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RSS erp solutionAriba strikes deal to attract suppliers
News Ironside said that it will be able to take advantage of the ERP and procurement technologies customers already have in place, to provide a complete sell-side solution to its customers. Struggling B2B company Ariba has secured a deal with supply... [21 Aug 2001]
JD Edwards ditches Siebel for something smaller
News Salomon denied that the decision is based on technological factors, though he conceded that YOUcentric's java-based thin client architecture is better suited with JD Edward's existing OneWorld ERP solution than the Siebel's client server technology. [15 Aug 2001]
Accenture scoops up Shell's old IT
News Kalido started out as an internal IT division of Shell, producing a technology that integrated the thousands of different ERP and CRM systems used by the petrol giant. Under the terms of the deal, Accenture will incorporate Kalido's knowledge... [24 Jul 2001]
Novell's final order at the last chance saloon
News Cambridge Technology's European operations used to be hot stock but it missed the wave of ERP implementation packages and they were never top of the tree with web-based development projects. It is very hard to make a complete change of business... [13 Jul 2001]
Oracle CEO touts rough and ready ware
Comment Anyway, some of this talk smacks of our old friend ERP. And didn't ERP go out of fashion when it proved more complex to implement than anyone imagined? But he was very keen to point to real-life examples which show how good this all-in-one... [14 Feb 2001]
Vertical direct procurement e-marketplaces: The next challenge
Comment There are vendors in the mid-tier such as Clarus, which turned around its operation from an ERP vendor to become a B2B player, Intelisys, now re-branded as Metiom, home grown UK champion Infobank and iPlanet. [29 Nov 2000]
ERP: Yesterday's news
Comment ERP is no longer fashionable. To be an ERP vendor is like admitting you still eat prawn cocktails and are partial to the odd glass of Asti. Add to this the pressure of finding space in a saturated top-level ERP market, and many vendors are looking... [06 Oct 2000]
Behind the Headlines: ASPs could banish software stiffing
News Other top stories up for discussion include the emergence of competition from China as trade barriers come down, and Invensys' $709m buyout of ERP vendor Baan. The only real solution is to make suppliers to wise up to the fact that they have to... [02 Jun 2000]
Oracle adds CRM features to its ebusiness solution
News Ron Wohl, executive vice president of Oracle Applications, claims the ERP era is now dead, adding that users are beginning to install ebusiness applications directly. Oracle has unveiled the latest additions to its ebusiness software suite 11i today. [25 May 2000]
adabra.com strengthens its back office set-up
News UK ecommerce site adabra.com has selected ERP vendor JD Edwards and consultancy Arthur Andersen to strengthen its back office infrastructure. With JD Edwards software we have a fully integrated e-fulfilment solution, across all European countries... [05 May 2000]
The Bloor Perspective: Net Wars, planning nightmares and half-baked ideas?
Comment IntelliCorp is tackling a problem that is endemic amongst ERP users in that systems are not revisited often enough after go live. Do you really know what your ERP system does? Following a year long implementation, requirement and specification... [12 Mar 2000]
HostLogic signs SAP hosting deal
News Under the deal, HostLogic is permitted to configure and distribute SAP's software solution templates - designed to give SMEs access to customisable enterprise-level ERP solutions. Florida-based ASP HostLogic is opening a UK office and will become... [24 Feb 2000]
The Bloor Perspective: Oracle's 11i under scrutiny, FI's future with Druid, and IT in the mega-merger
Comment Millipore Corp, a $700m manufacturing company in the US, is one of the first customers to adopt Oracle's centralised global ERP roadmap. Druid has developed an extremely strong business implementing ERP solutions like Baan, Oracle and SAP, which it... [23 Jan 2000]
The Bloor Perspective: Compaq's direct intentions, SAP's turnaround and the lack of apps for Windows 2000
Comment It's more likely that the mySAP.com vision has repositioned SAP's traditional ERP solution in the customer's mind from a "necessary evil" to an important pre-requisite for building a successful ebusiness - a view that, if proliferated across the... [16 Jan 2000]
Ross Systems offers ERP solution to French pharms company
News ERP vendor, Ross Systems, has announced a contract with a French pharmaceuticals company to provide an ERP and supply chain management system. The company, Arkopharma Laboratoires Pharmaceutiques, manufactures non-prescription drugs. [03 Dec 1999]
