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How XML Brings Old Content Back to Life
How document management software from Documentum and other vendors
allows you to put all your paper documents onto the internet for
access by authorized users.
(May 16, 2001)
Budget Software that Turns on a Dime
How enterprise budgeting software from ClosedLoop Solutions is
targeting a niche -- "high-velocity companies" -- in order to
differentiate it from competitors like Hyperion, Adaytum and
OutlookSoft.
(Apr 18, 2001)
Oracle Plays Catch up with PeopleSoft
For years, PeopleSoft has been the acknowledged industry leader in
enterprise HRMS (Human Resource Management Software). With the
release of Oracle 11i, Oracle is claiming to have caught up or
surpassed PeopleSoft in the human resources, but have they?
(Apr 11, 2001)
Budget Planning Software Moves to the Web
Until recently, a handful of companies -- Hyperion, Adaytum, Cognos
and Comshare -- have dominated the market for enterprise budgeting
packages. Now, OutlookSoft Corp. claims to have stolen a march on
its competitors by marrying budgeting with the Web, an OLAP (on line
analytical processing) database for analysis and decision support,
and a user interface based on the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.
(Apr 04, 2001)
How to Pay on a B2B Exchange
E-commerce is taking hold, but electronic payments are still in the
dark ages, with a scarcity of ways to pay for online purchases,
especially on B2B (business to business) sites. Now, Virtual
Purchase Connection (VPC) is working to provide a new, low-cost
online payment method.
(Mar 28, 2001)
Bill-Paying Services Follow the Money
Online bill-paying services like Paytrust, CheckFree and CheckSpace
allow both individuals and businesses to pay their bills online,
instead of dealing with paper bills and paper checks.
(Mar 21, 2001)
Expense Management Software Grows Up
Both Extensity Inc. and Concur Technologies are attempting to
integrate three major financial areas -- travel expenses, procurement
expenses, and timesheet tracking -- into a single set of software
modules that can be accessed from the web.
(Feb 28, 2001)
Web Analytics Can Improve Your Marketing
How many people are accessing your web site? And when they do, which
options do they click on, and how do they sequence through the
various web site pages? To find out, you need to use a web analytics
program, like the ones from WebSideStory, Coremetrics, WebTrends and
Accrue. However, web analytics also has some dirty little secrets.
More females than males are playing online games now. What this
might mean for e-commerce, and how e-commerce need to be designed to
be more female-oriented than they are now.
(Feb 21, 2001)
Online Games for Girls: E-commerce's Next Frontier?
More females than males are playing online games now. What this
might mean for e-commerce, and how e-commerce need to be designed to
be more female-oriented than they are now.
(Feb 14, 2001)
Softline Has Big Plans for AccountMate
Is a little-known South African company ready to join the accounting
software big leagues?
(Feb 07, 2001)
Why You Need an Optical Mouse
You should buy yourself an optical mouse even if your employer is too
cheap to get one for you. How keyboard and mouse devices are helping
overcome repetitive stress injuries.
(Jan 31, 2001)
Electronic Billing and Payments Save Money
It's a killer app, but so far, no one's been able to tame it.
(Jan 24, 2001)
Enhanced 9-1-1 Can Save Employees' Lives, for a Price
Enhanced 911 is a service offered by local phone companies so that
when an employee dials 911, the exact location of the employee --
address, floor, cubicle location -- comes up on the screen of the
person who answers the calls and sends out the paramedics. Phone
companies are charging outrageous prices for Enhanced 911, but
software from RedSky can help.
(Jan 17, 2001)
Microsoft Acquires Great Plains Software
Microsoft's acquisition of this company should make the use of
software from all midrange accounting software companies more
credible. However, Microsoft may run into channel conflict when it
tries to sell it.
(Jan 10, 2001)
Technology Sidebar: The Midrange Accounting Software Shakeout
Microsoft's acqusition of Great Plains Software is just one part of a
general consolidation in the midrange accounting software
marketplace.
(Jan 10, 2001)
If Only Bill Gates Would Just Apologize
Contrary to the claims of Ralph Nader and other Microsoft critics,
Microsoft has consisted produced technology superior products, some
of the best products in the world. But Microsoft also used marketing
techniques that resembled extortion and racketeering. It's almost as
if the company were behaving like an admired uncle who's done
wonderful things for your family and many others, but who is
embezzling money from his employer. Do you continue to admire his
accomplishments, or do you condemn his dark side?
(Jan 03, 2001)
Squandered Opportunities
While an explosion in computer games provides many marketing tie-in
opportunities, most are not exploited.
(Dec 27, 2000)
Productivity Improvement
New manufacturing methodology promises substantial improvement in
productivity and profits; however, the software from Maxager
Technology Inc. has not yet proven itself for everyone
(Dec 20, 2000)
How to Slash Inventory Costs
How DaimlerChrysler and Western Digital are slashing inventory costs:
A new class of software from SeeCommerce and other vendors monitors
products and parts for manufacturers.
(Dec 13, 2000)
Say 'Please' Before You Market Via E-Mail
If you want to use e-mail as a marketing tool, don't just spam
millions of people. Instead, do what The Museum Company and CNNSI.com
do: Use opt-in e-mail marketing services from companies like
Responsys.com and E2 Communications.
(Dec 06, 2000)
Time and Billing Software For Small Firms
How one firm uses a new service from Timeslips Corp. to keep track of
its billable hours. Also this week: Computer Associates announces
software leasing, and tells us why dealing with CA in the past was so
acrimonious.
(Nov 29, 2000)
Beyond Voice Mail
Services from two companies -- Orchestrate and Wildfire -- go beyond
telephone voicemail by providing an automated service that acts as a
personal assistant that takes messages, places calls, and
automatically finds you when someone wants to reach you.
(Nov 22, 2000)
Are Accounting ASPs your Friend or Foe?
With an Application Software Provider (ASP), you can have another
company manage your accounting software for you. We looked at three
ASPs.
(Nov 15, 2000)
Don't Let Your Data Die!
EMC Corp. and IBM Corp. are in a battle to provide to high capacity,
high performance extremely reliable disk storage for massive web
sites.
(Nov 08, 2000)
Expiration of RSA Encryption Patent Should End Sticker Shock
RSA's long-standing patent on its dual-key encryption algorithm is
expiring, and this should bring down the cost of encryption software.
(Oct 31, 2000)
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