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Protecting key assets (security): Key infrastructure elements must be secured against outages, damage and sabotage. Siemens offers comprehensive solutions from healthcare and power generation to water supply, transportation, and industrial production, to telecommunications.; Tags: Asset, Security, Siemens AG, Transportation, Asset Management, Manufacturing, Telephony, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Networking; White papers 2008-05-09
AMD still mum on its 'asset smart' strategy: The wait for AMD to outline its so-called "asset smart" strategy continues. AMD CEO Hector Ruiz in his annual shareholder meeting address failed to add any more detail about its manufacturing strategy going forward. AMD outlined its new server roadmap on Wednesday. In many respects, Ruiz...; Tags: Asset, Shareholder, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Strategy, Asset Management, Financial Accounting, Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-08
AMD's new roadmap: Can it execute?: AMD has revamped its server processor roadmap with plans to jump to six and then 12 cores in the first half of 2010, but the larger question is whether the company can actually deliver. Given that AMD has had a hard time delivering its quad-core chips and...; Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Asset Management, Manufacturing, Processors, Strategy, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Management, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-08
Integrate services into business processes to achieve your SOA objectives: A correctly implemented service-oriented architecture (SOA) is built on flexible and effective business and infrastructure services. This sample chapter from Implementing SOA: Total Architecture in Practice discusses various ways you can integrate those services into your organization's business processes. It looks at service interaction patterns, service access mechanisms, types of...; Tags: Business Process, SOA, Service, Addison-Wesley, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Operational Planning, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations; Book chapters 2008-05-08
Business ByDesign: the Irregular verdict: I've hung back on posting my thoughts on Business ByDesign for several reasons. When I wrote my pre-Sapphire08 conference story, it was clear this would dominate the Irregulars' questions. I needed to get through meeting with all the key executives and view the latest iteration of the product to gain...; Tags: SAP AG, Brian Sommer, Design Effort, EDI, Roi/Tco, Operational Planning, Sales Channel, Financial Accounting, Marketing Research, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Business Operations, Sales, Marketing, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-05-07

CalemEAM Community Edition CMMS/EAM (1): CalemEAM Community Edition includes modules of dashboard, work order, asset, PM, inventory, requisition, purchase, RCM, contract, vendor and many more. Admin module with designer features to customize module access list, forms and reports. Work order module to manage maintenance work activities. Scheduling module to manage worker shifts. Asset module to...; Tags: Asset, Module, CalemEAM, CalemEAM Community Edition, Asset Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations; Software downloads 2008-05-07
SAP BPM - business fail?: On Sunday I sat through a day of SAP sponsored discussions around business process management as part of the company's ramp up to Sapphire08. In and among the presentations, Ginger Gatling, SAP NetWeaver BPM product manager introduced the packed room to Galaxy - aka SAP's NetWeaver Business Process Management environment....; Tags: BPM, SAP AG, Business Process Automation, Operational Planning, Strategy, Enterprise Software, It Operations, Business Operations, Management, Software, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-05-06
Open source as the villain in its own story: Maybe because of JavaOne and Sun's well-known concerns about open source profit the idea of proprietary hooks which make people pay for open source software is big again. After all, if the code is free and visible why should an enterprise customer write a check to its...; Tags: Asset, Open Source, Asset Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-05-06
The Long Tail of Services: The "Long Tail" explains the growing use of services outside of the core domains of SOA, business process implementation and integration, says XAWare chief science officer, Kirstan Vandersluis. Commentary--The "Long Tail" moniker has been used extensively (some would say overused) in marketing and mass media over the last couple...; Tags: Long Tail, SOA, Service, Head Area, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web 2.0, Web Services, Operational Planning, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Business Operations, XAWare, business process; News items 2008-04-28
Gillmor: Why Google should worry about Live Mesh: Steve Gillmor has a great post up on TechCrunch that identifies why Google should be really worried about Microsoft's Live Mesh. Most commentators have focused on the file synchronization capabilities but Steve puts his finger on why Mesh is so much more than that: Looking at Mesh as a...; Tags: Google Inc., Aggregation, Microsoft Corp., Desktops, Asset Management, Hardware, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Phil Wainewright; Blog posts 2008-04-28
How would Microsoft Live Mesh mesh with Yahoo's Y! OS?: While it's still premature to be trying to map how Microsoft and Yahoo assets will align if and when Microsoft ends up taking over Yahoo, the Web-services development arena is likely to be one area where the two vendors' offerings look increasingly unlikely to mesh. At the...; Tags: Operating System, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Balogh, Search Monkey, Web 2.0, Microsoft Windows, Asset Management, Operating Systems, Internet, Software, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-04-24
