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- Staying on legacy systems ends up costing IT more
- The cost of legacy systems and the cost of supporting the mainframe hasn’t changed in 12 months. What has changed is the available cash that companies have to spend on IT. by Dana Gardner
- Tags: Information Technology, Legacy System, Hardware Upgrade, Hardware, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2009-09-30
- System Optimizer 7.3 (Windows)
- System Optimizer suit contains the most essential system maintenance and tweaking utilities that work together to increase your PC's overall performance and stability. By using System Optimizer utilities your will be amazed at your computer performing like new. It will optimize your system, improve your Windows general performance and stability,...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Computer, Digeus Incorporation, Productivity, Hardware Upgrade, Hardware
- Software downloads 2009-08-04
- Chery Automobile Cuts Development Training Costs by 80% and Reduces Implementation Expenses by 30%
- Chery Automobile wanted to adopt more efficient application development methodologies, as the existing point-to-point approach was complicated and made maintenance difficult and implement a robust platform to underlie legacy systems. The challenge was to provide greater visibility into development processes and ease the development and maintenance pressure on IT staff...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Training, Software Development, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Hardware Upgrade, Development Tools, Middleware, Software/Web Development, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware
- Case studies 2009-08-01
- Achieved 17% Year End Inventory Reduction in Less Than 5 Months
- Headquartered in Fullerton, California, Beckman Coulter is a $2.6 billion global medical device company with more than 78% of its revenue generated by recurring revenue from test kits, supplies and services. Beckman Coulter experienced a loss of critical reporting and broken connections to their legacy systems. At the same time...
- Tags: Revenue, Information Technology, Oco, Hardware Upgrade, PDAs, Operational Accounting, Strategy, Hardware, Handhelds, Finance, Management
- Case studies 2009-07-31
- Jaspersoft APIs Integrating BI With Your Application
- Almost every commercially viable business application offers built-in reporting or analytics. Too often, however, the Business Intelligence BI features included with these applications fail to meet customer expectations. At the same time, product managers and developers become increasingly frustrated with home-grown and legacy systems that are far too expensive to...
- Tags: JasperSoft, API, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Hardware Upgrade, Enterprise Software, Databases, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management, Hardware
- White papers 2009-07-23
- NutriGreen Cuts Inventory Costs by 30%, Shortens Month-End Reporting Time by 16 Days
- NutriGreen wanted to replace multiple legacy systems with a single, integrated management platform that would support the company's plans to double its product range, add retail operations to its business, and expand into greater China, beginning with Macau and make it easier and faster for frontline staff to place orders....
- Tags: Oracle Corp., PDAs, Sales Strategy, Hardware Upgrade, Handhelds, Sales Force Management, Hardware, Sales
- Case studies 2009-07-01
- Ramco Systems Case Study: Roop Telsonic
- Roop Telsonic Ultrasonix Ltd. is a joint venture with a well-known ultrasonic machine manufacturer M/S. Telsonic AG, Switzerland, a world leader in ultrasonic technology. Roop Telsonic was initially operating using a standalone legacy system, due to which there was very little visibility of the overall inventory. Roop Telsonic required a...
- Tags: Ramco Systems, Hardware Upgrade, Financial Services, Leadership, Hardware, Management
- Case studies 2009-06-09
- e-Rewards, Inc. Achieves Near Real-Time Reporting, Increasing Capacity and Scalability for Members
- e-Rewards, Inc wanted to provide fast response time whenever members enter online responses to surveys and meet service level requirements of members, clients, and internal users. The challenge was to align IT resources to support e-Rewards' unique business model and integrate legacy systems and databases to increase scalability and capacity...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Scalability, Hardware Upgrade, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Case studies 2009-06-01
- Ramco Systems Case Study: Coimbatore Compressor
- Coimbatore Compressor Engineering Company Pvt Ltd was incorporated in 1989; they are into manufacturing of compressors and electric motors. Coimbatore Compressor Engineering Company Pvt Ltd was using a standalone legacy system to manage their production and day-to-day operations, which resulted in total lack of visibility for the overall inventory and...
- Tags: Ramco Systems, Hardware Upgrade, Financial Services, Hardware
- Case studies 2009-05-28
- Offload Reporting To Improve Oracle Database Performance
- Is your organization looking for a more cost-effective way to get critical data from Oracle production databases to make business decisions? Hardware upgrades and databases reserved for ad-hoc reporting are expensive, and often affect the performance and productivity of your IT environment. Splitting online transaction processing is...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Performance, Oracle Database, Quest Software Inc., Hardware Upgrade, Performance Management, Databases, Storage, Hardware, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2009-05-20
- Save Money, Improve Security, Meet Security Compliance Requirements and Increase Efficiency by Switching From FTP to SFTP for Legacy Systems File Transfer
- Everyone is looking to cut costs in the recession, but there is one solution which many companies don't realise has the potential to save money for minimal investment and minimal disruption, which also can provide fast ROI. FTP file transfer from legacy systems normally goes on in the background without...
