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Openbravo to push open source ERP more aggressively in US

One open source project is giving thanks for reaching the one million download milestone and believes the worldwide financial crisis will only accelerate its growth. Openbravo, a purveyor of a popular open source ERP application and newly acquired open source POS solution for the small to medium-sized enterprises, predicts...

Tags: ERP, Openbravo, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Open Source, Enterprise Software, Software, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-12-01

SAP's Apotheker: 'Happy John Wookey joined us'; Business hasn't gotten worse

SAP co-CEO Leo Apotheker said Friday that John Wookey, a former Oracle executive, is "a great software man" who will help the enterprise software giant push its software as a service meets on-premise applications strategy. Separately, Apotheker noted that business hasn't gotten worse from the outlook the company gave on...

Tags: SAP AG, Leo Apotheker, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Mergers & Acquisitions, Banking, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Financial Accounting, Enterprise Software, Emerging Technologies, Investment, Finance, Financial Services, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-21

Airport Retailer Gains Real-Time Insight into Inventory with New Business Solution

InMotion Entertainment is the largest electronics airport retailer in the nation. With more than 50 stores located in 33 airports, InMotion delivers portable entertainment to the travelers market. For years, InMotion faced inventory control issues due to limited store space, and plans to merge with another airport retailer only added...

Tags: Retail Company, Microsoft Corp., InMotion Entertainment, Retail, Sales Strategy, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Strategy, Sales, Enterprise Software, Software, Management

Case studies 2008-11-07

Integrated ERP Solution Empowers Manufacturing Company

Zurn is a major manufacturer and distributor of commercial-grade plumbing products and accessories. Its 10 product lines are engineered by domestic and foreign vendors, manufactured across nine locations in the United States, and sold through 70 independent agents throughout the United States. Due to the acquisition of new businesses, Zurn...

Tags: ERP, Microsoft Corp., Manufacturing, Zurn, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies 2008-11-07

Network Solutions Leader Projects $1.5 Million Savings with Switch to New ERP

Founded in 1983, Network Equipment Technologies NET is a leader in providing network and voice exchange solutions for government and enterprise customers worldwide. To increase its operational efficiency, cut costs, and improve government reporting and compliance capabilities, NET needed to implement a new enterprise resource planning system. For nearly a...

Tags: Microsoft Dynamics, Network Solutions Inc., Compliance, Leader, Network Equipment Technologies Inc., ERP, Microsoft Corp., Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Government, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies 2008-11-07

NetSuite vs. SAP – really a question of back office economics

Show me the money NetSuite is announcing later this week a program that offers some SAP R/3 users or potential users a chance to use NetSuite's applications at a price point equal to 50% of the maintenance fees SAP would have charged them. ...

Tags: Revenue, NetSuite Inc., SAP R/3, SAP AG, Back-office, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Operational Accounting, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2008-11-03

SAP, Oracle, SaaS - The changing ERP market

The times they are a changing This InformationWeek article is a must read for any ERP buyer, seller or market watcher. SAP Global Operations CEO Bill McDermott confirms some details about SAP and the hosting for its Business ByDesign product line. He also has some choice words...

Tags: Software-as-a-service, Oracle Corp., SAP AG, ERP, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Software As A Service (SaaS), Enterprise Software, Software, Emerging Technologies, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2008-11-01

Overstock.com accepts blame for ERP problems

Online retailer, Overstock.com announced it will restate earnings, blaming "fallout" from problems with a 2005 Oracle ERP implementation. The company accepted full responsibility. by Michael Krigsman

Tags: ERP, Overstock.com Inc., Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Retail, Enterprise Software, Software, Michael Krigsman, Financial, Financial Accounting, Finance

Blog posts 2008-10-28

Forrester fuels the SAP maintenance price hike debate

The last few days I've been exchanging email with R 'Ray' Wang, VP and principal analyst at Forrester about the kerfuffle over SAP's unilateral decision to apply a price hike to its maintenance and support fees. Ray specializes in the enterprise market and has special experience of SAP going back...

Tags: Customer, SAP AG, Forrester Research Inc., Ray, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Investment, Business Structures, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-10-07

NSE & BSE Get Live Quotes Utility (exe)

NSE & BSE Get Live Quotes Utility can track any NSE & BSE Scripts in Real Time LIVE . It also shows 5 buying orders, quantity and price and also 5 selling orders, quantity and price. It also shows you the Pivot Point + Support 1 + Support 2...

