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TechNet Webcast: Performance Management Using Project Server 2007 and PerformancePoint Server 2007 (Level 200)

The Microsoft Enterprise Project Management EPM Solution allows users in an enterprise environment to create, select, plan, and manage projects over their lifespan. The EPM Solution includes Microsoft Office Project Professional 2007, Project Server 2007, and Project Portfolio Server 2007. Operational systems such as those built with EPM have a...

Tags: Webcast, Performance, Server, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft TechNet, Microsoft Enterprise Project Management Solution, Enterprise Project Management Solution, Performance Management, Business Intelligence, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Webcasts 2008-12-04

3M Medical Division Doubles Milestone Attainment With Integrated Project Scorecards

3M is a diversified technology company with a yearly revenue of nearly U.S.$23 billion. In 2004-2005, the company's Medical Division was not achieving its new product launch goals. Lack of a standard, simple format for communicating project status was creating project delays. To solve this problem, the division turned to...

Tags: 3M Co., Microsoft Corp., Enterprise Project Management Solution, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software

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Enterprise 2.0: What do we know today about moving our organizations into the 21st century?

Enterprise 2.0 ROIDion - An extremely interesting article. As a vendor of social software, we're often exposed to an intriguing mix of the trends that you've outlined above. In particular, we've noticed that those common internal advocates you mentioned (e.g. corporate communications, knowledge management) are already sold on the benefits...

Tags: Sales force management, Enterprise 2.0, E 2.0

Discussion threads 2009-11-13

Can open source software stop IT failure?

I'm not so sure #1 is valid#1 is a variation of "many eyes make all bugs shallow"Does it help? Yes. But it also makes the implicit assumption that everyone that can view the code is competent to do so. So it goes back to resource allocation being an issue, if...

Tags: Strategy, OPEN SOURCE, information technology, IT Failure, F/OSS, software, open-source software

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

Mindjet takes on Cisco with Catalyst

Mindjet has released a new product called Catalyst that hopes to take the notion of the whiteboard into the digital realm but with a lot more bells and whistles. In doing so they are making a direct play against the like of Cisco's WebEx with aggressive...

Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., Collaboration, Dennis Howlett, Enterprise Software, Groupware, Mindjet, Software

Blog posts 2009-10-06

Seven ways companies go wrong with SOA

Remember, SOA is a journey, not a quick overnight fix. It's a transformative process that your organization will follow for the long run. A few years back, I put together a list of where companies appeared to be steering in the wrong direction in terms of...

Tags: SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-09-30

News to know: Twitter DMs; New Neutrality; Zimbra; Dell-Perot; Palm; Foursquare

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Michael Krigsman: Are Twitter direct messages safe? Richard Koman: FCC to announce net neutrality principles ...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Dell Computer Corp., Twitter Inc., Information Technology, Palm Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Andrew Nusca, Zimbra, Mary Jo Foley, Net Neutrality, Perot Systems Corp., Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Serial ATA, Corporate Law, Web Services, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Storage, Hardware, Business Operations, Management

Blog posts 2009-09-22

Is your supply chain gonna kill you?

A General Management Issue?To me, the biggest roadblock to change is treating this as a supply chain or IT issue and not a general management issue. Most companies today function in a networked world, where they are critically dependent on other companies. The dependence goes way beyond "supply chain." The...

Tags: Supply chain management (SCM), Vertical industries, supply chain, warehouse management system

Discussion threads 2009-09-04

When is a VMware cloud a vCloud? Let the API wars begin

Attention enterprises â€"Pop Quiz: If your favorite hosting provider launches a cloud service that supports VMware vSphere and is part of the VMware vCloud initative, are they providing you with the rich vCloud functionality VMware is touting at VMworld this week? The answer is no, because vCloud...

Tags: API, Amazon.com Inc., VMware Inc., Virtualization, Hardware, James Staten

Blog posts 2009-09-02

Sorouh Real Estate PJSC Streamlines Business Processes With Enterprise Resource Planning Solution

Sorouh Real Estate PJSC wanted to streamline business processes with centralized access to financial, project, procurement, Customer Relationship Management CRM, and Human Resources HR data and increase and integrate reporting capabilities to accelerate report generation and improve data accuracy. The challenge was to improve budgetary controls over spending across the...

Tags: Business Process, Oracle Corp., ERP, Sorouh Real Estate PJSC, Operational Planning, Real Estate, Enterprise Software, Business Operations, Software

Case studies 2009-09-01

Xen.org: Stop the forking. Forrester: About time

Xen.org, the open source community behind the leading IaaS cloud computing hypervisor finally made a bold move today by stepping up to the plate of delivering a complete open source virtual infrastructure for cloud platforms. Prior to this release, Xen.org had been content to manage and maintain the core Xen...