- Tags: Security, Legacy System, FTP, SFTP, Wick Hill, Hardware Upgrade, Hardware
- White papers 2009-04-14
- Epicor Software Case Study: Arizona Correctional Industries
- Arizona Correctional Industries ACI is an integrated group of businesses providing one of the main components of the state's Getting Ready initiative. The company wanted to migrate from a legacy system to an integrated Enterprise Resource Planning ERP solution based on True SOA, improving systems security and business unit oversight...
- Tags: Arizona Correctional Industries, Epicor Software Corp., Finance, Hardware, Hardware Upgrade, Human Resources, Job Training, Operational Accounting, Recruitment & Selection, Workforce Management
- Case studies 2009-04-03
- SAVE MONEY, IMPROVE SECURITY, MEET SECURITY COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS AND INCREASE EFFICIENCY BY SWITCHING FROM FTP TO SFTP FOR LEGACY SYSTEMS FILE TRANSFER
- Ian Kilpatrick, chairman Wick Hill Group, explains how switching from FTP to SFTP for legacy systems file transfer can save money, improve security, help meet compliance security requirements and increase efficiency.
- Tags: Security, Compliance, Legacy System, FTP, SFTP, Hardware Upgrade, Hardware
- White papers 2009-04-01
- Emaar Misr Increases Business and Employee Efficiency by 60%
- Emaar Misr wanted to consolidate legacy systems for a single view of customer data and accelerate query management to improve customer satisfaction and reduce customer service costs. The challenge was to eliminate errors arising from manual re-entry and manipulating customer data in spreadsheets and eliminate inefficient manual data sharing processes....
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Customer Data, Hardware Upgrade, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Product Marketing, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Software, Marketing
- Case studies 2009-03-01
- Wyoming Integrates Application Platform With Agile Scrum Methodology
- The Wyoming Department of Health Vital Statistics Services Program promotes and protects the health of constituents by serving as the official custodian of all vital records in the state. The Vital Statistics Services Program had an aging legacy system that was cumbersome, inefficient, and largely manual. The result was a...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Wyoming Department Of Health Vital Statistics Services Program, Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Microsoft Visual Studio, Hardware Upgrade, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Development Tools, Hardware, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Case studies 2009-03-01
- School District Speeds Deployment, Boosts Application Access With Virtualization
- IT staff at Fairfax County Public Schools FCPS, a large district with 90,000 computers, had to manage and update many separate disk images. This complexity led to the deferral of most application deployment until hardware upgrades were done, which reduced application availability to teachers. At times, applications were deployed singly,...
- Tags: Microsoft Access, Information Technology, School District, Application Deployment, Teacher, Upgrades, Quality, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Hardware Upgrade, Storage Management, Strategy, Business Operations, Hardware, Storage, Management
- Case studies 2009-03-01
- Are the terms green and gadget mutually exclusive?
- Sitting here at the Greener Gadgets 2009 conference in New York City listening to a highly intelligent panel of design experts who are debating about the definition of green or sustainable design. Actually, I have an even more basic question: what the heck does "gadget" mean? I...
- Tags: Gadget, Smart Phones, Hardware Upgrade, Telecom & Utilities, Games, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-02-27
- Proviron Consolidates and Automates Operations to Improve Flexibility and Adaptability
- Proviron wanted to consolidate operations of the company's two production sites in Belgium and align all business processes. The challenge was to implement an integrated enterprise resource planning system to replace a myriad of legacy systems that were not communicating. Proviron worked with Oracle Consulting to implement Oracle's JD Edward...
- Tags: Business Process, Oracle Corp., ERP, Proviron, Operational Planning, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Hardware Upgrade, Enterprise Software, Business Operations, Software, Hardware
- Case studies 2009-02-01
- Zebra Technologies Reduces Project Integration Costs by 60% Using Oracle Application Integration Architecture
- Zebra Technologies wanted to consolidate the company's 140 disparate applications onto a single global system to ensure scalability, agility, and visibility and accelerate innovation and enable faster on-boarding of acquired organizations. The challenge was to drive a sustainable Service-Oriented Architecture strategy and reduce the time and cost - more than...
- Tags: Zebra Technologies Corp., Oracle Corp., Integration, Application Integration, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Hardware Upgrade, Strategy, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Web Services, Software, Hardware, Management
- Case studies 2009-02-01
- HP Technologies Enhance SAP ERP System for Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co.
- Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Company Limited DSME successfully realized a more transparent management system by introducing SAP Enterprise Resource Planning ERP into its operations. With this introduction, the global shipbuilding company strengthens competitiveness through continuous Process Innovation PI activities. Recently, it upgraded the existing SAP ERP system, establishing an...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., ERP System, SAP AG, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), EAI, Enterprise Software, Cloud Computing, Hardware Upgrade, Storage Management, Virtualization, Utility Computing, Software, Middleware, Hardware, Storage
- Case studies 2009-02-01
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