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Five ways to destroy a software implementation

Five ways to destroy a software implementationTwo More to AddOur personal favorites to add to your list include:1. I'll know it when I see it.2. It needs to look and feel just like my current software.Both are fasr tracks to failure, wasted time, and a lot of wasted...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, customization, software implementation, software

Discussion threads 2007-08-13

Five ways to destroy a software implementation

Liam Durbin, CIO of GE Fanuc Automation, writes in CIO magazine about five common scenarios that can cause software implementations to fail:1. Just replace the homegrown system with a packageâ€"no need to involve the functional teams.Saying “no” to customization is bitter medicine for your business partners. They will make contorted...

Tags: Software, Leader, Software Implementation, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2007-08-13

Implementing or Upgrading SAP Solutions? - Don't Forget the Data: Addressing the Challenges and Risks of Data Migration

Research has shown that software implementations are put at risk when data migration is not thoroughly considered and planned. According to recent research, more than 80 percent of software implementation projects fail or overrun their budgets and schedules. Of the projects that are overrun, half exceed timescales by 75 percent...

Tags: SAP AG, Data Migration, Migration, Software Implementation

White papers 2007-05-03

Mac-N-Trax 1.4 (Mac)

With our easy to use software you can create a "throttle" for each of your engines and control them as easily as using the mouse, keyboard or even a Griffin Powermate. Maybe you prefer to run multiple units or consists? No problem. Creating and breaking apart consists doesn't get much...

Tags: Software, Apple Macintosh, Software Implementation, Wabbit Wanch Design, Keyboards, Mice, Tools & Techniques, Hardware, Peripherals, Management

Software downloads 2005-12-13

Additional Resources

Unetsha 3.5 (Windows)

UNETNAPManager is a plug-in for extending security health check capabilities and interoperability with third-party endpoint security solutions on the Microsoft NAP platform. It enables more granular network access control in an enterprise-wide NAP implementation that includes heterogeneous network terminals. Supports Windows Management Instrumentation WMI which is used in the management...

Tags: Access Control, SJ Namo, UNETNAPManager, Microsoft Windows, Security Administration, Security, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-20

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

Why electronic health records have far to go

Look at Kaiser's ExperienceI agree. It took Kaiser a tightly integrated delivery system 10 years and $4 billion to get to their current state with health IT. It is unlikely to expect other delivery systems to do much better.I can tell you why it is taking so long.The...

Tags: Workforce management, training and certification, Tools & Techniques, HEALTHCARE, electronic health record, e-health, Learning, training

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Epicor's implementation cost drive: what does it really mean?

Epicor's announcement Monday that it has created a shared benefits program for implementations looks like a step in the right direction for those of us that want to see lowered implementation costs. On the face of it, the offer is compelling. According to the press release:...

Tags: Epicor Software Corp., Customer, Benefits, Roi/Tco, Outsourcing, Human Resources, Finance, Managerial Accounting, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-11-11

Seven great (and free!) applications for Windows 7

You added Windows 7 to the title for page hits...Any tech enthusiast worth their salt has long known about all these apps. Nah ... ... for page hits I'd have added XP ... bigger user base ... User base yes but Windows 7is what everyone is interested in reading...

Tags: Operating systems, Ubuntu 9.10, Linux Distro, Paint.net, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, 7-zip

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

10 ways to evaluate your IT management software

Does your helpdesk work for you or do you work for your helpdesk? Saar Bitner of SysAid Technologies tells how to manage you IT management software. Commentary - Choosing the right IT management software solution is a strategic decision that requires the careful planning and consideration of every IT...

