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TEC principal analyst P.J. Jakovljevic profiles Progress Software Corporation. According to TEC principal analyst P.J. Jakovljevic,
some solid, growing, and profitable software companies never get the respect they deserve. Progress Software is one such company.
Its OpenEdge platform is now fully enabled f (...)
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TEC principal analyst PJ Jakovljevic profiles Progress Software Corporation. According to TEC principal analyst PJ Jakovljevic,
some solid, gro...
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2011-10-20
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TEC Principal Analyst P.J. Jakovljevic is encouraged by the growing awareness and adoption of pricing technologies among B2B
enterprises. Conventional wisdom would suggest that pricing, as a key component of a business’s financial performance, is
a critically important discipline within any enterprise, (...)
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TEC Principal Analyst PJ Jakovljevic is encouraged by the growing awareness and adoption of pricing technologies among B2B
enterprises. Conventio...
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2011-10-13
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ABAS Business Software has built a name for itself as a mid-market enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendor to contend with.
In his latest article, TEC principal analyst P.J. Jakovljevic reviews the company’s major ERP offering, describes how the
mid-market ERP vendor the differentiated itself from th (...)
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ABAS Business Software has built a name for itself as a mid-market enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendor to contend with.
In his latest articl...
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2011-12-07
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With 2011 just about under wraps, we asked our experts to weigh in on this year’s trends and enterprise software news-makers.
Read this article to get their takes on 2011's biggest stories in the enterprise software industry, the year's hottest trends,
and more. Log in to read now. (...)
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With 2011 just about under wraps, we asked our experts to weigh in on this year’s trends and enterprise software
news-makers. Read this article to...
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2011-12-20
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The statistics for completing packaged software implementation projects are grim. This article examines how the software
evaluation, selection, and procurement process is key to successful software implementations. (...)
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The statistics for completing packaged software implementation projects are grim. This article
examines how the software evaluation, selection, a... ...
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2003-02-11
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We got many letters for more ideas and details, so we are doing a more in-depth series for supply chain software leaders.
In this article we will discuss the issue of completing the whole transaction—the complete solution—which is key to continued
revenue growth. (...)
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We got many letters for more ideas and details, so we are doing a more in-depth series for supply chain software
leaders. In this article we will ...
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2004-03-18
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This tutorial points out the significance of buyers researching PLM technology vendors before determining the short list
and vendors researching the viability of the opportunity before committing time and money to a sales effort. Since a 'one-size-fits-all'
product is still not quite a viable possibilit (...)
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This tutorial points out the significance of buyers researching PLM technology vendors before determining the short list and
vendors researching t...
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2003-05-27
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After dealing with the over-hype of Y2K, companies have started to reconsider the best of breed as a viable solution to satisfy
their software needs. This comes as a shock to the corporate systems culture when user communities were told that fully integrated
software such as ERP, SCM, and EAM were the on (...)
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After dealing with the over-hype of Y2K, companies have started to reconsider the best of breed as a viable solution to satisfy
their software nee...
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2003-08-08
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Recently, the traditional method of selecting software based on functions and features has come under scrutiny. Some even
suggest that this method is unduly drawn out and fails to focus on the critical processes of business. As you might expect,
vendors would rather sell you out-of-the-box business proce (...)
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... Finally, this article will draw on some of the information contained in the article,
Evaluating Enterprise Software—Business Process Or Feature/Function ...
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2005-05-14
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There are two prevailing approaches for selecting enterprise-wide software: the functions and features approach and the business
processes approach. Yet a third alternative does exist—one that takes the best aspects of these two to provide the assurances
needed by the buyer and the efficiency desired b (...)
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... Finally, this article will draw on some of the information contained in the article
Evaluating Enterprise Software—Business Process– or Feature/Function ...
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2008-01-21
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This article explores how the proof of concept (POC) fits into the software selection process, when a POC should be undertaken,
structural variables, and the advantages and disadvantages of the POC from the client and value-added reseller point of view. (...)
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This article explores how the proof of concept (POC) fits into the software selection process,
when a POC should be undertaken, structural variabl...
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2004-07-12
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In PLM, there is no single vendor that can meet all of the requirements, and the market is still immature, so almost every
product can be the right solution provided a certain set of requirements. In this part of the article we review 3 vendors
who offer products to the PLM market - IDe, Thetis, and PDM (...)
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In PLM, there is no single vendor that can meet all of the requirements, and the market is still immature, so almost every
product can be the righ...
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2003-05-26
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Having just completed implementing your enterprise-wide software, you are about lean back, put your feet up on the desk,
and enjoy the fruits of your labor. Not so fast! While you were completing your implementation project, a new release of the
software may have already hit the street or, for sure, ther (...)
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Having just completed implementing your enterprise-wide software, you are about lean back, put your feet up on the desk, and
enjoy the fruits of y...
Published:
2004-08-16
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This article discusses the risks and opportunities related to outsourcing software development to China. It concludes that
China, as an outsourcing destination, has different risk exposures in comparison with India. However, going to China may also
bring opportunities considering the pressure of further (...)
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This article discusses the risks and opportunities related to outsourcing software development
to China. It concludes that China, as an outsourcin... ...
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2008-11-17
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Thanks, in part, to the fallout from the financial scandals of Enron, WorldCom, Tyco and others, the corporate spotlight
is being refocused on the audit function. However, by waiting until systems are live and in production before applying an
audit regimen, you may miss an excellent opportunity to establ (...)
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Thanks, in part, to the fallout from the financial scandals of Enron, WorldCom, Tyco and others, the corporate spotlight is
being refocused on the...
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2003-10-20
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Failed projects do not bode well for the vendor. It can cause their sales cycle costs only to rise even more and their reputation
to suffer or, at least, become suspect. Surely, the consequences can be much more severe for the client where an incorrect
software selection can lead to business losses. Acco (...)
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... The third alternative for selecting software, as discussed in this article,
attempts to provide assurances needed by the buyer and the efficiency desired by ...
Published:
2005-05-16
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The food and beverage industries have very special needs, many of which are externally regulated. Read on to discover some
of the unique challenges and software requirements for these industries. (...)
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The food and beverage industries have very special needs, many of which are externally regulated. Read on to discover some
of the unique challenge...
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2009-11-27
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This article defines process manufacturing; discusses its formulation, packaging, and pricing issues; talks about interfaces;
and provides cautions and caveats. (...)
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This article defines process manufacturing; discusses its formulation, packaging, and pricing issues; talks about interfaces;
and provides caution...
Published:
2005-09-03
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Cincom joins a slew of vendors that are aiming at providing a business process improving middleware layer, which will route
requests and interventions across the loosely integrated applications, mitigating the need for complex point-to-point integration.
Cincom Environ, an 'event-enabled environment' is (...)
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Cincom joins a slew of vendors that are aiming at providing a business process improving middleware layer, which will route
requests and intervent...
Published:
2003-04-22
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Pursuing an alternative strategy for software evaluation and selection, based on the capital investment paradigm and the
principles outlined in this article, is an effective method to mitigate implementation risk. (...)
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... implementation of any mission-critical software application is fraught with risk. As
the Standish Group statistics at the beginning of the article note, over 30 ...
Published:
2003-02-12