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ERP Evaluation Center

Nov 23, 2009
Today's usage of Decision Support Systems (DSS), combined with vetted ERP knowledge bases, allows organizations to save time and money, achieving better and more reliable/fully-documented decisions, a quantum improvement over the widely-used subjective process of selecting complex enterprise software...
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Latest Developments for a Vendor-neutral Third Party Support and Maintenance Provider (2 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Apr 23, 2007 Abstract : Rimini Street is not trying to be a software vendor. Rather, the third party support and maintenance provider is a focused system implementation and consulting firm that sells its services under service contracts instead of mere break-fix arrangements.
Type: Article
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Support and Maintenance: No Longer the Software Industry's 'Best Kept Secret'? (4 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Mar 30, 2007 Abstract : Support and maintenance (S&M) contracts mean very different things to vendors and to users. With user enterprises' growing awareness of how these S&M agreements affect their bottom lines, vendors need to reassess their pricing and value proposition strategies.
Type: Article
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Important Sarbanes-Oxley Act Mandates and What They Mean for Supply Chain Management (5 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Feb 23, 2007 Abstract : Two sections of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) have major implications for supply chain management. Yet enterprises can meet the challenges created by SOX more easily by using software tools developed to simplify the processes for compliance with this law.
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What Are the Support and Maintenance Options? (3 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Apr 4, 2007 Abstract : Enterprise software licensees do have a choice when it comes to software support and maintenance (S&M) providers, with several, less expensive options existing for any company that is considering discontinuing S&M for an application product.
Type: Article
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Ross Systems Closes Ranks For A (Possible) Turnaround (3 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Mar 13, 2001 Abstract : Ross Systems, the struggling ERP vendor that many have all but written off, might be telling us with its recent moves that it has not said its last word as yet.
Type: Article
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Is There a Street Corner for a Vendor-neutral Third Party Support and Maintenance Provider? (3 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Apr 20, 2007 Abstract : Although Rimini Street's client base is still budding, the third party provider of support and maintenance has been quite bullish, owing to the accelerating demand for its service lines; healthy win ratios; and solid execution of its aggressive business plan.
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Enterprise Software Service and Maintenance Alternatives (4 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Dec 22, 2005 Abstract : Traditional license models may be wearing out their welcome for both vendors and customers. A competitive market and a more IT savvy business generation is prompting change, but what alternatives are out there for software service and maintenance?
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The Return of Supplier Relationship Management (3 Pages)
by Dylan Persaud
Jul 13, 2007 Abstract : Globalization, technology stabilization, inventory visibility, and traceability are forcing organizations to reevaluate supplier relationship management systems. The benefits of a customer relationship management system that can be applied to a supply chain can streamline operations and increase bottom line results.
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Alternative Software Support and Maintenance Options (4 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Apr 11, 2007 Abstract : Smart companies are investigating all possible software support and maintenance (S&M) options. Alternative software S&M is not for all businesses, but it seems a logical option for technologically conservative (and savvy) companies that do not need all the available upgrades.
Type: Article
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