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Software as a Service (SaaS) - SaaS Acronym Definition and Related White Papers ( Pages)
by TEC Staff
Jun 13, 2009 Abstract : Software as a Service (SaaS) is a model of software deployment whereby a provider licenses an application to customers for use as a service on demand. SaaS software vendors may host the application on their own web servers or download the application to the consumer device, disabling it after use or after the on-demand contract expires. The on-demand function may be handled internally to share licenses within a firm or by a third-party application service provider (ASP) sharing licenses between firms (source: Wikipedia).
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Microsoft Certified Fresh ( Pages)
by A. Turner
Aug 10, 2000 Abstract : On July 14, 2000, at the Fusion 2000 business symposium, Microsoft Corp. announced new tools and programs to support the growing application hosting market. Application service providers (ASPs) can take advantage of new technical resources, partnerships, licensing and certification programs.
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Dead Heat: Corporate Buyers Gain Analysis Tools in Leading e-Procurement Products ( Pages)
by D. Geller
Jul 20, 2000 Abstract : Commerce One has partnered with Sagent Technology to add analytic tools to its enterprise e-purchasing application. Also, Ariba has partnered with Informatica to add analytic tools to its enterprise e-purchasing application.
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EAI Vendor Active Software Activates Transactions ( Pages)
by M. Reed
Jun 1, 2000 Abstract : Active Software, Inc., a provider of enterprise application integration software products, today announced the ActiveWorks™ Application Transaction Coordinator (ATC) to ensure the transactional integrity of end-to end business processes across systems, both within and outside the corporate firewall.
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EAI - The 'Crazy Glue' of Business Applications ( Pages)
by J. Dowling
Sep 18, 2000 Abstract : When companies create or change trading relationships or when they swap out business application systems, information systems professionals are required to build application system interfaces and alter transaction processing models. Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) Tools have matured nicely and continue to evolve making the job not only more simple but actually offering a preferred alternative to code-data-level integration alternatives. Selection of EAI tools must be based on technical capabilities that support the entire life-cycle of usage.
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Computer Associates Splashes Into the Data Warehousing Market with Platinum Technology Acquisition ( Pages)
by M. Reed
Sep 1, 1999 Abstract : Computer Associates DecisionBase is an Extract/Transform/Load tool designed to help in the population and maintenance of data warehouses. First released in March of 1998, the product is geared towards large implementations with the need for metadata management. The current release is 1.9, which is the fourth release of the product.
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Business Intelligence (BI) - BI Acronym Definition and Related White Papers ( Pages)
by TEC Staff
Jun 13, 2009 Abstract : Business intelligence (BI) is a broad category of application programs and technologies that allow organizations to gather, consolidate, store, and analyze organizational data to help users make better business decisions.
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SynQuest, Ford Deliver a Novel Application for Inbound Logistics ( Pages)
by Steve McVey
May 8, 2000 Abstract : SynQuest’s joint development venture with Ford has produced a planning engine for inbound logistics that optimizes constraints along multiple dimensions –material, temporal, and spatial. Currently live at Ford, the application will soon be available to the market at large.
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Enterprise Application Integration - the Latest Trend in Getting Value from Data ( Pages)
by M. Reed
Feb 1, 2000 Abstract : Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) is one of the hot-button issues in IT for the Year 2000. Information Week Research's survey of 300 technology managers showed nearly 75% of respondents said EAI is a planned project for their IT departments in the coming year. According to a survey conducted by Bank Boston, the market for EAI is expected to be $50 Billion USD by 2001. However, successful EAI requires a careful combination of a middleware framework, distributed object technologies, and custom consulting.
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