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2011: The Year of SaaS ERP?
Will 2011 finally be the year of enterprise resource planning (ERP) in the cloud? While adoption of other forms of SaaS-based enterprise applications—CRM, HCM, expense management—has continued to...
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Under the theme of “Delivering on the Vision,” ERP supplier SAP last week held its 7th annual Influencer Summit, a gathering of market researchers, analysts, and press who came to Santa Clara, CA, for...
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Enterprise Integration Includes PLM, MES
Ask a manufacturing executive about his or her enterprise integration strategy and you’ll likely hear about the IT department’s focus on synchronizing ERP, CRM, and the supply chain. But, more and...
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MESA’s New Operations Management Competency Program
There is a gap in operations management that has less to do with the technology than with the methodology and roadmap of an MES implementation. To fill that gap, MESA has just launched the Global...
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Cloud Computing and the ERP Customer
Existing ERP customers may be hesitant to move their software to the cloud not because of the oft-heard worries about security or control, but because it seems like paying twice for the same software....
View ArticleA Chat With SAP’s Bill McDermott
SAP co-CEO Bill McDermott talks about the ERP maker’s broadening product horizons, its belief in innovation, and what it’s like to be CEO of one of the software industry’s biggest companies. After...
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A New Strategy for Managing IT
Most companies subscribe to the mindset that forecasting the IT portfolio is impossible, given M&A activity and unknown future business needs. But there’s an app for that, and it factors in...
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Protecting Customer Data in the Cloud
Even the experts can’t seem to get cyber-security right. Wouldn’t you like to get out of the business of guarding your customers’ data? During a closed-door cyber-security meeting last month, I...
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Looking for Enterprise Apps? Try Your Automation Supplier
As manufacturers request more ways to increase operational visibility and productivity, automation providers are moving beyond their controller roots to become enterprise integration experts and savvy...
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SAP, Oracle Give Cloud Computing Business Cred
A new form of computing, already gaining popularity among the masses, now has business credibility with SAP’s $3.4 billion takeover of SuccessFactors. Cloud computing just got interesting. Pundits...
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