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- Ford dumps Oracle e-commerce system
- Ford Motor spent four years and millions developing a new procurement system on Oracle's 11i e-commerce software, but now the auto maker is hitting the brakes on the project and returning to "proven systems." An Oracle spokesperson stated the software company would continue to "support Ford on its back-to-basics strategic initiatives and...
- Tags: Ford Motor Co., Oracle Corp.
- Blog posts 2004-08-18
- Ford scraps Oracle-based procurement system
- Ford scraps Oracle-based procurement systemSomethings missing...It cannot be considered a "news" article if there is no WHY?The whole idea of news is to inform, not to leave us all guessing.So why exactly did Ford dump a project they obviously spent mucho dinero and time on?N.D.A. enforced on this.Like you I...
- Tags: Channel management, Purchasing & Procurement, Ford Motor Co., Oracle Corp., procurement
- Discussion threads 2004-08-18
- Oracle Case Study: Ford Motor Company
- The problem faced by Ford Motor Company was running a disparate combination of local and regional accounting systems that created architectural and administrative barriers to the smooth operation of Ford's global nuances. Ford needed a new, consolidated solution to standardize and streamline global financial business processes and achieve a single...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Financial, Ford Motor Co., Financial Accounting, Finance
- Case studies
- Ford Cuts Energy Costs Using Real-Time Consumption Data
- Ford Motor Company manufactures and distributes automobiles in 200 markets across six continents. The company wanted to enable automated and manual collection of detailed transactional data from the factory's many energy meters and enable near real-time analysis of energy consumption. It also wanted to enable accurate forecasting of energy use...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Analysis, Ford Motor Co., Sales Force Management, Databases, Sales, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
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- What's up, what's down on our warming planet?
- Glaciers are down, the ocean is up. Here are some details: Europe is losing its Alpine snowmass. Glaciers in Europe have lost 25% of their snowmass since 1980. It's more than agony for skiers. Huge sections of rock and rubble are leaving...
- Tags: Meter, Glacier, Business Ethics, Government, Leadership, Management, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-09-06
- Judge finds Oracle's Ellison withheld evidence
- According to Bloomberg, in a ruling that has important implications for Larry Ellison, Oracle's CEO and the company itself, district judge Susan Illston found that Ellison: ...deliberately destroyed or withheld e-mails and failed to preserve tape recordings that should have been turned over to lawyers for shareholders suing him......
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Susan Illston, Larry Ellison, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Mainstream media writes Windows obit
- Mainstream media writes Windows obitMS should have never...killed off XP. Especially when such a huge segment of the market is tired of being forced fed what they do not want.This article makes a good point about users beginning to realize that as long as they can hit the web rather...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), LIKE IT, Microsoft Windows, Hewlett-Packard Co., mainstream media, Windows obit, Microsoft Windows Vista, obit, Microsoft Corp., operating system
- Discussion threads 2008-09-05
- Dell and Salesforce.com: So cozy they could merge (someday)
- Dell and Salesforce.com: So cozy they could merge somedayIndeed, not as mad as it soundsThis actually makes a lot of sense. That is, if Google doesn't snap up SFDC first.Ian HendryCEO, WeCanDo.BIZhttp://www.wecando.bizRE: Dell and Salesforce.com: So cozy they could merge somedayWell Dell and Oracle has a "strategic alliance" and...
- Tags: Sales force management, Dell Computer Corp., Salesforce.com Inc., Oracle Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-05
- Forget Seinfeld. Can Windows gurus help the Windows brand?
- Forget Seinfeld. Can Windows gurus help the Windows brand?Microsoft is also airing the Mojave experiment ads. nt.RE: Forget Seinfeld. Can Windows gurus help the Windows brand?That add is really stupid . . . but, if you're totally incapable of building a quality operating system, why not try comedy?Best marketing for...