Tags: Hypervisor, Xen, About Time Inc., Forrester Research Inc., Xen.org, Linux, Virtualization, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, James Staten

Blog posts 2009-08-31

Is Nokia losing focus by now expanding into the PC market with the Booklet 3G?

Too early to tell, but.....Nokia runs the risk of becoming an "also ran" in a new and unfamiliar market. A better move IMHO would be to come out with a revolutionary Linux powered smartbook at a sub-netbook price. Nobody knows for sure where the mobile convergence is heading, but this...

Tags: Cellular phones, Desktops, Operating systems, PC, Nokia Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-08-24

MSDN Webcast: Project Server Report Pack II - The Top Reports (Level 200)

The Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management EPM 2007 Report Pack provides rich reports for common information needs. The EPM 2007 Report Pack is a collection of 12 Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services SSRS reports designed for various user groups of the EPM solution. The presenters of this webcast provide an...

Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Webcast, Report, Server, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office Enterprise Project Management 2007 Report Pack, Enterprise Project Management 2007 Report Pack

Webcasts 2009-08-19

Pragmatic new models for enterprise architecture take shape

This is really greatVery articulate and overall wonderful!EA, Emergent Architecture and Optimized Engagement ModelsMr Hinchcliffe,Great post. Id like to point out that our research shows the best way to move to a more responsive, agile and deliberate architect organization is through an active engagement model which employs all 'types' of...

Tags: Business process automation, Operational planning, Strategy, Enterprise software, BPM, Electronic Arts Inc., EA Team, enterprise architecture

Discussion threads 2009-08-12

MetroPower Achieves 100% Profitability on New Projects With Integrated Project Management Software

MetroPower, Inc. wanted to replace paper-based project management processes with an automated solution and ensure that the company has 'Zero losers' - engineering projects that lose money - and that it meets project deadlines. The challenge was to improve resource utilization, enabling MetroPower to efficiently move employees from project to...

Tags: Oracle Corp., MetroPower, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Management

Case studies 2009-08-01

A buy side response to the enterprise buyer's Bill of Rights (and a partial solution)

My first post of today pointed towards an all too familiar enterprise project 'fail' and the documented experiences of one project person trying to reach completion on a now two year implementation. Coincidentally (I didn't know this was in the pipe), Mike Krigsman provides a critique of Forrester's Enterprise Software...

Tags: Consultant, SAP AG, Bill, Principle Reason, Enterprise Software, Software, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-07-13

Google ChromeOS: have people given leave of their senses?

Google ChromeOS: have people given leave of their senses?Thankyou...This is the first well reasoned and thought out post I have read on ZDNet in a long time. I have just read Adrians post and he has decided it is a game changer already even after saying there is little...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Google Inc., Google ChromeOS, Linux, operating system

Discussion threads 2009-07-08

Better Planning Ensures Competitive Advantages for Eyeglass Manufacturer

Rodenstock is a prominent manufacturer of eyeglass lenses and frames in Germany. Project planning is a key concern for Rodenstock, whose reputation and success depends on its ability to bring innovations to market quickly. Until recently, the company planned projects using stand-alone solutions, including Microsoft Office Project Standard 2003 and...

Tags: Competitive Advantage, Microsoft Corp., Rodenstock, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software

Case studies 2009-07-01

The National Aerospace Laboratory Saves Cost of Five Full-Time Employees With Integrated Financial Solution

The National Aerospace Laboratory NLR wanted to resolve technical and functional limitations of the legacy system, exacerbated by increased demand for functionality and provide an integrated and standardized system for business processes, while minimizing customizations to save management costs and time. The challenge was to improve the availability and accessibility...

Tags: Financial, ERP, Aerospace, Aerospace Laboratory, Aerospace & Defense, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Financial Accounting, Manufacturing, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance

Case studies 2009-07-01

ElegantJ BI Business Intelligence: Implementation for a Leading Construction & Infrastructure Development Company in India

Founded in 1982 as a construction company, client has successfully positioned itself amongst the top 10 construction & infrastructure management companies in India. To address the analytical needs, the company wanted to have a business intelligence solution that was built on an industry standard architecture, interoperable with their existing platforms...

Tags: India, Infrastructure Inc., ELegant MicroWeb Technologies, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management

Case studies 2009-06-30