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Business intelligence IT management/strategy ERP IT management Oracle Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:02:55 -0500 jmcguirk 85374 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/software/77971/problem-mature-erp-systems ERP systems tend to outlast the IT professionals who implement them, causing headaches for the CIOs who are subsequently brought it to integrate and upgrade them -- and manage the business side's changing expectations. http://www.itworld.com/software/77971/problem-mature-erp-systems#comments IT management/strategy Software Feature ERP Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:01:34 -0400 ITworld staff 77971 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/software/77124/why-erp-still-so-hard Steve Berg, VP of IT at Taser International, knows pain and suffering as it relates to ERP -- from vendor selection and licensing negotiations, to implementation and change management, followed by upgrades and integration. And as he and many other IT leaders have come to know, ERP-induced pain can last much, much longer than being Tasered. http://www.itworld.com/software/77124/why-erp-still-so-hard#comments IT management/strategy Software Feature ERP Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:53:44 -0400 ITworld staff 77124 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/open-source/70146/no-sql-anti-database-movement-gains-steam The meet-up in San Francisco last month had a whiff of revolution about it, like a latter-day techie version of the American Patriots planning the Boston Tea Party. http://www.itworld.com/open-source/70146/no-sql-anti-database-movement-gains-steam#comments Open Source Software Analysis ERP SQL Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:00:26 -0400 ITworld staff 70146 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/software/69782/microsoft-extends-dynamics-service-pack-support Microsoft Dynamics ERP and CRM users now have more flexibility in deploying the vendor's service pack updates, which are periodically released to address bug fixes and make feature improvements. http://www.itworld.com/software/69782/microsoft-extends-dynamics-service-pack-support#comments CRM Software News ERP Microsoft Dynamics Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:46:07 -0400 ITworld staff 69782 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/crm/69781/bending-back-office-open-source-crm-and-erp Open source "alternatives" from SugarCRM, Openbravo, and Compiere have tapped the power of open source development to make customization easy, but the line between community and commercial is quickly crossed. http://www.itworld.com/crm/69781/bending-back-office-open-source-crm-and-erp#comments CRM Open Source SaaS Feature ERP Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:41:06 -0400 ITworld staff 69781 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/software/69580/sap-cto-innovation-and-cloud-computing As the CTO of SAP, Vishal Sikka's job is to figure out what SAP's future applications will look, feel and act like for its customers. He does that by experimenting with untested, emerging technologies; innovating with his team and co-innovating with customers and partners; and developing new ways to think about enterprise architecture and governance mechanisms. http://www.itworld.com/software/69580/sap-cto-innovation-and-cloud-computing#comments SaaS Software Interview cloud computing ERP SAP Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:47:17 -0400 ITworld staff 69580 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/small-business/69388/netbooks-pushes-revamped-small-business-app-suite Startup NetBooks is making a second run at the nation's millions of small-business users with a new company name and revamped on-demand suite. http://www.itworld.com/small-business/69388/netbooks-pushes-revamped-small-business-app-suite#comments SaaS Small business Software News document management ERP Netbooks Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:18:01 -0400 ITworld staff 69388 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/software/69371/infor-rolls-out-interest-free-financing-erp Infor on Tuesday announced a new financing program that will allow users to make interest-free monthly payments on new purchases. http://www.itworld.com/software/69371/infor-rolls-out-interest-free-financing-erp#comments Software News ERP Infor Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:57:08 -0400 ITworld staff 69371 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/saas/69294/5-facts-about-erp-you-may-not-know ERP may be linked with complexity, high cost and 18-month rollouts, but enterprises today have many alternatives to behemoths SAP and Oracle. On-demand and software-as-a-service (SaaS) vendors offer robust ERP product sets, and open-source apps can be bought via Amazon.com's EC2 platform. http://www.itworld.com/saas/69294/5-facts-about-erp-you-may-not-know#comments Open Source SaaS Feature cloud computing ERP Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:00:58 -0400 ITworld staff 69294 at http://www.itworld.com