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"Supply Chain" SOA With SKOS

The supply chain vision applies to the world of Service Oriented Architectures SOA and Enterprise development. Historically, this software development approach yielded vertical silos where everything was done in one place or application. Database layers feed raw content to various processing steps, which display the end results through a client-facing...

Tags: Supply Chain, Vision, Jupitermedia Corp., SOA, Supply Chain Vision, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Supply Chain Management (SCM), Web Services, Strategy, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Management

White papers 2008-10-07

Additional Resources

Chatting (Not Chattering) About Salesforce - Part I

(NOTE BEFORE I START: This is one really long post. So rather than post it in all its glory in a single file or post it here over two days, I'm trying something new. I'm posting the first half here. And the second half on PGreenblog.  Let's see how that...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Customer Service, Twitter Inc., Sales Force, Customer, CRM, Integration, Force.com, Service Cloud 2, Sales Force Management, Sales Strategy, Sales, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-11-23

Google-Microsoft rivalry on with ChromeOS launch

This will usher in an era of intense competition and innovation, as well aslower prices.This will be good for all concerned. Windows users will get lower prices and faster innovation. The Windows users should be Google's biggest fans here.Chorme OS could get 10% or more of the netbook market. That...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Chrome, operating system

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

HP's Hurd: Cloud computing has its limits (especially when you face 1,000 attacks a day)

HP CEO Mark Hurd is big on cloud computing, but acknowledges its limits. For instance, HP "wouldn't put anything material in nature outside the firewall." The message: The cloud has its place, but there's a vast difference between private and public computing. [caption id="attachment_26254" align="alignright" width="250" caption="Credit:...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Mark Hurd, Attack, Cloud Computing, Strategy, Virtualization, Management, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-20

IBM & FXA Helping Assure Safety of Vietnam Seafood Exports

IBM's vision of a smart planet is proving to be an interesting intellectual platform from which to invite all actors to think how best to improve sustainability performance with smart use of IT. Yesterday's announcement hat tip James of a partnerhsip between IBM, FXA Group, the Vietnam Association...

Tags: Crisis Management, Farm, Food, Food & Beverage, IBM Corp., Ireland, James Farrar, Management, Manufacturing, Meat, Strategy

Blog posts 2009-05-20

Schahin Engenharia Consolidates Multiple Operations Into a Single Solution, Maximizes Investment

Schahin Group wanted to guarantee an ample, detailed vision of the supply process, which represents 70% of the group's engineering sector and streamlines contract management, which is critical for the engineering unit, for hundreds of subcontractors at each worksite. The challenge was to consolidate several of the group's activities into...

Tags: Worksite, Vision, Back-office, Schahin Engenharia, Operational Accounting, Service Management, Investment, Strategy, Finance, Management

Case studies 2009-01-01

Does Alcatel-Lucent really get Web 2.0 religion?

Alcatel-Lucent on Friday unveiled its latest restructuring plan complete with layoffs and a rip off of Cisco's spiel about Web 2.0 technologies. The news out of Alcatel-Lucent was boilerplate stuff these days--it will be news when a company actually hires someone. Alcatel-Lucent sees the market for telecom...

Tags: Alcatel, Alcatel-Lucent, Channel Management, Cisco Systems Inc., Internet, Larry Dignan, Marketing, Web, Web 2.0

Blog posts 2008-12-12

Case Study: Key Factors for Successful Indirect Procurement Outsourcing

Telstra is Australia's largest communications and information service provider, with revenue of more than A$23.7 billion. The Challenge was to enhance its procurement function, access a low-cost operating infrastructure to meet increasingly complex procure-to-pay demands and processes, etc. Telstra Telstra management identified a long-term corporate procurement strategic vision. This included...

Tags: Telstra Corp., Procurement, Purchasing & Procurement, Business Operations

Case studies 2008-11-19

Oracle, the Innovation Company: Core Innovation, Fusion Applications' Debut, and Why It’s All Up to AIA

If I had to distill a vast and complex product strategy into a single, admittedly simplistic description, Oracle of late would have been known as a company that innovates through acquisition: This has been largely true since Oracle’s acquisition binge started five years ago. And until now innovation through acquisition...

Tags: Innovation, Oracle Corp., SAP AG, E-Business Suite, Oracle Business Intelligence App, Application Integration, Leadership, It Services, Strategy, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Joshua Greenbaum

Blog posts 2008-09-24

Forrester: The X Internet is coming (for real this time)

Forrester Research is pitching an "IT everywhere" vision that's comprised of existing technologies as well as some emerging trends--including the X Internet where physical objects are networked to the Web. In a report, Forrester analyst Bobby Cameron concludes: Today’s technology trends may appear like only incremental...

