TODAY'S TOP STORIES:
ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING (ERP)
10 ERP deployments show that megaprojects are standing strong--though they've changed in focus and function.
A single-instance ERP app provides a new method of distributing data to remote users.
Investment in ERP and enterprise apps in general remains the top IT spending priority this year, driven by regulatory compliance imperatives, application-consolidation plans, and the move to shared services, Forrester Research finds. -- Sidebar to: ERPzilla
The Children's Hospital Boston IT staff is a dedicated lot, but being brought into the PeopleSoft ERP loop 18 months after initial planning and only a month before equipment had to be ordered put tremendous pressure on the group. Network, storage, data services and application development managers scrambled to meet a fast-approaching go-live date.
This international home-care device maker wanted a business-continuity system to ensure that its ERP system wouldn't halt production. In addition, the company needed to address its growing storage needs. The solution: a 69-terabyte storage array to maintain healthy operations.
A new report from AMR Research shows that half of ERP licenses remain unused, but the same report also shows that users are planning to spend more on ERP over the next 12 months.
SAP on Wednesday rolled out mySAP ERP 2005 with new interface that eases SAP access from Linux, Macintosh and Windows desktops. The software giant also unveiled a business-intelligence accelerator appliance.
Workday, a startup founded by tech industry veteran Dave Duffield, introduces ERP applications as on-demand services.
IBM Touts Research That Linux Will Slow Windows Server Growth In ERP
Microsoft, business applications, volume sales, Microsoft's High Volume Dilemma, Microsoft has spent billions to build its Business Application business but the question still remains: will high-volume sales work in this space?
When choosing processes and software, it pays to get IT's two cents.
Tindall Corp. needed to reduce travel time and expenses while still encouraging employee collaboration. The solution: Web conferencing, which promises to save the company tons.
SAP AG leads in the Western European ERP market, but lags behind Siebel in CRM according to an IDC report released Friday.
Wages for IT workers in the fourth quarter of 2006 were 3.1% higher than they were in the comparable quarter of 2005.
Microsoft builds role-based applications for midsized companies, with a server package that rolls in Longhorn Server, Exchange and SQL Server on the way.