Tags: ERP, Quantity, ERP Softwares, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Software, Software

Software downloads 2008-10-07

Agresso's answer to ERP addiction

Earlier today I took a briefing from Agresso. Up front I'll say that I have something of a soft spot for this company. Some years back I did some very early formative work on what is now their BLINC Businesses Living In Change schtik and was...

Tags: ERP Vendor, Oracle Corp., ERP, Agresso, Aggresso, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Software, Software, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-10-01

South Asian Petrochem Produces Management Reports in Minutes With New ERP Solution

Headquartered in Kolkata, India, South Asian Petrochem manufactures and markets PolyEthylene Terepthalate PET resins used in the packaging of mineral water, carbonated soft drinks, edible oil, and pharmaceuticals. The organization operates a 200,000-Ton Per Annum TPA export-oriented processing plant at Haldia in West Bengal, India, and recorded a 43% increase...

Tags: India, Information System, Oracle Corp., PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting, ERP, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Management

Case studies 2008-10-01

Automating Complete PO Document Packages for Procure-to-Pay Performance with ERP Systems

Intelligent automation technology offers businesses the ability to eliminate the inefficiencies of manual document management within the purchasing process, including automated bundling of purchasing document packages, validation workflow for approval of purchases, notification of delivery status, archiving for ready access to purchasing documents and outbound delivery in the formats and...

Tags: ERP System, Esker S.A., ERP, Esker DeliveryWare, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Document Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting

White papers 2008-09-18

NetSuite parts ways with largest reseller

Customers of NetSuite's largest reseller - more than a hundred in number - will have to deal direct with the vendor from the end of this month, when the two companies terminate their relationship. by Phil Wainewright

Tags: NetSuite Inc., Skyytek, Skyytech, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Software As A Service (SaaS), Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Software, Emerging Technologies, Marketing, Phil Wainewright

Blog posts 2008-09-16

Constellation New Zealand Stars With Enterprise Resource Planning Upgrade

Constellation New Zealand relied heavily on an antiquated Enterprise Resource Planning ERP package to manage key processes. However, a review prepared by the Australian and New Zealand information technology team concluded the existing platform was obsolete and needed replacement. As well as these functional problems, the organization faced rising maintenance...

Tags: Oracle Corp., New Zealand, ERP, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Balance Sheets, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Asset Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Financial Statements, Financial Accounting, Finance, Operational Planning, Business Operations

Case studies 2008-09-01

Capitalizing On the Sea of Change in Enterprise Resource Planning

On-Demand software aka Software as a Service or SaaS provides the type of visibility and fast response that enables a broad set of employees to gather data about processes at all business levels. If you're interested in ERP system upgrades that are eased in and taken care of by a...

Tags: ERP, Plexus, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Tools & Techniques, Enterprise Software, Emerging Technologies, Software, Management

Webcasts 2008-08-30

Jive Clearspace 2.5: increasingly sophisticated social productivity tools

Clearspace, Jive Software's 'social productivity' collaboration software, hits version 2.5 today. This latest release builds on a solid foundation, and has many new features and enhancements, as the above video illustrates. 2.5 marks some significant upgrades - there has been some major tweaks under the hood to...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Tool, Clearspace Team, Sales Force Management, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Collaboration, Groupware, Sales, Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-08-18

An iGeneration view of TLAs

Over on Enterprise Alley, I've been joined by Zack Whittaker. Zack's a computer science student so is ideal for providing a fresh pair of eyes on the world of enterprise application startups. I was interested to get his take on three letter acronyms - TLAs - something upon which the...

Tags: computer science, erp, enterprise application, zack, enterprise resource planning (erp), enterprise software, software, dennis howlett

Blog posts 2008-08-11

Finance Accounting Solutions Buyer's Guide

The step-by-step guide includes important decision-making considerations such as benefits and costs across some of the top Finance & Accounting solution providers for small to midsize companies.

Tags: Decision-making, ERP, Finance Accounting Solutions Buyer, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Financial Accounting, Tools & Techniques, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Management

White papers 2008-08-11

Finance Accounting Solutions Comparison Guide

Inside Business Finance's Finance/Accounting Solutions Comparison Guide lines up the key vendors in the market and compares the most important factors in purchasing Finance & Accounting solution software and services for small to midsize companies.

Tags: ERP, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Financial Accounting, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance

White papers 2008-08-11