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Do You Know Where Your Wheelchair Is? (3 Pages)
by A. Turner
Jun 16, 2000 Abstract : Transportation companies have installed GPS locating devices on trucks to monitor location and delivery information. Now a similar technology is helping hospitals locate equipment within their walls. GE Medical Systems has formed a strategic alliance with PinPoint Corporation to offer asset tracking services to health care facilities.
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When the Bigger Fish Eats the Smaller to Become a Bigger Fish (3 Pages)
by Kevin Ramesan
Apr 13, 2003 Abstract : This time the merger and acquisition of Connect-Care by Firstwave appears to be a search for vertical market access. Connect-Care provides a direct reach to 87 software vendors that may represent both vertical expertise and a network of resellers. The stakes are high. Will the Firstwave technical lead and the Connect-Care vertical expertise bring a best-of- breed CRM application that the market needs?
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Lawson Software-IPO and Several Acquisitions After (3 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic & Lou Talarico
Nov 6, 2003 Abstract : Lawson Software, almost two years since a successful IPO amid adverse conditions at the time, has had its share of difficulties while rounding up its vertical offerings via a slew of focused appetizing acquisitions. While the last two quarters have seen license revenue revive and profits, certain ongoing challenges will have to be overcome so that Lawson can see again its best days of a few years ago.
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Lawson Software-IPO and Several Acquisitions After Part Three: Market Impact (6 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic & Lou Talarico
Nov 8, 2003 Abstract : In several aspects, Lawson Software could be regarded as an enterprise applications market anomaly. For one, at its peak in fiscal 2002, the company boasted annual revenues of nearly $430 million, but it still has only a slender (less than 10 percent of revenues) presence outside of its US domestic market. Further, it remains a major force in enterprise applications software, yet it does not cater the functionality to manufacturing sectors, and the vastness of its sales are thus derived from just a few service-oriented vertical markets-primarily health care and retail.
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Business Engine: Driving Project Portfolio Management for IT Departments in the Enterprise Market (4 Pages)
by Neil Stolovitsky
Mar 24, 2006 Abstract : Business Engine provides best-of-breed PPM functionality for internal IT departments, focusing on financial governance. For organizations seeking flexible workflow and IT governance capabilities, BEN delivers functionality in the financial services, health care, government, manufacturing, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals and retail vertical markets.
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Fourth Shift Corporation: Working Overtime To Provide Complete Customer Care (7 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Oct 2, 2000 Abstract : Fourth Shift claims to have grasped the requirements of its target market (SMEs) that wish to acquire most of their business applications from a single source, even if they have to sacrifice some functionality. To that end, the company launched its Complete Care program. Complete Care is possibly the most comprehensive approach for small and midsize manufacturers to obtain needed business enterprise applications, backed by professional services and a long-term commitment to the customer's success. However, Fourth Shiftメs future is not without significant challenges.
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The Evolution of Enterprise Resource Planning Includes Service Industries (2 Pages)
by Neil Stolovitsky
Apr 9, 2007 Abstract : Enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendors have extended their functionality to service vertical markets in the service industry. As a result, ERP for services has emerged as a viable software category competing with the best-of-breed vendors serving professional services sector industries.
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The Evolution of Enterprise Resource Planning Includes Service Industries (3 Pages)
by Neil Stolovitsky
Dec 6, 2006 Abstract : Enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendors have extended their functionality to service vertical markets in the service industry. As a result, ERP for services has emerged as a viable software category competing with the best-of-breed vendors serving professional services sector industries.
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Enterprise Resource Planning for Services, and Professional Services Automation: Where Do You Draw the Line? (4 Pages)
by Neil Stolovitsky
Apr 13, 2006 Abstract : Since the late nineties, enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendors have developed functionality for vertical markets in the service industry. Simultaneously, professional services automation (PSA) became a viable software category. Consequently, deciphering the difference between ERP and PSA remains a challenge.
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