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On October 21, the Baan Company announced a larger-than-expected loss of $25M. Baan's stock price tumbled more than 10% after
the loss more than tripled Wall Street's prediction of losses between $8.2M and $1.4M. Revenue for the quarter was $143M,
compared to $195M in the same period last year. Sales of (...)
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On October 21, the Baan Company announced a larger-than-expected loss of $25M. Baan's stock price tumbled more than 10%
after the loss more than t...
Published:
1999-10-27
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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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Personal computer maker Micron Electronics said Tuesday it will spend $210 million on its "subscriber computing" initiative,
under which subscribers will be offered packages of services and billed one rate for the entire package. (...)
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... This move also follows Microsoft's hints that it may move to a per-use or leasing
model for its software, starting with Windows 2000. ...
Published:
1999-10-20
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Predictions of the death of software are overstated. In reality, businesses are becoming more reliant on technology, not
less. What’s changing, however, is the number of options available for managing, delivering, and paying for software applications.
Many independent software vendors recognize the ben (...)
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On-premise to On-demand: The Software as a Service Opportunity for Independent Software
Vendors. Source: Quocirca Ltd. Document Type ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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As part of its effort to improve literacy in grades K-3, the Chicago Public Schools District needed to manage thousands of
personal digital assistants (PDAs) and other devices to ensure distribution to the right teachers at the right institutions—and
under serious time constraints. The schools deployed (...)
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Case Study: Asset Management Software Provides a Strategic Solution for the Chicago Public School District.
Source: Asure Software. ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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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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Lawson's continual investment in R&D delivers innovative products, often in advance of much larger competitors. Increasing
competition from larger vendors with significant resources, puts pressure on the company to go public within the next 12 months. (...)
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Lawson's continual investment in R&D delivers innovative products, often in advance of much larger competitors. Increasing
competition from larger...
Published:
1999-02-01
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Application Service Provision (ASP).There has been a trend in recent years towards the use of remote software services through
application service providers. These are companies who make software applications available via the Internet to users who,
rather than buying software, pay rental fees for it. (...)
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CMMS Software for Hire. Source: Perspective CMMS. Document ... offering an ASP option. Download
<strong>CMMS Software for Hire</strong>. Comments: ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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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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Sun Microsystems and Gateway have announced initiatives designed to make their products and services more appealing to start-up
companies, especially those where cash may be a little tight. (...)
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Sun Microsystems and Gateway have announced initiatives designed to make their products and services more appealing to start-up
companies, especia...
Published:
2000-08-18
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Today's ERP Showdown pits Infor SyteLine vs. Exact Software Macola ES vs. QAD Enterprise Application, all aimed at medium-sized
businesses in the $250 million (USD)–plus range. Once again, we used TEC's ERP Evaluation Center to look at all eight standard
ERP modules… (...)
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Today's ERP Showdown pits Infor SyteLine vs. Exact Software Macola ES vs. QAD Enterprise Application, all aimed at medium-sized
businesses in the ...
Published:
2008-06-23
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Lawson Software, a major privately held provider of enterprise resource planning software, today announced the delivery of
its enterprise software applications for IBM's DB2 Universal Database. This availability extends Lawson's support of the IBM
DB2 Universal Database to encompass IBM Netfinity, RS/600 (...)
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Lawson Software, a major privately held provider of enterprise resource planning software, today announced the delivery of
its enterprise software...
Published:
2000-01-10
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Although glitch-plagued software implementations are nothing new, the growing number of brand-name firms reporting big troubles
with their multimillion-dollar projects is starting to look like a Who's Who of the Fortune 500. (...)
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Although glitch-plagued software implementations are nothing new, the growing number of brand-name firms reporting big troubles
with their multimi...
Published:
1999-11-10
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J.D. Edwards recently announced support for financial reporting solutions from FRx Software. This software makes it possible
to consolidate information from multiple databases, platforms, and servers to provide a complete financial picture. (...)
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JD Edwards recently announced support for financial reporting solutions from FRx Software. This software makes it possible
to consolidate inform...
Published:
2000-01-14
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Software-as-a-service solutions are emerging to address almost every business application need considered "mission critical"
including financials and accounting, asset management, and human capital management applications to supply chain management
and channel management solutions. (...)
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Software-as-a-service solutions are emerging to address almost every business application need considered "mission critical"
including financials ...
Published:
2007-01-15
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On December 1, System Software Associates, Inc., a global provider of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software and services,
announced financial results for its fourth fiscal quarter ended October 31, 1999. (...)
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On December 1, System Software Associates, Inc., a global provider of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software and services,
announced financia...
Published:
1999-12-15
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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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Small and medium enterprises (SME) looking for software must understand their needs and articulate their expectations to
get what they want and need from software. (...)
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Small and medium enterprises (SME) looking for software must understand their needs and articulate their expectations to get
what they want and ne...
Published:
2005-10-17
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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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Navision Software has established strong branding and penetration within the Small-to-Medium Enterprises (SME) segment of
the European and recently the U.S. ERP market. While Navision has done a respectable job establishing its U.S. network, it
will face a fierce challenge from domestic competitors like (...)
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Navision Software has established strong branding and penetration within the Small-to-Medium Enterprises (SME) segment of
the European and recentl...
Published:
2000-05-11