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Last year’s deregulation of the financial services industry changed the competitive pressures on banks, brokerages, and insurance
companies. Firms in this industry have been forced to expand and reorganize their offerings around the customer rather than
around products. This makes a perfect case for (...)
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Last year’s deregulation of the financial services industry changed the competitive pressures on banks, brokerages, and insurance
companies. Firm...
Published:
2000-11-02
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Business process management (BPM) allows financial services companies to manage internal processes and to increase efficiency
and accuracy. Organizations, especially those that deal with Sarbanes-Oxley, should focus on BPM to ensure compliance and
to minimize error and risk. (...)
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Business process management (BPM) allows financial services companies to manage internal processes and to increase efficiency
and accuracy. Organi...
Published:
2006-01-03
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Merger mania, deregulation, and new technology are having far ranging impacts on organization, process, and technology integration
in the financial services arena. But are leaders ready for the speed, innovation and risk management challenge brought on
by e-commerce? (...)
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business systems industry for financial services:
Merger mania, deregulation, and new technology are having far ranging impacts on organization, process, and technology integration
in the financia...
Published:
2000-04-12
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Enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendors have extended their functionality to service vertical markets in the service industry.
As a result, ERP for services has emerged as a viable software category competing with the best-of-breed vendors serving professional
services sector industries. (...)
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Enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendors have extended their functionality to service vertical markets in the service industry.
As a result, ERP...
Published:
2007-04-09
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Siperian's master data management and customer data integration (CDI) solutions allow organizations to consolidate, manage,
and customize customer-related data. The type of CDI hub implemented depends on the CDI environment's maturity, requirements,
and alignment with an organization's internal processes (...)
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Siperian's master data management and customer data integration (CDI) solutions allow organizations to consolidate, manage,
and customize customer...
Published:
2007-03-23
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Like many of its peers, Symix Systems, one of the leading mid-market enterprise applications vendors, has been making a big
push into the e-commerce market. A new Symix subsidiary called Frontstep, which was formed in January 2000, has been actively
rounding out its e-business product and strategic consu (...)
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Like many of its peers, Symix Systems, one of the leading mid-market enterprise applications vendors, has been making a big
push into the e-commer...
Published:
2000-10-25
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If Relevant Business Systems deliberately wanted to maintain its astute enterprise system as one of the best-kept secrets
in the A&D and government contracting manufacturing markets, it has certainly succeeded. However, given a growing horde of
viable solutions from larger and more renowned vendors, the (...)
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If Relevant Business Systems deliberately wanted to maintain its astute enterprise system as one of the best-kept secrets
in the A&D and governmen...
Published:
2005-01-24
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With its short term ownership under Baan all but forgotten, CODA has been doing well, owing to its astute offerings tailored
to the preferences of each regional market, coupled with some recent appetizing acquisitions. (...)
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With its short term ownership under Baan all but forgotten, CODA has been doing well, owing to its astute offerings tailored
to the preferences of...
Published:
2005-11-14
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Business Engine provides best-of-breed PPM functionality for internal IT departments, focusing on financial governance. For
organizations seeking flexible workflow and IT governance capabilities, BEN delivers functionality in the financial services,
health care, government, manufacturing, telecommunicati (...)
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business systems industry for financial services:
Business Engine provides best-of-breed PPM functionality for internal IT departments, focusing on financial governance. For
organizations seeking ...
Published:
2006-03-24
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On October 12, Lawson Software announced the formation of a new vertical market initiative for the telecommunications industry,
its sixth and newest vertical market. On October 9, Lawson Software announced 'the best quarter of contracting activity in
the company's 25-year history'. (...)
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On October 12, Lawson Software announced the formation of a new vertical market initiative for the telecommunications industry,
its sixth and newe...
Published:
2000-11-06
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For over a decade, SAP has offered industry-specific applications, starting with oil and gas and utilities solutions. Media,
insurance, chemicals, banking, and public sector offerings have followed, highlighting SAP's lesser-known side as a market-oriented
provider of industry-tailored solutions. (...)
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For over a decade, SAP has offered industry-specific applications, starting with oil and gas and utilities solutions. Media,
insurance, chemicals,...
Published:
2006-05-25
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Since the late nineties, enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendors have developed functionality for vertical markets in
the service industry. Simultaneously, professional services automation (PSA) became a viable software category. Consequently,
deciphering the difference between ERP and PSA remains a c (...)
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business systems industry for financial services:
Since the late nineties, enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendors have developed functionality for vertical markets in the
service industry. Sim...
Published:
2006-04-13
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Welcome to the customer experience. We all have them. Some are good, others bad. A variety of factors - the user interface
(UI), customer support, marketing messages, etc. - shape these experiences. All of these things collectively create our view
of a product, service or provider. (...)
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... implement user-focused principles across their entire business. ...
an analyst and consultant at Industry Directions, Inc., says "Prescient Systems is
extremely ...
Published:
2002-01-18
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On April 20, Infinium Software, a provider of Web-based enterprise solutions and services, announced that it introduced many
significant new offerings at Infinium World 2000, held at the MGM Grand Resort in Las Vegas. (...)
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On April 20, Infinium Software, a provider of Web-based enterprise solutions and services, announced that it introduced many
significant new offer...
Published:
2000-05-10
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The unique business needs of project-oriented organizations, when addressed by large ERP vendors that offer general-purpose
enterprise software, typically require heavy customization in order to work. On the other hand, when project-oriented organizations
turn to small off-the-shelf project-management s (...)
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The unique business needs of project-oriented organizations, when addressed by large ERP vendors that offer general-purpose
enterprise software, t...
Published:
2005-01-26
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Strategic Systems International (SSI) needs no special introduction to British process industries (such as consumer products
manufacturers and whisky distillers), but it largely remains a well-kept secret elsewhere. (...)
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Strategic Systems International (SSI) needs no special introduction to British process industries (such as consumer products
manufacturers and whi...
Published:
2006-07-24
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Business intelligence (BI) is evolving as it grows in popularity. Within BI, there is a shift from traditional analytics
to predictive analytics, and predictive analytics is emerging as a distinct new software sector. (...)
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Business intelligence (BI) is evolving as it grows in popularity. Within BI, there is a shift from traditional analytics to
predictive analytics, ...
Published:
2005-12-24
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Callidus Software's latest enterprise incentive management and sales performance management product suite for the insurance
sector aims at helping insurance carriers improve agent retention and at providing producers with the best service possible. (...)
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Callidus Software's latest enterprise incentive management and sales performance management product suite for the insurance
sector aims at helping...
Published:
2007-07-23
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When compared to leading vendors, Ramco suffers from size, funding, and market awareness comparisons. However, it appears
to be at least equal in functionality (if not even stronger in certain industries of focus), superior in technology and leading
in vision. Of course, more than functional capabiliti (...)
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When compared to leading vendors, Ramco suffers from size, funding, and market awareness comparisons. However, it appears
to be at least equal in...
Published:
2003-03-30
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The typical mid-market company that has roughly $350 million in annual revenue, has not fully automated its business processes,
and would gladly give up its legacy systems if everything could work from one server, and give the executives the information
they need in the process. Another opinion in the di (...)
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business systems industry for financial services:
The typical mid-market company that has roughly $350 million in annual revenue, has not fully automated its business processes,
and would gladly g...
Published:
2003-08-27