the bases through broader product suites. While there have been noticeable consolidation moves in the market, which vendors will eventually dominate cannot be exactly stated at this time. (...)
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Many human capital management (HCM) vendors try to cover most of the bases through broader product suites. While there have been noticeable consol...
Published:
2006-09-29
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Collaboration and interoperability are critical where multiple business units reside under one larger corporation, or where there is a requirement to integrate the system into a disparate system when a business-to-business or business-to-consumer extension is part of the business model. (...)
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Collaboration and interoperability are critical where multiple business units reside under one larger corporation, or where there is a requirement...
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2006-09-20