Tag: ERP

  • SAP’s Sybase Acquisition Brings ERP to Smartphones

    Jessica Davis

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    Enterprise software giant SAP (NYSE:SAP), which has struggled over the course of the recession, is beefing up its competitive portfolio against rival Oracle, announcing it will acquire Oracle competitor and database vendor Sybase (NYSE:SY) in a deal valued at about $5.8 billion. But it’s not just about competing with Oracle. It’s also about capturing the… Read more

  • Microsoft Upgrades Dynamics ERP

    Channel Insider Staff

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    Microsoft unveiled Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010, an ERP platform for midsize businesses, on April 20. The software includes business intelligence reporting tools, functionality for streamlining approval scenarios for daily workflow, and interoperability with Microsoft Office Unified Communications and other software. Using the software, a warehouse manager could detect any depletion in supplies and reprovision with… Read more

  • Business Intelligence for the Cloud Provides ERP, CRM Integration Opportunity

    Jessica Davis

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    If you’re a traditional VAR and you are looking at the potential of the cloud business model, it may be hard to see how X amount of dollars per user per month will add up to enough for your business to survive at all, let alone thrive and grow. You are used to the big… Read more

  • ERP Woes Today’s Apps Still Not Cutting It

    ERP Woes Today’s Apps Still Not Cutting It

    Leah Gabriel Nurik

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    ERP Woes Today’s Apps Still Not Cutting It Enterprises Rely on ERPToday’s enterprises rely heavily on existing ERP to manage change and react quickly to market shifts and customer needs. IDC’s survey results show that a large number of today’s ERP implementations actually impede change because systems lack the necessary architectural agility to help companies… Read more

  • SAP Business Suite 7 on SOA Principles

    Channel Insider Staff

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    SAP has released Business Suite 7 and will be ramping up the launch over the next couple of months. Enabled by service-oriented architecture (SOA), Business Suite 7 is the latest bundle of SAP’s main enterprise applications, including SAP ERP, SAP Customer Relationship Management, SAP Supplier Relationship Management, SAP Supply Chain Management and SAP Product Lifecycle… Read more

  • Google Launches New Java Development Tools

    Sharon Linsenbach

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    If you attended President Obama’s March 26 online Town Hall meeting, you were likely more interested in how the president would answer questions about the economy, health care and higher education costs. But what you might not have noticed was that the White House was using an application called Google Moderator, hosted on the application… Read more