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inspirepac Implements Radius Solutions' PECAS Vision ERP as Standard System to Support Business Objectives

whitepaper Formed in February 2007 from a merger of four well established specialty packaging organizations, inspirepac is an independent group based at Chesterfield, Wetherby and Runcorn.inspirepac needed to move to a standard application that could be...

Tags: erp, facilities, selecting, industry specific

[17 May 2008]

Building Supply-Chain Business Agility From Within: The HP/Compaq Merger

whitepaper HP's Information Technology organization (HP-IT), chartered with providing IT-related services and business functionality throughout the enterprise, was given the mandate to consolidate IT operations for the two industry powerhouses.

Tags: business management, multi, store, custom

[16 May 2008]

Prepare to Sell a Business

whitepaper Small companies that are confronted with the possibility of a merger or acquisition may not have the luxury of an investment banker at their disposal. As a result, a small company's controller may need to wear many hats during this complicated...

Tags: business management

[13 May 2008]

EC: Oracle-BEA gets the go-ahead

News The Commission said in a statement: "The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of the US company BEA Systems, an independent provider of middleware software, by Oracle, also of the US.

Tags: bea, oracle

[01 May 2008]

Google: Yahoo! tie-up not anti-competitive

News Collaboration that comes short of merger is much more apt to pass muster before antitrust authorities. because it would be "non-exclusive" and falls short of an outright merger, a person familiar with Google's thinking has said.

Tags: microsoft, google, yahoo

[29 Apr 2008]

Global security spend to hit $10.5bn

News The analyst added that merger and acquisition activities in the market could impede new purchases, because businesses are cautious about investing in products which may no longer be supported following a merger.

Tags: smes, security

[28 Apr 2008]

Ballmer on Yahoo!: Microsoft prepared to walk away

News Ballmer said: "We're prepared to move forward without a merger with Yahoo! Microsoft is prepared to walk away from its $43.6bn bid for Yahoo! if the two sides can't agree on a price, chief executive Steve Ballmer said on Wednesday.

Tags: steve ballmer, microsoft, yahoo, google

[24 Apr 2008]

Pfizer Centralizes IT Management, Reduces Costs With New Messaging Environment

whitepaper That merger provided the company with an opportunity to upgrade the messaging and network environments of all three companies, consolidating them into one centralized, standardized global system. Pfizer, the world's largest research-based...

Tags: upgrade, migration, migrate, microsoft exchange

[11 Apr 2008]

Internet big boys engage in war over Yahoo!

News Google, unaccustomed to being placed on the back foot by its rivals, is considered a secondary player unlikely to enter the merger bidding, as its growing dominance in web search and search-based advertising could be blocked by competition...

Tags: news corp, google, yahoo

[10 Apr 2008]

Active Directory Deployment at Boise Cascade: Integration in a Multi-Platform Environment

whitepaper Idaho’s Boise Cascade began in 1957 as the result of a merger between two regional northwestern lumber companies. Today, with over $7 billion in sales and a geographically disbursed workforce of 24,000 people, the company has grown to become one of...

Tags: directory services, north america, cascade, north

[10 Apr 2008]

Microsoft deals Yahoo! an ultimatum

News giving the internet search pioneer three weeks to enter formal merger negotiations and conclude a deal. Since its initial offer, executives from both companies met four weeks ago for the first time to discuss the merger and once again last week...

Tags: microsoft, yahoo

[07 Apr 2008]

Exchange 2003 SMTP Namespace Sharing

whitepaper SMTP Namespace Sharing may be necessary when a merger occurs or if one only want to share the SMTP Namespace with a foreign system. This paper shows how to share Exchange Server 2003 SMTP Namespace with another Messaging System.

Tags: application servers

[03 Apr 2008]

Reuters CIO joins Royal Bank of Scotland

News His earlier career includes stints at Glaxo Wellcome - before the pharmaceutical giant's merger with SmithKline Beecham - Guinness and a spell in management consultancy at Coopers and Lybrand. Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has hired Reuters CIO...

Tags: royal bank of scotland, reuters, david lister

[01 Apr 2008]

EC examines Nokia bid for Navteq

News The EC said in a statement: "The Commission's initial market investigation has indicated that the proposed merger raises serious doubts with regards to.competition concerns. The European Commission has said it has opened an in-depth investigation...

Tags: eu, ec, navteq, nokia

[31 Mar 2008]

Microsoft SQL Server Migration Pays Big Dividends for SAP/ERP Customers

whitepaper As companies approach an inflection point in their ERP system lifecycle - whether it is the need for a hardware refresh, significant capacity increase, or merger-driven database consolidation - they often re-evaluate their hardware and database...

Tags: application servers

[28 Mar 2008]

Integrating Oracle XML Publisher With Oracle JDeveloper 10g

whitepaper In this paper, one learns how to use the FO Processor Engine, the XSL-FO Utility, and the PDF Document Merger. Oracle XML Publisher, Oracle's XSL-FO-based reporting tool, is available as a GUI as well as a set of core API components.

Tags: xml

[19 Mar 2008]

Microsoft and Yahoo! in 'informal' merger talks

News are holding informal merger discussions, marking a shift from the "radio silence" that previously existed between the two companies, according to a source familiar with the talks. Microsoft and Yahoo!

Tags: microsoft, yahoo!, aol, ceo

[14 Mar 2008]

Information Technology's M&A Problem: A Briefing on IT Integration During Mergers & Acquisitions

whitepaper Merger, takeover, acquisition; call it whatever one wants to but CIOs from all walks of life will likely agree, while Merger & Acquisition (M&A) activities can be exciting undertakings, they are typically rife with tension and ambiguity.

Tags: infrastructure management

[11 Mar 2008]

Groupama Insurances (UK): A Single Version of the Truth

whitepaper Groupama Insurances in the UK was created during 1999, following the merger of Gan Insurance and Lombard General Insurance. Gan Insurance (now renamed Groupama Insurance Company Limited) chose SAS software for a companywide data warehouse - a...

Tags: database management, insurance, query, records

[08 Mar 2008]

Wachovia Deploys Enterprise Intranet, Microsoft Services Vital to Quick Launch

whitepaper Going into the First Union-Wachovia merger, each organization's intranet had strengths and weaknesses. However, neither legacy intranet could adequately fulfill the requirement for a single, consistent, easy-to-maintain intranet.

Tags: application servers

[05 Mar 2008]

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