Product service has grown from an afterthought to a strategic element of the business. The reason: Manufacturers must differentiate themselves as their products become evermore commoditized. Product service has grown from an afterthought to a strategic element of the business. The reason: Manufacturers must...
The marketing of enterprise software often is portrayed as an evil endeavor, with "hype" being the term most frequently used to describe vendors' efforts to promote their products. The marketing of enterprise software often is portrayed as an evil endeavor, with "hype" being the term...
Announcements made at Siemens Automation and Drives ' European Plant SummIT included the "intention to deliver" with SAP an integrated business-plant system solution, and a partnership with Microsoft to open a manufacturing execution syste Announcements made at Siemens Automation and Drives ' European Plant SummIT...
The oft-cited vision of a global infrastructure that would allow companies to conduct electronic commerce without worrying about integrating systems or translating documents may be closer to reality with the recent release of a report outlining a pr The oft-cited vision of a global infrastructure...
Product life-cycle management PLM software today is all about packaging product information for immediate use in many business activities, especially those outside engineering and design departments. Product life-cycle management PLM software today is all about packaging product information for immediate use in many business activities,...
Locating information locked in business intelligence BI systems may soon require no more skills than doing a Google search. That's because Google is working with BI vendors such as Cognos and SAS Institute to link its enterprise search offering wi Locating information locked in business...
Even though the next generation of enterprise applications from SAP and Oracle will not be ready until 2007 and 2008, respectively, potential users should start preparing for the upgrade now, say analysts at Forrester Research , Cambridge, Mass. Even though the next generation of enterprise...
Microsoft and B2B vendor GXS say an alliance between the two will enable integration across organizations' global supply chains using a combination of software and services including BizTalk Server 2006, SQL Server 2005, 2007 Microsoft Office, and G Microsoft and B2B vendor GXS say an...
While Oracle 's acquisition of suite vendor PeopleSoft--and more recently, retail solutions provider Retek--spawned a level of uncertainty among employees and customers alike, the deals have energized what enterprise application services provider Si While Oracle 's acquisition of suite vendor PeopleSoft--and more recently, retail solutions...
"Product life-cycle management for the masses!" has been a rallying cry among PLM vendors for some time now. But for many manufacturers, it remains little more than a cry for help. "Product life-cycle management for the masses!" has been a rallying cry among PLM vendors...
Many user conferences lead with a light show or a drum troupe, but at SAP's, on each half-day, one senior executive came out on a huge but simple stage and talked about something interesting. There was no attempt to wear you down with repeated prese ...
When Oracle acquired Siebel Systems, it declared itself the leader of the CRM software market. Now Oracle is saying the Siebel purchase also has positioned it to become a major player in the business intelligence BI software space. When Oracle acquired Siebel Systems, it declared...
SSA Global and IBM will deliver a new version of SSA ERP LN that includes a full server and middleware stack using efficient blade services and taking advantage of Web services technologies. SSA Global and IBM will deliver a new version of SSA ERP LN...
SAP is adding a Microsoft Office front end to its enterprise applications in a new offering called Duet--the product of the much-publicized Project Mendocino aimed at enabling occasional users of SAP applications to work within the Office desktop, r SAP is adding a Microsoft Office...
The on-demand--or software-as-a-service SaaS--model can save companies from complex implementation projects, but it rarely frees them from having to integrate new applications with existing systems. That is becoming all too apparent to companies a The on-demand--or software-as-a-service SaaS--model can save companies from complex implementation projects,...
The second Tuesday of every month is patch day for users of Microsoft -based PCs. That's when new nuggets of code designed to combat the latest viruses, spyware, and other malicious programs are released from Microsoft headquarters. The second Tuesday of every month is patch...
The National Institute of Standards NIST hosted its first Interoperability Week in Gaithersburg, Md., in tandem with several other industry sessions being held during the same week in March. The National Institute of Standards NIST hosted its first Interoperability Week in Gaithersburg, Md., in tandem...
Small to midsize businesses SMB typically run leaner on tighter budgets and have smaller IT staffs than large enterprises, making them a special challenge for major ERP vendors in capturing mindshare--let alone their business. The big ERP players Small to midsize businesses SMB typically...
Making a profit in the semiconductor business necessitates staying on top of yield --i.e., the proportion of sellable product in every production batch. In semiconductor manufacturing, yield can run from 70 percent to 90 percent, but poor yield at o Making a profit in the...
In its latest ad campaign, online auctioneer eBay says you can get whatever it is you want on its site. And thanks to a new partnership with a company called FreeFlow, whatever "it" is on eBay is likely to include more excess inventory fro In...
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