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This Evaluation Centre provides information on ERP software:
1. Click on Strategy for an up-to-date overview of the ERP software market plus briefings from industry experts.
2. Click on Supplier Evaluation for ERP software Evaluation Reports which have been independently audited and checked for accuracy.
3. Click on Implementation for information about the remainder of the software lifecycle including articles by top consultancy firms.
4. Click on Service Centre if you need any other support or information on ERP software. The Evaluation Centre is here to help. |
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Arbor Networks has published an extensive study into...
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It is not often that you get a second chance in IT: a failed technology is about as enticing as fish that has passed its sell-by date.
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| Citrix users will have to pay 10% more for their Citrix Xenserver virtualisation software, Metaframe Windows thin client software and NetScaler network acceleration tools from September.
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Asecurity patch issued by Microsoft yesterday could cause enterprise software...
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Microsoft has updated its .net...
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The government of California is reportedly having trouble pushing through spending cuts because of a lack of skilled Cobol...
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| New details have emerged on Microsoft's project to create an operating system aimed at taking over when it retires Windows. Called Midori, it is an...
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Top Business Issues |
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ERP leads fight against information overload
Evaluation Centre's overview of the ERP software market...For the past two decades, businesses have sought to gain control over their plethora of information systems and integrate them in order to provide a single consistent view of business operations, processes and information. During this time, enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems emerged as the panacea to define how an organisation could integrate all of its data and processes into one unified system.
Originally a manufacturing term, ERP quickly became established as the acronym for enterprise-wide software systems designed to consistently manage an organisation’s data. Since then there have been many ups and downs and a few heartaches but it is fair to say that if we look at the objectives of ERP, they still hold true.
Organisations still want their data and processes to operate in an integrated way; they still want consistency within those processes; and most importantly they want value from those systems, both in terms of reduced cost of operation and in terms of better information on which businesses can make informed decisions.
Having gone through a few iterations, ERP and enterprise solutions are now moving away from their rigid structure and developing a more flexible architectural approach based on service oriented architecture (SOA). This has been necessary, and long overdue, as organisations require increasing flexibility and responsiveness from their IT solutions. view in full >> |
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Inside Infor
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| Dan Roberts of Cambashi identifies what makes Infor stand out from the crowd and why other vendors could learn a lot from its approach to the ERP market.
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BPM revolution
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| Businesses need to do more with less, resulting in demand for a new level of process agility. Enter business process management, which has emerged as one of the top three enterprise technology themes for 2008, reports William Edmond of Sapient.
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ERP: do you speak geek?
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| Communication and collaboration are key to the success of ERP and other enterprise-level software projects, believes Ian Robinson of ThoughtWorks.
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