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What's Wrong With Application Software? Business Changes, Software Must Change with the Business. (4 Pages)
by Olin Thompson
May 31, 2004 Abstract : Business changes constantly in small ways and large. It is rare to find an application product that can change once it is implemented. This gap is a reality leading to dissatisfaction and the application being a drag on the business. This gap, the lack of the ability to change, costs the business dearly. Software needs to be the agent of change, not the enemy of change.
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| 72. |
Run your Business with no Software! (3 Pages)
by Jim Brown
Feb 14, 2004 Abstract : Picture your business today without software applications. It's hard to imagine, isn't it? But maybe you should try - and not for the reason you may be thinking. Think about how hard it would be to run your business if your software applications weren't working - and then build a plan to provide total application availability.
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| 73. |
What's Wrong With Application Software? - A Possible Solution? What Is It, Why And How Does It Fit Into Your Future (3 Pages)
by Jim Brown & Olin Thompson
May 12, 2003 Abstract : The series, 'What's Wrong With Application Software' explored key challenges found in enterprise applications and also discussed the characteristics of next generation architectures that would provide better support for applications. Once such solution, model based architectures, deserves to be on an enterprise's 'technologies to watch' list.
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| 74. |
Paradoxes of Software Estimation (6 Pages)
by Murali Chemuturi
Aug 18, 2006 Abstract : Software development has spawned an independent industry in its own right. But the processes of asking for service, offering service, and pricing are all somewhat haphazard. Perhaps it's time to focus efforts on resolving the key paradoxes of software estimation.
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| 75. |
ERP and SCM Implementations Part One: Doing Too Much Too Soon (3 Pages)
by Joseph Strub
Apr 8, 2004 Abstract : In order to get ahead of the systems development power curve, companies are attempting what is equivalent to executing a quadruple jump in ice skating; running a sub 3:50 minute mile in track; and winning the Tour de France in cycling--all in the same year. How? By trying to implement enterprise resource planning (ERP) and supply chain management (SCM) software at the same time. Read on why this is an ill-advised course of action with an extremely low probability of success.
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| 76. |
If Software Is A Commodity...Then What? (4 Pages)
by Olin Thompson
Jul 31, 2003 Abstract : Many, if not most categories of software have become commodities. Vendors hate to hear it, but most of the products in a category produce the same results, pretty much in the same way. If this is true, how do user select the right vendor? How does a vendor get selected?
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| 77. |
Will User Enterprises Ever Get onto an Easy (Support and Maintenance) Street? by P.J. Jakovljevic
Mar 27, 2007 Abstract : Vendors' traditional pricing strategies aren't going to work much longer. Sooner or later, prices will be determined by what the market is ready to bear rather than be based on what vendors think is a profitable way to deliver solutions.
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| 78. |
AccountMate Software An International Product No One Knew About (3 Pages)
by Charles Chewning Jr.
Jan 19, 2005 Abstract : AccountMate Software has been a player in the middle market for over twenty years. In the past several years it has been acquired by several global companies. Recently AccountMate's management has purchased the company and once again it is independent and able to chart its own course.
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| 79. |
Branding and Positioning: What’s the Difference? And Can You Afford It? (3 Pages)
by Lawson Abinanti
Nov 26, 2004 Abstract : Understanding the difference between branding and positioning is especially important if you're involved in marketing B2B software. That difference can seriously impact the cost of marketing your software.
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| 80. |
Branding and Positioning What's the Difference? And Can You Afford It? (3 Pages)
by Lawson Abinanti
Dec 16, 2003 Abstract : Understanding the difference between branding and positioning is especially important if you're involved in marketing B2B software. That difference can seriously impact the cost of marketing your software.
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