- Tags: Operating systems, Branding, Microsoft Windows, advertisement, Windows Gurus, Windows brand, Microsoft Corp., brand, Seinfeld
- Discussion threads 2008-09-05
- Handicapping the Fall Enterprise Software Race: SAP vs. Oracle vs. Microsoft
- Handicapping the Fall Enterprise Software Race: SAP vs. Oracle vs. MicrosoftSAP vs. Budgetyou forgot the biggest comparison for SAP. ;)
- Tags: SAP AG, Fall Enterprise Software Race, Oracle Corp., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-05
- VMworld is bringing out the vendors
- Planning for an announcement is a challenging task. Large suppliers know that just about whatever they do will be picked up by the media and presented to the world. Smaller vendors have a much more difficult time getting heard. So, picking the right place and time for an announcement is...
- Tags: Supplier, Announcement, VMworld, Channel Management, Marketing, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- News to know: Windows 7; Patch preview; Office 2.0; Dell
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ryan Naraine: Critical WMP, MS Office bugs on Patch Tuesday swat list Dancho Danchev:Malware and spam attacks exploiting Picasa and ImageShack Mary Jo Foley:...
- Tags: Google Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Comcast Corp., Microsoft Corp., Office 2.0, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- 2008 BMW 128i Convertible
- Photo gallery:2008 BMW 128i ConvertibleExcept for its price, the 2008 BMW 128i Convertible may be the least BMW-like car from the automaker. Oh, it does have all the cutting-edge tech found in BMW's other models, including a pop-up LCD that is surprisingly immune to glare. But where its turbo-charged brother,...
- Tags: iDrive, BMW AG, car, Cunningham, Apple iPod, voice command
- Product reviews 2008-09-05
- Handicapping the Fall Enterprise Software Race: SAP vs. Oracle vs. Microsoft
- It's leapfrog time in enterprise software land, and the next frog to jump will be Oracle, which is hosting industry analysts next week in Redwood Shores and then hosting the entire world at its much-too-massive Open World Conference in San Francisco the following week. Oracle is...
- Tags: Strategy, Small And Medium Enterprise, Oracle Corp., SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Smb/Sme, Enterprise Software, Software, Joshua Greenbaum
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Office 2.0 Conference day one
- David Allen discussed his 'getting things done' methodology with conference creator Ismael Ghalimi during the opening keynote session at the Office 2.0 conference at the St Regis Hotel, San Francisco. The core of the methodology is to free up the sophisticated processing unit that is your brain...
- Tags: Google Inc., General Electric Co., Conference, Office 2.0, Matthew, Cloud Computing, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Microsoft to slash price of Xbox 360
- Microsoft to slash price of Xbox 360Xbox 360 reduces cost by $50.Wow, and I've just spent 200 bucks on the console just last week. I doubt the reduction will stop Sony out-selling their consoles though.Awww...nobody wants your Xbox 360s??So sad. :( I thought they were already selling...
- Tags: Game players, Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Xbox 360, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-04
- Red Hat acquires Qumranet
- I just received a press release telling me that one of my clients, Qumranet, has been acquired by Red Hat.This was not entirely unexpected. Here's what the release said Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced...
- Tags: Red Hat Inc., Qumranet Inc., Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Open Source, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Leaked in iTunes 8.0: Genius
- It may have gotten lost in the end of yesterday's particularly long-winded fortune teller piece, but the Oracle of Cupertino, ahem Kevin Rose, posted a pretty convincing-looking snippit of a document proclaiming to be "What's new in iTunes 8." It goes like this: iTunes 8 includes...
- Tags: TV, Apple iTunes, Music, Genius, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Dell and Salesforce.com: So cozy they could merge (someday)
- Dell and Salesforce.com have quite a partnership going on. Dell is developing its internal and some of its external application on Salesforce.com's force.com platform. Salesforce.com is moving its data centers to Dell hardware. And the two are teaming up on marketing pitches. Meanwhile, the relationship appears to be much more...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Sales Force Management, Sales, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Breaking: Oracle's Andersen gone, where now for Fusion and vertical plays?
- I have seen an internal Oracle email that confirms persistent rumors that Jespers Andersen, SVP Application Development at Oracle has left for Cisco. The email says: "You may well have heard today, the rumour mill has been very busy that Jesper has resigned from Oracle. ...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Jesper, Team Management, Sales Strategy, E-mail, Advertising & Promotion, Sales Force Management, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Management, Sales, Online Communications, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-09-03
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