Per

Automated Enterprise: Many High-ROI Opportunities

by Tom Pisello ... Operations and administration typically consumes 30 to 40 percent of IT spending—an average of $4,400 (USD) per employee in an average US enterprise. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/eam/2004/10/research_notes/MI_EA_XTP_10_30_04_1.asp - 19k - 2004-10-30 Summary: An automated data center promises to self-configure, self-optimize, and self-protect. When looking to implement an automated data center, one must consider best practices in user and resource provisioning, infrastructure availability, and user management. Doing so will allow automated data centers to exp

To SaaS or Not, Is That a Question? – SaaSy Discussions (Part ...

... If any company really wants utility pricing, then it should demand that the SaaS vendor charge, eg, per each sales quotation, order, or shopping cart checkout ... blog.technologyevaluation.com/.../05/18/to-saas-or-not-is-that-a-question-–-saasy-discussions-part-iia/ - 64k - 2009-05-18

Appointment Scheduling - Achieving the Positive Ripple Effect Part ...

by Rachel Nemecek ... Taking a carrier who drives 1 billion miles per year, based on their number of tractors, each tractor currently drives approximately 2,072 miles per week. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/Scm/2002/07/research_notes/TU_SC_XRN_07_01_02_1.asp - 9k - 2002-07-01 Summary: Reducing wait time to just 17 hours per week would reflect a gain of approximately 32,160 miles per year by each trailer.

IBM’s DB2 Tops TPC Benchmark List

by R. Krause ... commercial use, recording performance levels that triple the performance of Oracle running on a Sun Microsystems cluster, at one-third the cost per transaction ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/HardwareOS/2000/07/news_analysis/NA_HW_RAK_07_26_00_1.asp - 8k - 2000-07-26 Summary: Leapfrogging the rest of the transaction-processing world, IBM has posted TPC-C results more than tripling the highest current transaction-per-minute figure.

Has Market Been Too Harsh On Great Plains?

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... a record level for the company, compared to $40.1 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 1999 (See Figure 1). Net income and diluted earnings per share for ... http:/.../ResearchHighlights/BusinessApplications/2000/08/research_notes/EN_BA_PJ_08_03_00_1.asp - 17k - 2000-08-03 Summary: On June 27, Great Plains Software, Inc., a leading mid-market provider of back-office and e-business solutions, announced financial results for the fiscal quarter and fiscal year ended May 31, 2000. Despite continued growth and profitability, the market reacted to the company’s results that were below

So You Want to Outsource Your Messaging?

by P. Hayes ... Each roommate pays $20 per month for 3 years, totaling $2160 when the television could have initially been purchased for $1200. ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/GroupwareMessaging/2000/11/research_notes/TU_GW_MPH_11_20_00_1.asp - 14k - 2000-11-20 Summary: One of the primary benefits of outsourcing is the initial negation of 'up-front' costs associated with the implementation of a production system.

Partner-Friendly Oracle Update – Part 2 » The TEC Blog

... Dear readers, what are your views, comments, opinions, etc. about Oracle’s improved partnering approach, and about the VAD Remarketer program per se? ... blog.technologyevaluation.com/blog/2009/05/07/partner-friendly-oracle-update-–-part-2/ - 53k - 2009-05-07

Do Chinese Enterprises Really Need MES and WMS?

by Nelson M. Nones ... Meanwhile, manufacturing value-add per production worker grew more than twofold, from $81,000 to $165,000 (USD and in constant 2002 dollars), and total ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/SCM/2005/07/research_notes/EN_SC_XNN_07_23_05_1.asp - 25k - 2005-07-23 Summary: Despite rapid industrialization in China and other developing countries, most manufacturing execution systems (MES) and warehouse management systems (WMS) are found in North America, Western Europe, and Japan. These systems have made extraordinary productivity gains possible in the West. However, Chinese

Can Geac Reshuffle the ERP Standings?

by P.J. Jakovljevic ... The net loss for the quarter was $9.8 million or $0.16 per fully diluted share compared to a net loss of $234.0 million or $3.74 per fully diluted share last ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/BusinessApplications/2000/08/news_analysis/NA_BA_PJ_08_09_00_1.asp - 13k - 2000-08-09 Summary: In July, Geac Computer Corporation Limited, the largest Canadian business applications software vendor and an aspirant for a leading ERP vendor position, announced its financial results for fiscal 2000. Earlier, on June 26, Geac solidified its enterprise systems presence in North America by consolidating

MCI WorldCom and Critical Path Power into Outsourced Messaging

by P. Hayes ... Initially MCI WorldCom and Critical Path will be offering the following services: Web mail service, starting at $2 per user, per month, POP3 mail service ... http:/.../Research/ResearchHighlights/GroupwareMessaging/2000/05/research_notes/EN_GW_MPH_05_01_00_1.asp - 12k - 2000-05-01 Summary: MCI WorldCom and Critical Path plan to offer the following services: Web mail service, starting at $2 per user, per month, POP3 mail service starting at $3.50/user/month, IMAP4 service starting at $5.50/user/month and a Microsoft Exchange collaborative service starting at $12 /user/month with 20MB of dis