Microsoft unveils SQL Server 2005 offerings
Microsoft Corp. this week took the wraps off its next-generation SQL Server 2005 database lineup.
View ArticleInterview: Microsoft exec on Project Green
Doug Burgum, senior vice president of the Microsoft Business Solutions Business Group, and other executives at Convergence 2005 user show unveiled a road map for development across the group's four...
View ArticleUsers hungry for Project Green details
The Microsoft Business Solutions Group's retooled and refined message about the next generation of its applications platform is drawing mixed reviews from customers.
View ArticleHP struggles with second SAP project
After suffering a major black eye from a poorly executed migration to SAP AG's ERP (enterprise resource planning) software in its server division, Hewlett-Packard Co. is working to turn around another...
View ArticleLawrie's ouster a sign of competitive challenges
Wednesday's ouster of Michael Lawrie as CEO of Siebel Systems Inc. in the wake of a weak first-quarter financial showing is further evidence that the CRM market leader is continuing to struggle with...
View ArticleSiebel looks to return to its roots, focus
Hoping for a return to revenue growth, Siebel Systems officials are looking to roll out a new set of componentized technologies, continue cutting operational costs and even pursue new acquisitions. The...
View ArticleUsers at I2 event see global supply chain challenges
Globalization is having a bigger impact on companies' supply chain management systems, requiring greater scalability of applications and better integration with far-flung partners.
View ArticleUsers mixed on SAP services technology push
Users are offering mixed opinions on SAP AG's continued revving of its NetWeaver technology platform.
View ArticleUS firm bows out of major UK IT modernization project
A Burlington, Vt.-based software vendor working on an US$11.2 billion IT overhaul of the U.K. National Health Service (NHS) has been removed from a major part of the project.
View ArticleOracle offers updated Database 10g
Oracle is rolling out the latest iteration of its Database 10g software, which boosts self management capabilities and builds on the company's grid computing initiative.
View ArticleUsers wonder whether Siebel buy is too much for Oracle
Some users are wondering whether Oracle Corp., with its ambitious US$5.85 billion buyout of onetime CRM software rival Siebel Systems Inc., may be gorging on more acquisitions than it can digest.
View ArticleSAP exec tells CIOs to innovate or be passed by
Facing the threat of being outsourced, corporate CIOs must remake themselves, more thoroughly understand their businesses, eliminate waste and innovate their company's IT processes.
View ArticleOracle's Phillips outlines Siebel strategy
Oracle President Charles Phillips laid out the welcome mat Thursday to the users his company will soon inherit from CRM software vendor Siebel Systems, assuring them lifetime support for their...
View ArticleGAO: Navy sinks $1B into failed ERP pilot projects
The U.S. Navy has wasted US$1 billion since 1998 on four flawed ERP pilot projects based on SAP AG software, according to the Government Accountability Office.
View ArticleMicrosoft set to ship Great Plains successor
Microsoft Corp.'s Business Solutions group next month plans to release the first iteration of its much-touted retooled and rebranded set of ERP applications, Microsoft Dynamics GP 9.0.
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