ERP in comment and analysis
The Weekly Round-Up: 06.11.09
Round-Up How about an ERP implementation? Question: What do Britain's hairdressers and IT technicians have in common? Answer: A shared love of getting a bit on the side. No, not that kind of 'bit on the side'. [06 Nov 2009]
Larry Ellison
AS Profile Ellison's influence also extends beyond Oracle, being as he is the majority shareholder of CRM and ERP software-as-a-service provider, NetSuite. As CEO of Oracle, Ellison hasn't made it onto the Agenda Setters list as... [29 Sep 2009]
Beyond CRM: How to improve customer interactions
Comment CCM can be either a suite of products or a unified platform, and capabilities typically include data integration for the access to customer information from systems such as ERP, CRM or content management systems to... [25 Sep 2009]
Give workers a say in corporate IT
Comment As an example, you might define the execution of ERP and CRM-related transactions as core, but provide some freedom on how those transactions are invoked. Just learn to manage it appropriately. There can be little doubt... [09 Sep 2009]
Why it's still tough to find a good CIO
Comment Failure is expected within the IT function: software projects get under specified and are too expensive; ERP implementations get delivered late; infrastructure is not maintained and falls over and vendors win contracts... [06 Aug 2009]
Do small businesses need BI?
Comment Boris Evelson, a principal analyst at Forrester research, says that for many smaller organisations, these reporting tools can often be built directly into the line of business software that they are already using, such as an... [07 Jul 2009]
Myron Hrycyk
CIO Profile At Severn Trent, he is executive sponsor of the company's SAP/ERP business transformation programme, and on the steering group of the company's accommodation programme that includes the building of a new head office and... [03 Jun 2009]
Jane Scott
CIO Profile During her career she has a proven track record in delivering projects, including ERP implementations, and high service levels for operational systems. Since joining 3663 Jane Scott has transformed the technology that... [01 Jun 2009]
Bangalore bashing: Recession gets nasty
Comment Until a few months ago, Nandini Baskar was a telephone sales agent with a US-based ERP software maker. The latest symptom of the worldwide recession? The West becoming hostile towards Indian outsourcing hubs such as... [28 May 2009]
'IT is the central nervous system of the company'
Comment The ERP re-platform effort continues to be our core applications effort. So we reduced headcount by a substantial amount, we reduced capital spending, we launched a long-term datacentre efficiency programme, we launched... [26 May 2009]
Editor's Blog: Crisis of confidence for CIOs
Comment Perhaps it's because CIOs can become identified with a particular project, such as putting in a big ERP system, and are seen as implementers rather than thinkers. Bad news - the reputation of the CIO is in pretty poor... [02 Dec 2008]
Is Salesforce.com sitting pretty for cloud wars?
Comment At Dreamforce Marc Benioff was quick to point out the shortcomings of his competitors, criticising Microsoft for only making its Azure cloud OS compatible with its own technology and SAP for delays to its Business ByDesign SaaS... [12 Nov 2008]
"A fraud ring or social networking - it's the same thing"
Comment I think those companies have spent a lot of money on ERP type systems and they're not using the type of analytics [they should]. SAS is unique among tech heavyweights for its private ownership - the business intelligence... [03 Nov 2008]
The rise and rise of Infor
Comment Some of them are quite well known, like CRM specialist Epiphany, ERP company BAAN or financial software firm Systems Union. Through acquisitions, both companies have built up an array of software applications that cover... [06 Aug 2008]
Off the peg or tailor made?
Comment While at the other end would be those suppliers - such as traditional ERP vendors - offering contractually bespoke, complex, proprietary systems carefully aligned to the business and, of course, sold and supported with a... [16 Jun 2008]
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