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Author Archives: Jeff Moad
Levi Strauss Tries On a New Look
The iconic apparel maker is transforming itself around a global brand management structure.
Can Charles Phillips Save Infor?
The incoming CEO faces big challenges, including product strategy and execution problems that have left Infor trailing its competitors.
Posted in Enterprise Applications Tagged cloud computing, Enterprise Applications, ERP, HP, IaaS, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, SOA 2 Comments
Tesla Plugs in Reconfigured Outsourcing Strategy
Maker of sexy electric sports cars decides production close to home makes more sense for a product with lots of high-tech content.
Epicor’s Dark Cloud 9
Epicor 9 implementation and support problems are undermining a golden opportunity for the ERP vendor to gain more market share and migrate customers to a converged platform.
What We Learned about Fusion Apps
At Oracle Open World, some of the questions surrounding the long-delayed enterprise applications offering were answered. But a lot remain.
Posted in Enterprise Applications Tagged business intelligence, CRM, Enterprise Applications, ERP, GRC, HCM, Oracle, SCM, SOA, supply chain management, transportation management 1 Comment
The Democratization of BI
SaaS and other technologies are expected to lead to broader use of BI applications up and down the organization. So why haven’t they?
Oracle Exalogic: What about the Applications?
The company’s new scalable application server is a step toward its vertically-integrated vision, but so far it’s missing the applications piece.
Public Attitudes about Manufacturing: It’s Complicated
New survey shows confidence in the capabilities of U.S. manufacturers, but pessimism about the future of U.S. manufacturing.
Transformation One Twinkie at a Time
Hostess Brands is attempting a major technology-driven transformation, and discovering that change management is the real challenge.
2011: The Year of SaaS ERP?