Monthly Archives: July 2003
iChat, iSight a Good Team
Apple Computer Inc.s iChat AV instant messaging software, and the companys concurrently introduced iSight compact digital camera, demonstrate Apples usual synthesis of top-to-bottom platform...
An Oracle for the Future
Mergers can make sense when customers can be better served by complementary products sold by a single vendor in a market with plenty of...
High-Stakes ERP Consolidation
The stakes in the ERP consolidation game are high for enterprise resource planning software developers and users alike. The ongoing drama surrounding Oracle Corp.s...
Oracle: Were Still Focused on Database Development
Despite the distraction of its high-profile bid for PeopleSoft Inc., which would bolster Oracle Corp.s enterprise applications business, Oracle officials said the company will...
Oracle to Clarify Its Pricing
Oracle Corp. is rolling out yet another method to help customers decipher its confusing pricing model.Starting this fall, the database and enterprise applications developer...
Patents Have Their Place
The "patent progress" editorial in the June 9 issue of eWeek made the case for better-quality software patents, but it certainly did not make...
ERP Consolidations Continue
PeopleSoft Inc. and Oracle Corp. arent the only ERP software makers looking to expand their offerings through acquisition. Recent deals by smaller enterprise resource...
MRO Debuts Vertical Packages
MRO Software Inc. has tailored its Maximo software suite to help companies in the utility and transportation industries better manage maintenance, repair and operations....
Twingo Secures Systems
Every once in a while, a new product comes out with such a sensible and useful solution to a real problem that it makes...
Apps Automate the Business
As software vendor Oracle Corp. enhances its namesake enterprise resource planning suite for large enterprises, Icode Inc. and Deltek Systems Inc. are readying upgrades...