N Tier

N-Tier Demand Management

by Bill McBeath ... This has led many to recommend an n-tier approach to demand management, where everyone gets visibility to the end-customer demand at the same time. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Scm/2004/12/research_notes/TN_SC_XBM_12_23_04_1.asp - 13k - 2004-12-23 Summary: The classic bull-whip effect means that the further a supplier is removed from the end consumer, the worse are the fluctuations in demand that they see. This has led many to recommend an n-tier approach to demand management, where everyone gets visibility to the end-customer demand at the same time. In p

Architecture Evolution: From Mainframes to Service-oriented ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Client/Server Variants. The primary strategies for implementing client/server have been two-tier, three-tier or n-tier, and Internet- or intranet-based. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2006/09/research_notes/TU_ER_PJ_09_18_06_1.asp - 18k - 2006-09-18 Summary: Product architecture is going to do much more than simply provide the technical functionality, the user interface, and the platform support. It is going to determine whether a product is going to be able to accommodate increasingly evolving user requirements.

EAM versus CMMS: What's Right for Your Company? Part Three ...

by Joe Strub and P.J. Jakovljevic ... limitation, in addition to the rigidity of its erstwhile two-tier client/server architecture, IFS first embarked on creating an n-tier product architecture in ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/EAM/2004/03/research_notes/PN_EA_XJS_03_17_04_1.asp - 26k - 2004-03-17 Summary: Having traditionally done implementations via their product delivery organization, IFS and Intentia also have long exhibited a focus on product quality and customer satisfaction, which manifests into a lasting relationship with each client. However like other enterprise resource planning (ERP) and supply

Supply Chain Management Vendor Finds Balance for Service Supply ...

by Michael Bittner ... 4.1, the current generally available suite, addresses the critical service supply chain issues via rapid trading partner integration; n-tier supply chain ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/SCM/2006/05/research_notes/VN_SC_MB_05_08_06_1.asp - 17k - 2006-05-08 Summary: Click Commerce recognizes that the SCM playing field is highly competitive and fragmented. However, it believes it will remain competitive because its composite applications will create business process solutions that follow the current trend toward integrated suites of best-of-breed applications.

Enterprise Applications Vendor Reverses Fortunes - But Will ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... in addition to the rigidity of its erstwhile two-tier client/server architecture), in the mid-90s IFS embarked on creating an n-tier product architecture that ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2006/08/news_analysis/NA_ER_PJ_08_09_06_1.asp - 26k - 2006-08-09 Summary: With seven consecutive profitable quarters, a feat unprecedented in the company's recent past, IFS enters a new phase of sustained profitable growth, along with its new chief executive officer. However, there are some challenges that just will not go away.

Product Architecture for Product Endurance?

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... Green screen developers can fairly quickly learn to produce sophisticated n tier Web-based applications using the what you see is what you get (WYSIWYG) screen ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/ERP/2005/09/research_notes/TN_ER_PJ_09_30_05_1.asp - 16k - 2005-09-30 Summary: Product architecture can ensure product scalability, endurance, and the incorporation of emerging technologies. Consequently, LANSA 2005 offers Web Application Modules (WAM), to give developers a shorter learning curve and lower development costs to produce browser-based commercial enterprise application

ROI Systems Defies The Odds Through Delighted Customers

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... One big reason was that many of the pieces that are necessary for .NET were already in place, such as ROI's n-tier architecture and component object orientation ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2003/06/news_analysis/NA_ER_PJ_06_02_03_1.asp - 17k - 2003-06-02 Summary: ROI Systems' strategy in terms of enhancing its product only in tune with ensuring its customers' delight has apparently been paying off in terms of staffing and resellers expansion and company growth. This should come as welcome news these days when even much bigger competitors that have traditionally t

EXE Technologies Begins Life In The Public Eye

by Steve McVey ... Since the merger, EXE has concentrated its development resources on Neptune's NT-based WMS product, which utilizes an open N-tier architecture. ... http:/.../ResearchHighlights/BusinessApplications/2000/08/research_notes/VN_BA_SRM_08_07_00_1.asp - 16k - 2000-08-07 Summary: Undaunted by its negative bottom line, EXE resurrected plans for an IPO this year, proceeds of which will be used to fuel its newfound growth.

ROI Systems MANAGE-s Well Past 2000 Part 1: Recent Developments

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... based applications were introduced, best-of-breed supply chain applications were integrated, and the product was migrated to an n-tier architecture employing ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2002/04/news_analysis/NA_ER_PJ_04_03_02_1.asp - 15k - 2002-04-03 Summary: ROI Systems' strategy in terms of enhancing its MANAGE 2000 product and its geographic coverage has apparently been paying off, which comes as a welcome news these days when many of its peers that have traditionally touted more glitzy products are facing the moment of truth. Its recent solid financial pe

IFS Continues Its Reinvention Through Pruning Part Two: Background ...

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... addition to the rigidity of its erstwhile two-tier client/server architecture, IFS embarked also in the mid 1990s on creating an "n-tier" product architecture ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Erp/2005/02/news_analysis/NA_ER_PJ_02_08_05_1.asp - 17k - 2005-02-08 Summary: IFS could be an object case of how a great product (in terms of functionality scope and technological foundation) and knowledgeable employees are only part of the wholesale success in the finicky enterprise resource planning (ERP) market.