Tags: Forrester Research Inc., Extended Internet, Internet, RFID, Operational Planning, Wireless, Security, Biometrics, Business Operations, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-14

Four Vital Reasons Manufacturing Execution Systems Are Essential to Lean Enterprise Initiatives

Today's manufacturers operate in an increasingly demanding environment that includes global competition, increasing pressures for cost reductions and new products, quality-driven compliance, and improvements in on-time and in-full orders. Each of its core business functions is affected, ranging from product design, manufacturing, supply chain operations, sales, and customer service. It...

Tags: HighJump Software Inc., Manufacturer, Manufacturing, Product Marketing, Marketing

White papers 2008-07-21

Sun Exec: Your 'Eco Data Center' doesn't have to cost millions. Some tips for getting there.

OK, so here’s the $100 million question: Do you really want to spend that much to make your data center more green or at least more efficient? I thought not, which is why I agreed to speak with Sun Chief Technologist for EcoDC and Virtualization Services, Phillip Morris, about more...

Tags: Data Center, Virtualization, Sun Microsystems Inc., Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-07-16

S.T.M. SpA Improves Visibility Into Data and Increases Operating Spread by 5%

Founded in 1976, S.T.M SpA is prominent in the power transmission sector in Italy and abroad. S.T.M SpA wanted to obtain an accurate vision of production costs and the cost of outsourced work and automate expense forecasting. The challenge was to introduce new models that allow the company to more...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Outsource, S.T.M. SpA, Outsourcing, Sales Force Management, Supply Chain Management (SCM), It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Sales, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies 2008-05-01

Idal Implements Open Integrated IT Infrastructure to Gain New Flexibility, Stability, and Insight

Idal wanted to replace the old legacy system with an automatic one to be more efficient and obtain a unified vision of all company processes - even those pertaining to different business lines - to enable more informed decisions. The challenge was to centralize and standardize company data and enable...

Tags: IT Infrastructure, Oracle Corp., J.D. Edwards & Co., Information Technology, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Hardware Upgrade, RFID, Financial Accounting, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware, Wireless, Security, Biometrics, Finance

Case studies 2008-01-01

In-Store Mobility - Realize Your Vision

Mobile applications in retail are not new. Over the years, barcode scanning enabled mobile applications in the retail storefront, in the back room and in warehouse locations that have helped retailers reduce operating costs by improving productivity and providing greater supply chain visibility. Mobile applications such as inventory tracking, shelving,...

Tags: Mobile, Retail Company, Vision, Mobile Application, Aruba Networks, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Mobile Applications, Retail, Wireless And Mobility, Enterprise Software, Software

White papers 2007-11-27

Handicapping Apple's September 5 Event

Handicapping Apple's September 5 Event"The [b]BEAT[/b] goes on"New iPods......It can not get more obvious than that with that quote. Most likely will be the new 6G iPod with touch screen (and wifi?). Would be insanity and unlike Apple to go 2+ years and another holiday season without a major refresh...

Tags: Wireless LANs, Keyboards, Monitors & displays, Digital music, Digital media, supply chain, Now IT, Apple Inc., Wi-Fi, Wi-pod, AppleTV, music

Discussion threads 2007-08-29

On the campaign trail with Dave DeWalt

Fifty days into the job, McAfee's CEO Dave DeWalt is pumped up about his new position and is on a campaign to change public perceptions about the company. The former CEO of Documentum and then EMC's President of Customer Operations and Content Management Software which acquired Documentum, told me that...

Tags: EMC, General, Mobile, Security, Software Infrastructure, Symantec, Web Technology

Blog posts 2007-05-24

Mix love and business: Lessons from successful companies that do good while doing well

Firms of Endearment: How World-Class Companies Profit from Passion and Purpose is about the pragmatic role of love in the business world. The book celebrates leaders who leverage their humanness by inspiring others to join them in making the world a better place. These executives operate by...

Tags: Prentice Hall Inc., Leadership, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Management, Enterprise Software, Software

Book chapters 2007-05-17

Meet Goog-Azon, world dominator

Giants such as Yahoo, Google, eBay and Amazon and their ilk are going to control 50 percent of all consumer purchases by 2016 and wreak havoc on consumer businesses. These stats are tossed out by Gartner to get folks thinking. That...

Tags: Amazon, eBay, Enterprise 2.0, Gartner Symposium, General, Google, Innovation, Web Technology, Wired & Wireless, Yahoo

Blog posts 2007-04-27

SurfControl CIO: Max Rayner

As chief information officer of a security company, Max Rayner is under even more pressure than others to practise what his company preaches. In this CIO Vision Series interview, he tells Munir Kotadia how his role as CIO and head of product development delivers efficiency in the supply chain. by...

Tags: CIO, SurfControl Plc, Product Development, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Product Marketing, Strategy, Security, Research & Development, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Management, ZDNet Editor

Blog posts 2007-04-10