UBS Accounting Software (rar): UBS Accounting is the core product at UBS Corporation Sdn. Bhd. Developed in 1990, it has now become a household name in computerized accounting software, with more than 110,000 installations in Malaysia. Its simplicity to use and comprehensive reports has prompted many institutes of higher learning such as university, college...; Tags: Asset, Software, Accounting, UBS AG, PC Mart Sdn Bhd, UBS Accounting, UBS Assets Register, Asset Management, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Finance; Software downloads 2008-04-22
Innovate Over ERP with Service-Oriented Architecture, Business Process Management, and Enterprise Social Computing: In this free white paper, learn how to unlock the hidden potential of SAP and other Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems to improve agility and responsiveness. Discover how the right mix of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Business Process Management (BPM), and Enterprise Social Computing can dramatically increase the return on...; Tags: Business Process, BEA Systems Inc., BPM, Social Computing, ERP, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Operational Planning, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Business Process Automation, Enterprise Software, Web Services, Middleware, Software, Business Operations, It Operations; White papers 2008-04-21
SearchSOA.com names Nexaweb's Enterprise Web Suite 'Product of Year': Nexaweb Technologies, the application platform provider, just keeps piling on the accolades. Its latest achievement is the Product of the Year award for its Enterprise Web Suite from SearchSOA.com. The gold-status award for the Burlington, Mass. Company, came in the RIA /Composite Application Assembly category, and was...; Tags: Web, Professional Services, Model-driven Architecture, Nexaweb Technologies, Model Driven Architecture, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Data Centers, Asset Management, Middleware, Ooa/Ood/Oop, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Dana Gardner; Blog posts 2008-04-09
Infor software offers insight into consumption patterns: Enterprise software vendor Infor, out of Alpharetta, Ga., is positioning its application as a means of helping companies better organize their corporate assets with an eye to supporting corporate sustainability efforts. The company also has become a service provider through the Energy Star program. The software, called...; Tags: Software, Sustainability, Consumption, Tools & Techniques, Purchasing & Procurement, Asset Management, Management, Business Operations, Operational Planning, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-04-07
IT search and SCM search may together bridge the design time-run time divide: Productivity improvements in software development and deployment strategies will ultimately have to reckon with the lingering lack of feedback between design time and run time. Software is still a hand-off affair, with developed applications getting tossed into production with little collaboration between the builders and the operators...; Tags: Software, Application, Information Technology, SCM, Splunk, Krugle, Tools & Techniques, Asset Management, Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Dana Gardner; Blog posts 2008-04-06
PrefixNE (exe): PrefixNE is power and control over your network assets all wrapped up in one complete solution. With PrefixNE youll know exactly what software is running on your network, and whether it's properly licensed. Youll know precisely what hardware is installed on each of your network PCs, (including removable devices). You...; Tags: Asset, Network, PC, Prefix IT, PrefixNE, Asset Management, Thin Clients, Networking, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Hardware; Software downloads 2008-04-03
iMoney Lite (exe): Using iMoney Lite, you can,accurately record different financial transactions; arrange different scheduled transactions; have a well-thought-out plan to set budgets; master assets and liabilities situation; grasp and analyze income and expenses; track and analyze investments. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.; Tags: iMoneysoft, Asset Management, Operational Accounting, Investment, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Finance; Software downloads 2008-03-31
2-Layer BPM: Oracle's Unique Strategy Towards Exceptional Agility and Business Process Efficiencies: This CNET white paper explores the unique concept of 2-layer Business Process Management (BPM) supported by Oracle's Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) offering, and its successful implementation at ABN AMRO, a global financial services company.; Tags: Strategy, Business Process, Oracle Corp., SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Operational Planning, Web Services, Business Process Automation, Financial Planning, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations, It Operations, Finance; White papers 2008-03-31
System Center Configuration Manager Asset Intelligence: Information technology expenditures comprise an increasing portion of IT budgets - IT assets can often account for more than half of an enterprise's total asset base. With the changing nature of today's technology and the complexity of network environments, enterprises find it difficult to track the IT assets they own....; Tags: Asset, Software, Information Technology, Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007, Asset Management, Strategy, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Management; White papers 2008-03-24