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Grupo STP Reduces Transaction, Processing Time and Improves New Product Development

Grupo STP wanted to integrate service-oriented architecture in projects for rapid development and launch of new products, enabling STP to efficiently achieve results and support ongoing growth - currently at 40% per year - in the customer base, which has reached 1.4 million. The challenge was to obtain detailed views...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Transaction Processing, New Product Development, Grupo STP, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Application Performance Management, Operational Planning, Product Marketing, Databases, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations, Marketing, Data Management

Case studies 2009-08-01

New Product Development for a Medical and Biotech Research Firm

Affymetrix is a leader in the development and commercialization of systems to acquire, analyze and manage complex genetic information in order to improve life. In an effort to promote a database standard, Affymetrix engineered a Client/Server version of a data management system called Affymetrix Laboratory Information Management System LIMS. Affymetrix...

Tags: Biotechnology, Affymetrix, New Product Development, Calsoft Labs, Data Management, Storage, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Desktops, Databases, Hardware, Networking, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies 2008-01-01

Lowering New Product Development Risk

For the manufacturer of consumer health products, too much information and too many decision points was resulting in the inevitable slippage in new product development. They were not sure which work was in what stage. Deadlines were not being met, processes were being skipped, unauthorized projects were being worked on,...

Tags: PSC Group, New Product Development, Product Marketing, Product Development, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Marketing, Research & Development, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources

Case studies 2007-10-15

Konka Leverages PLM to Build Momentum for New Product Development and Introduction

Konka's goal is to create such innovative mobile phones that it overtakes foreign competition and becomes the leading domestic supplier in China. To address these challenges, Konka Telecommunications implemented a managed development environment based on UGS solutions, NX software and Teamcenter software. The company chose to partner with UGS in...

Tags: UGS Corp., New Product Development, Konka, Product Marketing, Channel Management, Marketing

Case studies 2007-02-01

Lean Initiative Revolutionizes New Product Development at Liming Aero-Engine

Founded in 1954, Shenyang Liming Aero-Engine Group Corporation Liming is China's first jet-propelled aircraft engine manufacturer and one of the country's key development projects. Shenyang Liming Aero-Engine Group wanted to create a lean enterprise and reduce costs. The challenge was to shrink product development cycle and improve quality. The company...

Tags: Siemens AG, New Product Development, Product Development, Product Marketing, Aerospace & Defense, Strategy, Research & Development, Business Operations, Marketing, Manufacturing, Management

Case studies 2007-01-01

Plastiken Targets Mold Design as Key to Implementing a New Product Development Initiative

Plastiken S.L. is one of Spain's leading manufacturers of injected plastic household, garden and do-it-yourself items. Plastiken wanted to dramatically improve mold design process and comply with ISO 9000 standards. The company implemented Unigraphics NX software and knowledge-based mold design application and NX Mold Wizard. This result in new product...

Tags: Siemens AG, New Product Development, Standards, ISO 9000, Plastiken S.L., Tqm/Six Sigma/ISO 9000, Iso standards, Process Improvement, Product Marketing, Quality, It Operations, Business Operations, Marketing

Case studies 2006-09-01

Integrate suppliers into new product development

This sample chapter from Supply Chain Redesign: Transforming Supply Chains into Integrated Value Systems explains how supplier involvement in new product development can have both positive and negative impacts on technology risk and uncertainty, then explores the factors that determine whether supplier integration is the right decision for a particular...

Tags: Supply Chain, Supplier, New Product Development, Channel Management, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software

Book chapters 2006-05-15

Project Portfolio Management for New Product Development: Tracking the Project Cycle from Idea to Launch

Besides being relevant to professional services organizations PSO and internal information technology IT departments, project portfolio management PPM software is applied in multiple vertical markets in the area of new product development NPD. In industries ranging from manufacturing and high technology to consumer goods and biotechnology, PPM solutions help manage...

Tags: APQC, Project Portfolio Management, New Product Development, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Product Marketing, It Operations, It service Management, Management, Marketing

White papers 2006-01-06

Additional Resources

Microsoft still working on an Adobe Lightroom competitor, but with a social twist

Maybe MS needs myLife instead of focusing on cloud everything.I've been a Windows user since Windows 1.0 on MS-DOS. I used Multiplan and Word with a mouse before Windows even existed. Over the years I've purchased so many copies of MS Office, OS upgrades, mice, keyboards, joysticks, development environments (MASM,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., photograph, Microsoft Windows Vista, Adobe Lightroom, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Microsoft finds security hole in Google Chrome Frame

HAHA! Way to go Microsoft! They basically just told Google to suck it! The best part is they were right the whole time. Yet people blindly defended Google. It would seem Google has more software issues than anyone else.RE: Microsoft finds security hole in Google Chrome FrameI'm not...