Tags: IT Administration, Information Technology, Software Solution, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Management, IT management, software, Saar Bitner SysAid Technologies, Special to ZDNet, Saar Bitner SysAid Technologies, Special to ZDNet

News items 2009-11-05

You'll be far better off in a future without enterprise software

As per usual...you give no concrete examples only ethereal ideas that go nowhere. You talk about services as though it is something other than software. Everything you propose goes back to the fact that you still have to have infrastructure and software before you can even get started. You use...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Tools & Techniques, Middleware, SOA, software, hardware, enterprise software

Discussion threads 2009-11-03

UCCXD - Contact Center Express/Unified IP IVR Deployment v3.0

View Available Dates and LocationsIn this course, you will gain hands-on experience and knowledge of tasks typically performed to deploy Contact Center Unified Contact Center Express v7.0 and Unified IP IVR v7.0, two products that run on the Unified Contact Center Express Engine. Tasks include planning, installation, configuration tasks, troubleshooting,...

Tags: Contact Center, Call Centers, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), It Operations, Enterprise Software, Software

Training 2009-11-01

Splendid City Sports Scheduler 6.7.3 (Mac)

Splendid City Team Sports Scheduler, and Sports Scheduling Software System is useful for people who organize team sports or game events. Use it to manage and publish sports schedules of any size and complexity. Automatically create high quality double or single elimination tournament brackets, round-robin league schedules, swiss round tournaments,...

Tags: Web, Team, Apple Macintosh, City Sports Inc., Web Site, Niagara Software, User Experience, Time Management, Web Site Development, Team Management, Games, Web Technology, Channel Management, Productivity, Internet, Management, Personal Technology, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-10-31

JumpBox for the PostgreSQL Relational Database Management System 1.1.5 (Mac)

PostgreSQL is a powerful, open source object-relational database system that's been under active development for over 15 years. An enterprise class database, PostgreSQL boasts sophisticated features such as Multi-Version Concurrency Control MVCC, point in time recovery, tablespaces, asynchronous replication, nested transactions savepoints, online/hot backups, a sophisticated query planner/optimizer, and write...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Server, PostgreSQL, JumpBox, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2009-10-29

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

R for Mac OS X 2.10.0 (Mac)

R is a language and environment for statistical computing and graphics. It is a GNU project which is similar to the S language and environment which was developed at Bell Laboratories (formerly AT&T, now Lucent Technologies) by John Chambers and colleagues. R can be considered as a different implementation of...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Language, Graphics, R, S Language, R. R, Team Management, UNIX, Apple Mac OS X, Open Source, Operating Systems, Management, Software, Apple Mac OS

Software downloads 2009-10-26

So about this SIF thing

Difficulties in implementationLong before I retired from being a computer coordinator for our district, SIF was in the news.The reality for my district was changing Student Information Management software three times in 10 years (and a fourth since '06 when I retired). In each case, the transfer of data from...

Tags: Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular phones, SIF

Discussion threads 2009-10-23

Finally! A Three-Cornered Consulting Service for Enterprise 2.0

Managing Change is the Biggest Challenge for Enterprise 2.0 & Social MediaGreat post Paul- and agreed that congrats are in order. What is often missed in deploying new technologies or old standards is the degree to which it changes how people do their job, what their daily life looks like-...

Tags: Customer relationship management (CRM), Leadership, Enterprise software, Dion, Managing Change, Enterprise 2.0, CRM

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

Finally! A Three-Cornered Consulting Service for Enterprise 2.0

Its not too often I endorse a new service - in fact, I never have without a lot of due diligence and at least some production history.   So, for the first...and potentially only....time ever, I'm telling you that I'm truly excited about the launch of Pragmatic Enterprise 2.0.  I'm...

Tags: Socialtext, Enterprise 2.0, Framework, Pragmatic Enterprise 2.0, Michael Krigsman, Ross, Blogging, Strategy, Internet, Management, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-10-20

Family Dollar Selects Windows Server, Saves Millions of Dollars

Celebrating its fiftieth anniversary in 2009, Family Dollar required a more robust merchandising solution to accommodate its continuing growth. In 2007, Family Dollar began the transformation of its merchandising tool set to a planned implementation of the SAS Integrated Merchandise Planning solution. Family Dollar faced a significant investment in new...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, SAS Institute, Microsoft Windows, Family Dollar, Servers, Hardware

Case studies 2009-10-20