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ERP Suites
SOX and ITIL Dominate Trends in IT Compliance
Compliance remains a key concern for many IT managers. Frameworks like ITIL and COBIT are very popular, but the NIST 800 guidelines and ISO 17799/27002 may be more beneficial. Regardless of the approach, IT leadership is sacrificed when violations occur.
Sage Software Unveils SMB ERP Suites and Strategic CRM Direction
Sage Software recently held its 2008 Insights conference for its channel partners. New ERP suite bundles were announced which target the SMB market and the strategic plan released in March, 2008 for the Sage CRM family (Sage SalesLogix, Sage CRM and ACT! by Sage) was discussed in more depth.
A Solution Specification Simplifies Software Selection
The process of selecting an enterprise software solution is complicated. Requirements are messy and RFP preparation is complicated and political. The effective use of a solution specification eases the process.
ERP Solution Specification Template
A solution specification is a crucial part of the ERP evaluation and selection process. IT leaders and project managers should complete Info-Tech's "ERP Solution Specification Template" after soliciting requirements and before creating an RFP and demo scripts.
Glance into HP's 2008 Software Strategy
Hewlett-Packard (HP) built its brand name as a leading IT hardware vendor. Recently, it commenced an aggressive expansion of its business model by adding a software division. For large and mid-sized organizations looking to expand capabilities in business intelligence, information management, or enterprise management, consider HP.
Enterprise Resource Planning: Microsoft Dynamics NAV
Microsoft Dynamics NAV offers good functional capabilities but is experiencing challenges in the market due to its cost to operate and its transitional architecture. The impending release of Dynamics NAV 2009 promises to address these issues.
Enterprise Resource Planning: Microsoft Dynamics SL
Microsoft Dynamics SL fills an important role in the Microsoft family. It offers solutions specifically for project-driven enterprises and gains from its integration with Microsoft Project and SharePoint. It suffers from stiff competition in this sector and from conflict with other Dynamics products.
Enterprise Resource Planning: Lawson S3
Lawson S3 offers public sector and services-based enterprises a robust ERP platform. It is particularly attractive to enterprises that have already committed to IBM's infrastructure stack.
Enterprise Resource Planning: Microsoft Dynamics GP
Microsoft Dynamics GP offers good financial management features for small enterprises. However, its perception as a replacement technology rather than as a technological enabler of business change ultimately frustrates many projects.
Enterprise Resource Planning: Microsoft Dynamics AX
Dynamics AX is the flagship of Microsoft's ERP aspirations. The technology holds promise but will benefit from increased focus on industry-specific functionality and improved roll-out methodologies.
Reduce ERP Costs with Virtualization
Development costs are one of the primary culprits for the high cost of maintaining an ERP system. Control these costs by using virtualization as a key enabling technology.
10 Tips to Trim 10% from ERP
Shave up to 10% from ERP projects without lay offs. Focus on discretionary spend, project costs, and ongoing support costs.
ERP Virtualization: Drop Project TCO by 30%
Virtualizing the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) environment drives cost savings through server consolidation and improved development efficiencies. Increasing the ease and speed with which environments are recovered is a key enabler. Pursue virtualization for the development stack, but keep the production environment on physical hardware for at least another year.
ERP Task Work Log for Subject Matter Experts
IT leaders soliciting functional requirements from Subject Matter Experts should use this Task Work Log template to obtain and thoroughly document these needs.
ERP Requirements Template for Business Unit Managers
IT leaders soliciting functional requirements from business unit managers should use the "ERP Business Requirements Template for Business Unit Managers" to thoroughly document these needs.
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