Enterprise Applications

How to Use Disasters to Fine Tune Your Supply Chain

Supply chains are your first line of defense. They can also be your Waterloo if you don't learn the lessons taught by recalls, lightning strikes and fires.

Mobile CRM: Why Less Is More

CIOs struggle when they try to mobilize enterprise applications. Dow Corning thinks its sales force now has a competitive advantage with its SAP CRM rollout. Here's how the company did it.

SAP ‘Ecosystem’ Is a Booming Economy Unto Itself

So says an IDC analyst who cites SAP's expansive list of partners (developers, resellers and integrators) and its huge market share. Is this a good thing for the rest of us?

Wal-Mart Buys SAP Financials

The packaged software spending spree continues at Wal-Mart

Amazon.com’s IT Leader Leaving Huge Customer Service Infrastructure as Legacy

CIO Rick Dalzell is leaving Amazon.com after 10 years of constant change, inventions in personalization, product and service offerings. Here's a look at Amazon.com's evolution during Dalzell's tenure.

Analysis: Oracle’s Takeover of BEA Would Reduce Enterprise Software Choices

If Oracle succeeds, or someone else enters to acquire BEA's middleware offerings, the number of enterprise technology choices will dwindle yet again.

Does the world spend 6% of GDP on IT?

An Open-Source Project with a Marketing Team. Imagine That.

A Nobel Prize for Hard Drive Technology

SAP Gets Business Intelligence. What Do You Get?