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New Era of Networks Gets Blinded By the NEON ( Pages)
by M. Reed
Jul 9, 2001 Abstract : A recent ruling by a judge in the 268th Judicial District Court in Texas has upheld a jury verdict that awarded NEON Systems $39 million in damages against New Era of Networks, which, the jury found, had a nasty habit of abbreviating 'New Era of Networks' as, guess what, Neon. If upheld on appeal, this ruling will cause the new e-business division of Sybase a lot of administrative grief and expense (not to mention the money from the jury award).
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A New Era Dawns for Sybase ( Pages)
by M. Reed
Mar 8, 2001 Abstract : Sybase, Inc. has announced an agreement to acquire New Era of Networks (also known as NEON). After completion, Sybase will create a new e-Business division integrating NEON and other parts of its product suite. Within the last month, Sybase has announced record earnings and completed a three-year re-engineering effort to transform themselves from a database vendor to an e-Business infrastructure provider.
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Microsoft Business Network (MBN)--Coming of Age? Part Two: Market Impact ( Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Sep 2, 2004 Abstract : Microsoft Business Network (MBN) has the potential to deliver the never really (or hardly ever) realized benefits of early dot-com era Internet trading exchanges or networks that could reasonably and effectively link customers to their trading partners.
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Intentia Has Been Bleeding For Its Platform Independence ( Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Sep 15, 2000 Abstract : Over the past few years, Intentia International AB, a Swedish provider of business applications, has been on the quest to meet the anticipated demands its customers would have during the new e-economy era. It has been successful in its endeavors, however, with the price of posting six consecutive quarterly losses.
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ERP Belle Époque Officially Ended With the Demise of Baan and SSA ( Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Sep 13, 2000 Abstract : Once high-flying ERP vendors, Baan and SSA, have officially ceased to exist as independent companies on the same day in the first week of August thereby marking the end of the golden era of traditional ERP.
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Geac Gets Its Commonsense Share Of Consolidation, With Revolving Door CEOs No Less Part Three: Challenges and User Recommendations ( Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Aug 14, 2003 Abstract : The rejuvenated management team has done a praiseworthy job of bringing the company back to health while concurrently unveiling a new System21 product that can compete with the other products in the market. Deep vertical functionality, process integration, and the communication of a detailed product strategy blueprint to the market should help users manage total cost of ownership (TCO) during this era of conservative IT budgets.
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How to Cope When Your Service Provider is Acquired ( Pages)
by Olin Thompson and PJ Jakovljevic
Jun 2, 2005 Abstract : Challenges are aplenty when a vendor is acquired. Financial health is no longer a safe indicator to gauge a vendor's future during this mega merger era. Knowing the challenges facing big vendors, like Oracle and PeopleSoft, and their competitors can give users a negotiating edge, whether in or entering a contract.
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The Next Big Thing or Integration-The Interaction Server Part 1: Background and Evolving Problem ( Pages)
by Greg Rollins
May 21, 2002 Abstract : Software Technology evolves in phases. The fundamental assumptions of the current era change dramatically, rendering existing solutions inadequate. This creates an
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Siebel Rallies Its Integration Alliance Troops Part 2: Market Impact ( Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
May 13, 2002 Abstract : The era of Siebel's uncontested supremacy in the CRM market seems to be nearing the end. However, Siebel's idea of its Universal Application Network seems innovative and should help the needs of the higher-end of the market, whose paramount concern have been the enormous costs of integration and the general lack of responsiveness by enterprise application vendors to address this issue.
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