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Monthly Archives: January 2010
For Oracle It’s Back to the Future
With its purchase of Sun, Oracle wants to recreate the era of the vertically integrated systems vendor, à la IBM in the 60s. But would that be a good thing for customers?
Auto Meets Air: Now That’s Innovative!
PLM providers offer inspiration for innovation on the factory floor.
When Conventional Logic Isn’t Enough
Manufacturers hungry for breakthrough ideas often stunt their development by asking for proof that they’ll work.
Cheer Up, CIOs
The recession has been tough on IT. But leaders are looking for new ways to shift spending and deliver more value with the help of SaaS, the cloud, and Web 2.0 tools.
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Customer Prospecting, 2010 Style
Some manufacturers may be late to the Internet party, but they’d be well-advised to join in now; a new and valuable form of sales intelligence is available only online.
Power to the People
Successful operational excellence programs engage every person in the organization.
Welcome to the Systems & Integration Channel
New section on ManagingAutomation.Com will focus on integration, business intelligence, and middleware news and trends.
Needed: More Room on the Airwaves
With the FCC chairman warning of a ‘looming spectrum crisis,’ should we worry about building manufacturing processes on wireless?
The Risky Rebound
When customer demand goes away, it’s easy to adjust operations. Figuring out when customers will return is the hard part.
What Apple’s iPad Means to AT&T