June, 2010

How to document requirements

June 07, 2010

June 2010 from CAmagazine written by Michael Burns – “Before replacing any system, you need to document your requirements. Obvious, right? You just have to talk to the people working with the existing system and ask them for the requirements. But that would be a huge mistake, for a number of reasons.  If employees are [...]

Global CIO: Oracle's Phillips Says Standardizing On Oracle Is The IT Cure

June 07, 2010

April 23, 2010 from Information Week – “Phillips says the mix-and-match approach is killing IT organizations, and the only salvation is standardization (on Oracle, of course)…”
180 View – It’s a slippery slope to standardize on one vendor.

SAP Will Buy Sybase; Does It Mean a Shift in Strategy?

June 07, 2010

May 13, 2010 from Newsfactor – “In the largest technology industry acquisition of the year, SAP announced plans to buy Sybase for about $5.8 billion. SAP said the merged company will focus on serving “unwired enterprises.”
There are clear synergies between SAP and Sybase across both product lines and markets. SAP expects the merger to help [...]

SAPPHIRE NOW 2010 – The Quest For Innovation

June 07, 2010

May 24, 2010 from Forrester –  “…With 5,000 attendees in Frankfurt, 10,500 in Orlando and 35,000 online participants, this was the biggest SAPPHIRE event ever.…”
180 View – If you’re interested in what happened at SAP’s really big show, this link is a good way to glean the highlights without needing to watch online videos…

NetSuite Tries to Clear the Cloud of Myths

June 07, 2010

April 21, 2010 from destination CRM – “In the nine years since its founding, NetSuite, a provider of business management software suites hosted in the cloud, has witnessed firsthand — and benefitted from — the software industry’s affair with cloud computing. In the early 2000s, pundits squabbled over the technology’s promise, whether enterprises would choose [...]

 

Microsoft Dynamics GP Review

June 07, 2010

December 2007 from CPA Technology Advisor – “This review encompasses four of the top high-end accounting systems in the market place. Each system is aesthetically pleasing to work with, and each provides an intuitive user interface and a full set of modules to accomplish most any task or process…” Products reviewed are Microsoft Dynamics GP, [...]

 

Deltek Announces Its Intent To Acquire Maconomy

June 07, 2010

June 3, 2010 from Forrester – “Deltek’s announcement today of its intent to acquire Maconomy has the potential to vault the vendor’s position as a potential leader in the project-based solutions (PBS) space. For midmarket organizations that deliver projects as a crucial part of their revenue generation, this is a good move…”
180 View – Seems [...]

 

A Guide to Selecting the Right ERP Partner

June 07, 2010

2010 from Epicor – “…Organizations can typically choose from four principal types of ERP vendor partners who deliver solutions around the following models:

Partner ecosystems
Frameworks
Integrated best-of-breed
End-to-end embedded solutions…”

180 View – You can bet that Epicor falls into the type that has the least disadvantages.

 

Best-of-Breed or Integrated Suite? 10 Questions to Consider

June 07, 2010

May 6, 2010 from Software Advice – “…How truly integrated is the integrated suite vendor’s offering? If the ERP vendor acquired the system, it may not be “truly” integrated. It might just be a best-of-breed system with some basic integration. If they built it themselves, it could use a different code base and therefore not [...]

 

Magic Quadrant for CPM Suites

June 07, 2010

January 26, 2010 from Gartner via BOARD International – “…The market for corporate performance management (CPM) suites continues to grow rapidly. Previous years were marked by large-scale vendor consolidation and subsequent portfolio rationalization, while this year has seen a more stable market in which the vendors have focused on execution (particularly the large vendors selling [...]

 

Business Intelligence Product Directory 2010 Edition

June 07, 2010

2010 from SearchDataManagement – “…This directory is designed to be a valuable resources for this getting started with research or evaluating vendors in the business intelligence market. Inside, you’ll find basic information about the major vendors in the business intelligence market and the products they sell. Each listing is accompanies by a short description and [...]

 

Cloud computing

June 07, 2010

May 2010 from CAmagazine – “…One of the distinctive features of cloud computing is that data can be localized, shared and stored in several countries, depending on what the service provider decides. When a company opts for cloud computing, it relinquishes control over its information channels. Accordingly, the different laws in countries where the data [...]

 

Copy Machines, a Security Risk?

June 07, 2010

April 19, 2010 from CBS News – “At a warehouse in New Jersey, 6,000 used copy machines sit ready to be sold. CBS News chief investigative correspondent Armen Keteyian reports almost every one of them holds a secret.
Nearly every digital copier built since 2002 contains a hard drive – like the one on your personal [...]

The Ride to Conquer Cancer

June 07, 2010

In the Fall of 2008, I spent about a month at Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) fighting Multiple Myeloma. I now feel great in no small way thanks to PMH. I hope to make a small contribution to winning the war against cancer and supporting the great people at PMH.
The Ride to Conquer Cancer Benefitting the [...]