Monthly Archives: February 2003
Microsoft, Cognos Expand Analytics Apps
As Microsoft Corp. readies new reporting capabilities for its SQL Server business intelligence platform, Cognos Inc., one of the reporting software vendors threatened by...
Application Consolidation Best Practices
Choose mainstream operating systems and databases. Consolidate around operating systems and databases that will run as large a percentage of your application set as...
Microsoft Tackles CRM – 2
Microsoft Corp.s Microsoft CRM raises the bar for customer relationship management in the small and midsize markets. Unfortunately, it was a low bar to...
Kattoon: February 24, 2003
Read this weeks Spencer column.
Katt Plows Through Blizzard of Rumors
While snowbound for a day in the northeast, thanks to the Blizzard of 03, the Kitty looked back with fondness on the low-tech world...
Standards Emerge From Alphabet Soup
An important consideration when deploying BPM software is which standards to follow.There is a growing selection of languages and interfaces out there—Web Services Choreography...
Easing Hunt for Services
Many companies are trying to remain flexible in this uncertain economy by reducing staff and using outsourced services. But buying contract labor, consulting and...
Models Link Processes
Companies today looking for the next wave of IT to squeeze more productivity out of their operations are increasingly turning to BPM software to...
Demo Hails Practical Solutions
For the first time, most exhibitors and demonstrators at Demo—the one conference that continues to focus on practical innovation—focused on tactical solutions aimed at...
IBM Products Scale to Smaller Businesses
Taking another step in its pursuit of the fast-growing small and medium-size business market, IBM last week unveiled scaled-down versions of its DB2 database...