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ERP Evaluation Center

Nov 23, 2009
Today's usage of Decision Support Systems (DSS), combined with vetted ERP knowledge bases, allows organizations to save time and money, achieving better and more reliable/fully-documented decisions, a quantum improvement over the widely-used subjective process of selecting complex enterprise software...
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SAP, PeopleSoft Earnings Look Brighter; ERP Strikes Back ( Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Jan 26, 2000 Abstract : On January 7, taking many by surprise, enterprise software giant SAP pre-announced fourth quarter earnings, saying pre-tax earnings had doubled the final quarter of 1999 after a third-quarter profit warning. License revenue skyrocketed 40% to 800M EUR ($822.7M U.S.) in the fourth quarter and sales rose 25%, well above Wall Street estimates.
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Be to Be FreeB(i)e ( Pages)
by R. Krause
Jan 26, 2000 Abstract : Be Inc. will offer the newest version of its operating system for free later this quarter. Version 5 for the desktop will be available for download to pre-registered individuals.
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Enterprise Applications--The Genesis and Future, Revisited Part One: 1960s--Pre-Computer Era ( Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Mar 31, 2004 Abstract : Knowing the history and evolution of enterprise applications is essential to understanding their current use and future developments. Each step in the evolution of the software is built on the fundamentals and principles developed within the previous one, which holds true for the contemporary phase of the 2000s as well.
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Order Promising: Pre-Condition Your Enterprise for Operational Excellence ( Pages)
by Dave Strothmann
Nov 24, 2001 Abstract : Simple questions often have complex answers. Whether they are speaking with you on the phone or placing an order on a Web storefront, your customers expect immediate gratification. They want to know when their order will ship the moment it is placed. How do you respond?
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Fast-path Implementations - Are They Good or Bad? ( Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic & Olin Thompson
Jul 5, 2002 Abstract : Over the last few years the market has seen a plethora of fixed-scope and fixed-price applications, pre-packaged vertical solutions with industry templates, limited education and training, implementation tools, attractive support programs and hosting services with catchy names, all aimed at making it faster, simpler and cheaper for enterprises well under $500 million to use them. Is this approach good or bad for the user?
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What CRM Should Have Taught IT (although not getting the message is not entirely IT's fault) ( Pages)
by Dick Lee/Caribou Lake
May 1, 2003 Abstract : IT hasn't properly supported CRM because it hasn't understood either its importance or its requirements. The advent of CRM exacerbated a serious, pre-existing condition, rather than CRM creating the condition. Bottom line-gathering business requirements for technology support should no longer be IT's problem. It's up to business to gather and communicate business requirements for technology support. And business-siders don’t need to understand technology to accomplish this, either, because this is 2003, not 1993.
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SAP Weaves Microsoft .NET And IBM WebSphere Into Its ESA Tapestry ( Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Mar 5, 2003 Abstract : While SAP’s determination to become service-oriented architecture applications Lingua Franca evangelist should be of vital importance to its customers and for the general market direction, one should in the short-term expect tremors rather than tectonic moves and a speedy extinction of many pre-historic looking application species.
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The Web-Enabled Sales Process ( Pages)
by Emmett Holt
Mar 30, 2006 Abstract : Traditional enterprise-level sales strategies are no longer sufficient in bringing new customer accounts. Today's self-directed buyers delay sales contact and pre-qualify solutions via the Internet. Sales can leverage this medium by understanding the buy cycle to deliver value and begin an influential on-line relationship.
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Fast-path Implementations - Are They Good or Bad? ( Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic & Olin Thompson
Jul 20, 2001 Abstract : Over the last few years the market has seen a plethora of fixed-scope and fixed-price applications, pre-packaged vertical solutions with industry templates, limited education and training, implementation tools, attractive support programs and hosting services with catchy names, all aimed at making it faster, simpler and cheaper for enterprises well under $500 million to use them. Is this approach good or bad for the user?
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