<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?>
<rss version="2.0" xmlns:s="http://updates.zdnet.com/">
<channel>
	<title><![CDATA[packaged application Resources | ZDNet]]></title>
	<link><![CDATA[http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/packaged+application.html]]></link>
	<description><![CDATA[White papers, case studies, technical articles, and blog posts relating to packaged application]]></description>
	<s:counts start="0" returned="6" found="6" />
	<language>en-us</language>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[From Chapter Two: The appliance computing culture]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-11202-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=51395&messageID=965623&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[From Chapter Two: The appliance computing cultureShibboleth?Here's the dictionary definition:1. a peculiarity of pronunciation, behavior, mode of dress, etc., that distinguishes a particular class or set of persons.  2. a slogan; catchword.  3. a common saying or belief with little current meaning or truth.  A report, providing...]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Discussion threads]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:04:00 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/recruitment+%2526+selection.html"><![CDATA[Recruitment & Selection]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/mgmt.html"><![CDATA[Mgmt]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/packaged+application.html"><![CDATA[packaged application]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/job.html"><![CDATA[job]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/software.html"><![CDATA[software]]></category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[SAP's CTO: Business knows 'what', IT knows 'how']]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/projectfailures/?p=710]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Naked IT interview series talks with innovators about the evolving relationship between IT and business. Please listen to the audio podcast and enjoy the brief excerpts below.    Vishal Sikka is SAP's Chief Technology Officer.  Reporting directly to CEO Henning Kagermann, Vishal is responsible for driving...]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Blog posts]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 03:28:57 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/cto.html"><![CDATA[CTO]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/line+of+business.html"><![CDATA[Line Of Business]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/information+technology.html"><![CDATA[Information Technology]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/packaged+application.html"><![CDATA[Packaged Application]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/sap+ag.html"><![CDATA[SAP AG]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/business+bydesign.html"><![CDATA[Business byDesign]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/strategy.html"><![CDATA[Strategy]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/management.html"><![CDATA[Management]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/michael+krigsman.html"><![CDATA[Michael Krigsman]]></category>
		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">SAP</category>
		<category domain="tickers">SAP</category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[Cost and Time of Implementing Packaged Applications Reduced by a Third]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=358678]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Before 2001, several proprietary applications, developed in-house, mainly based on VAX/VMS, were used for running the Kiabi business. However international expansion, as well as improvements in the responsiveness to ever-changing customer requirements, led to several supply chain innovations. These enable Kiabi to offer a better fashion mix with ideal supply-demand...]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Case studies]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/supply+chain.html"><![CDATA[Supply Chain]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/sun+microsystems+inc..html"><![CDATA[Sun Microsystems Inc.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/packaged+application.html"><![CDATA[Packaged Application]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/supply+chain+management+%2528scm%2529.html"><![CDATA[Supply Chain Management (SCM)]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/enterprise+software.html"><![CDATA[Enterprise Software]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/software.html"><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">JAVA</category>
		<category domain="tickers">JAVA</category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[The Financial Impact of Packaged Applications]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=267239]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Imperative reading: this report from Forrester, "The Financial Impact of Packaged Applications," sponsored by IBM, discusses Forrester's ROI-based methodology for evaluating costs, benefits, and risks of deploying and maintaining ERP, SCM, and CRM applications.    It can also be used as a predictive tool.   ]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[White papers]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/financial.html"><![CDATA[Financial]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/packaged+application.html"><![CDATA[Packaged Application]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/ibm+corp..html"><![CDATA[IBM Corp.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/forrester+research+inc..html"><![CDATA[Forrester Research Inc.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/roi%252ftco.html"><![CDATA[Roi/Tco]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/enterprise+software.html"><![CDATA[Enterprise Software]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/finance.html"><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/managerial+accounting.html"><![CDATA[Managerial Accounting]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/software.html"><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">FORR</category>
		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">IBM</category>
		<category domain="tickers">FORR,IBM</category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[Forget about implementation, focus on results]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/SAAS/?p=173]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[  I'm often asked, what's the big deal with software as a service SaaS? If all you're doing is hosting the application instead of installing it locally, it's just an alternative delivery mechanism. So why do people talk as though it's a whole new category of software?  ...]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Blog posts]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2006 11:35:22 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/delivery+mechanism.html"><![CDATA[delivery mechanism]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/software.html"><![CDATA[software]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/packaged+application.html"><![CDATA[packaged application]]></category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[Oracle Warehouse Builder 10g Release 2: Integrating Packaged Applications Data]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=240995]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Warehouse Builder is Oracle's tool to easily integrate this data, and in the meantime infuse data quality checks, compliance monitoring and metadata management into the integration process. The connectors for eBusiness Suite and PeopleSoft are new, the connector for SAP is greatly enhanced for this release. The paper gives an...]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[White papers]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/data+quality.html"><![CDATA[Data Quality]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/oracle+corp..html"><![CDATA[Oracle Corp.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/packaged+application.html"><![CDATA[Packaged Application]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/databases.html"><![CDATA[Databases]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/enterprise+software.html"><![CDATA[Enterprise Software]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/software.html"><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/data+management.html"><![CDATA[Data Management]]></category>
		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">ORCL</category>
		<category domain="tickers">ORCL</category>
	</item>
</channel>
</rss>
