| 51. |
Microsoft Business Network (MBN)--Coming of Age? Part Two: Market Impact (4 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Sep 2, 2004 Abstract : Microsoft Business Network (MBN) has the potential to deliver the never really (or hardly ever) realized benefits of early dot-com era Internet trading exchanges or networks that could reasonably and effectively link customers to their trading partners.
Type: Article
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| 52. |
Microsoft to Add 'Encore' Functionality to MBS Great Plains 8.0 Part Three: Challenges and User Recommendations (3 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Jul 10, 2004 Abstract : MBS' current strategy of letting extension functionality proliferate spontaneously largely resembles the current development practice of the open source community. This can be be considered ironic, because open sourcing is something Microsoft loves to hate.
Type: Article
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| 53. |
Microsoft to Add 'Encore' Functionality to MBS Great Plains 8.0 Part One: Event Summary (4 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Jul 8, 2004 Abstract : By adding nonprofit and public sector accounting capabilities to the forthcoming MBS Great Plains 8.0 release via acquiring a former independent software vendor (ISV) partner Encore Business Solutions, Microsoft Business Solutions (MBS) may find a way to counteract its archrival Best Software's superiority in the target market.
Type: Article
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| 54. |
ROI for RFID: A Case Study Part Two: Implementation and Results (4 Pages)
by Joseph J. Strub
Jun 29, 2004 Abstract : If companies are to find value in radio frequency identification (RFID), they need to view this technology as more than eliminating the scanning gun from the barcode equation. Companies considering implementing RFID must think beyond the confines of the four walls of the plant and factory in order to take full advantage the benefits that this type of technology has to offer. However, as is with any emerging technology, the bottom line is to only implement RFID when the ROI justifies it.
Type: Article
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| 55. |
RedPrairie to Spread Across Europe through LIS Acquisition Part Two: Market Impact (3 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Apr 29, 2004 Abstract : It is becoming increasingly important for supply chain execution (SCE) suppliers to have global implementation and service capabilities, while multinational user companies conversely benefit from working with global application providers. Now, the two merged vendors, RedPrairie Corporation and LIS, should have the critical mass and geographical breadth necessary to better serve the needs of their global customers, with local, multilingual support, and to compete for an ever-increasing number of multi-modal transport, multinational engagements.
Type: Article
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| 56. |
Scala and Microsoft Become (Not So) Strange CRM Bedfellows (3 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Aug 28, 2003 Abstract : The Scala and Microsoft alliance in the CRM arena has merits of mutual benefits, particularly in the short to medium term, but due to vacillating motives of the participants that compete in the other enterprise applications fields, will it last? For the time being, Microsoft will likely be content to help Scala attack or keep the satellite divisions of its bigger competitors, particularly those of their common rival - SAP.
Type: Article
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| 57. |
Microsoft Lays Enforced-Concrete Foundation For Its Business Solutions (4 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Nov 1, 2002 Abstract : While most of its applications co-opetitors have been licking their wounds and dreading another financial quarterly report, cash amassed Microsoft has recently shown a flair for aptly devising and executing a strategy for its Microsoft Business Solutions (MBS) division portfolio, to its partners and customers delight and to dismay of its archrivals.
Type: Article
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| 58. |
SOA From a Management Perspective: Part One (4 Pages)
by Joe Strub
Jan 5, 2007 Abstract : The big buzzword in enterprise-wide package software is service-oriented architecture (SOA). SOA promises to solve a company's software ills, making life easier for information technology departments. This research note takes a look at this new architecture and highlights some concerns.
Type: Article
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| 59. |
Competition Heats Up in ERP Market: Oracle Merger, and SAP and Microsoft Reacts (4 Pages)
by Olin Thompson and P.J. Jakovljevic
May 21, 2005 Abstract : Although Oracle's product roadmap is beginning to take shape it does not include active marketing of the PeopleSoft and J.D. Edwards product lines. As a result of these products being seen as dead ends, many competitors have been scrambling to offer all sorts of incentives to switch to the still disconcerted two camps of existing customers.
Type: Article
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| 60. |
Microsoft Business Network (MBN)--Coming of Age? Part Three: Challenges and Competition (4 Pages)
by P.J. Jakovljevic
Sep 3, 2004 Abstract : While on the surface, there are few economic or strategic reasons for organizations to persist with electronic data interchange (EDI), many seem reluctant to adopt the alternative at this stage. In fact, there has been almost negligible growth in the number of organizations replacing their EDI-based systems with XML.
Type: Article
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