Tags: Web browsers, security, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., attack surface, Google Chrome

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Do we need a 'beautiful mess' in operating systems? Yup

To make a good soup, you've got to stir the pot...Ok, sure - it turns cloudy, short-term. Just be sure to filter it or let it settle, before serving.Whereas the classic 'design-by-committee' model so often fails, its always useful to have multiple, talented teams working on similar projects, independently. With...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Programming languages, Linux Distro, operating system, John Gruber, Linux, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Microsoft shares a few tidbits on IE9 and (lots) more on Silverlight 4

Safari? What Safari ? :-)http://www.tgdaily.com/software-features/39495-safari-4-beta-first-browser-to-hit-100-score-in-acid3-testI know, Steve doesn't like Apple but you're supposed to be a journalist? ;-)Google chrome?IE like Microsoft is stumbling around in a new ecosystem in which spending thousands of dollars is not an option.Plus, it locks you into a insecure OS platform with...

Tags: Web browsers, Scripting languages, Spell Check, Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Internet Explorer, HTML5, JavaScript, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Microsoft to share some details on IE 9 at PDC show this week

Tabs that dont hang and,1. HTML 5 standards compliance ahead of Chrome and FF2. Better plugins3. CSS 3 compliance4. FASTER!Trying to develop for IE8 is still a pain!Addon supportFor things like AdBlock Plus.Also, an x64 version of silverlight.Grow upso do not read this blog - OK? Prefer Firefox but...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer, IE8, Mozilla Firefox, IE 9, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

NetWitness Investigator 9.0.5.1 (Windows)

NetWitness Investigator is the award-winning interactive threat analysis application of the NetWitness NextGen product suite. Investigator provides security operations staff, auditors, and fraud and forensics investigators the power to perform unprecedented free-form contextual analysis of raw network data captured and reconstructed by the NetWitness NextGen infrastructure. Developed originally for the...

Tags: Network, Microsoft Windows, Analysis, NetWitness Investigator, Investigator

Software downloads 2009-11-17

Psystar massacred in court

I wouldn't.....buy even with a 100% discount, Psystar is toast and part of Apple's claim would invoke a recall of all machines and buyer's info. Apart from the 'no support' from Apple, there will be no support from a defunct company too.Yep, there is pent-up demand for an expandable cheap...

Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Apple Inc., Psystar, hardware, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-11-16

Google: Firms can get rid of Office in a year

In other words, Google Appsare still at that 1 to 2 percent mark.Good Riddance!It won't be missed.Man, so true, MS Office is a big hairball of baroque features to format for8.5x11. MS Office will be on a downward slide from here on out.In terms of what is need for the...

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-13

Psystar: Cocaine, car crashes and a chance to beat Apple

Monopoly Much?How has apple been able to get away with this? Microsoft gets sued for sending their browser with their operating system while not blocking anyone else's browsers on their systems. Apple does not allow anyone else to use their operating system on other hardware, not sure how...

Tags: Operating systems, car, Apple Inc., operating system, hackintosh, Psystar

Discussion threads 2009-11-12

DreamCoder for Oracle Enterprise Edition 4.3 (Windows)

DreamCoder for Oracle is a comprehensive tool for developing and managing an Oracle database. This product increases the productivity and quality of development teams and database administrators DBAs. In DreamCoder for Oracle you will find different tools and modules to manage and develop an Oracle database server . You won't...

Tags: Oracle Corp., SQL, Microsoft Windows, Oracle Database, Mentat Technologies, DreamCoder, Databases, Programming Languages, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2009-11-11

Commercial spying app for Android devices released

Nothing newRegardless of what the 'official brand name' of spyware products, one should also consider what are the standards of development in the developers company, and following that logic, what else may have sneaked into the code of the spyware product. Spirovski Bozidarhttp://www.shortinfosec.netIt sounds like a "Mom & Dad" App.About...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, spyware

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

Enterprises saving $26 million per project with open source

Using Only COCOMO Seriously FlawedIt assumes that every component would be developed from scratch for every project instead of being commercially licensed or re-used from another in-house project.A MySQL license purchased from Sun is much less expensive than recreating MySQL.Wow that's such total crap I'd be amazed if anyone believed...

Tags: Linux, open source

Discussion threads 2009-11-10